Christina Applegate Biography

• Birth Name

  Christina Applegate

• Birth Date

  11/25/1971

• Birthplace

  Los Angeles, California

• Family

  Father: Robert Applegate
  divorced from Applegate's mother; remarried

  Half-Brother: Kyle
  born c. 1982

  Half-Sister: Alisa
  born c. 1977

  Mother: Nancy Priddy
  divorced from Applegate's father

• Notes

  "I want to break shit. I want to really go off on a room, just flip out and have it all be documented on film."---Applegate on what she would like to do in a movie to Movieline's Hollywood Life, July/August 2004.
  "This needed to happen for me to become a better person, a better artist. After talking to a lot of people I respect, it hit me: 'If I don't do this, I will regret it for the rest of my life.'"---Applegate on starring in the Broadway revival of "Sweet Charity" to CNN.com, March 1, 2005.
  

• Milestones

  (2004) Received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy series for her role on "Friends"
  (1998-2000) Returned to series TV as the lead in the NBC sitcom "Jesse"
  (1998) Starred in the independent feature "Claudine's Return"
  (2004) Starred opposite Will Ferrell as an ambitious female journalist in the comedy "Anchorman"
  (1986-1987) TV series debut in "Hearts of the City"
  (2003) Appeared alongside Gwyneth Paltrow as flight attendants in the comedy "A View from the Top"
  (1987-1997) Cast as Kelly Bundy on Fox's "Married... With Children"
  (2004) Cast in "Wonderland" based on the life of legendary porn star John Holmes played by Val Kilmer
  (1996) Cast in Tim Burton's "Mars Attacks!"
  (2004) Co-starred opposite Ben Affleck in the comedy "Surviving Christmas" the story of a lonely guy who rents himself a family for the holidays
  (2002) Co-starred with Cameron Diaz and Selma Blair in the comedy "The Sweetest Thing"
  (2000) Co-starred with Johnathon Schaech and Molly Ringwald in "The Giving T

  ree"
  (1998) Co-starred with Mark Wahlberg and Lou Diamond Phillips in "The Big Hit"
  (2005) Co-starred with husband Johnathon Schaech in the CBS movie "James Patterson's Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas"
  

  

  (1990) Feature lead in "Streets"
  First TV speaking role in "Quincy"
  (2002) Had a recurring role as Rachel's sister in the NBC comedy "Friends"
  (2001) Had dual role in the comedy "Just Visiting", playing a 12th-century noblewoman and her 21st-century descendant
  (1991) Had starring role in "Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead"
  (1971) Made TV debut at the age of three months in "Days of Our Lives"
  

  (1983) Made TV movie debut in "Grace Kelly"
  (1979) Made film debut in "Jaws of Satan"
  (2005) Made her Broadway debut as Charity Hope Valentine in "Sweet Charity"; received a Tony nomination for her role
  (2004) Made her Broadway debut in a revival of "Sweet Charity"