CHRISTINA APPLEGATE

'Christina Applegate' (born November 25, 1971) is an American Emmy Award-winning and Tony Award-nominated actress, particularly well-known for playing the very attractive, promiscuous, dim-witted Kelly Bundy on the Fox television network sitcom ''Married... with Children''. She has since established a film and television career, with major roles in several pictures, such as '', ''The Sweetest Thing'', the upcoming ABC sitcom ''Samantha Who?'' and recently starred on Broadway in a revival of the musical ''Sweet Charity''.

Contents

Biography

Early life

Career

Personal life

Awards

Filmography

Guest starring

References

External links

Biography

Early life

Applegate was born in Hollywood, California. Her father, Robert W. Applegate, was a record producer and record company executive,^[1] and her mother, Nancy Lee Priddy, was a singer and an actress.

Career

Applegate quit school at age 17 to pursue acting. From 1987 to 1997, she played Kelly Bundy on ''Married... with Children''. From 1998 to 2000, she starred in her own sitcom, ''Jesse'', on NBC. In 2002 she co-starred with Cameron Diaz, on the comic movie ''The Sweetest Thing'', playing the role of Courtney Rockcliffe, Diaz's best friend.
Applegate was one of the founding members of the Pussycat Dolls, which debuted at the Viper Room on Sunset Strip, Los Angeles in 1995.^[2]
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Applegate emceed for the Dolls when they moved to The Roxy in 2002.
While playing the title role in a revival of ''Sweet Charity'', she broke her foot, and it was announced that the musical would close during previews. She persuaded the producers to rescind their decision, and on April 18, 2005, she made her Broadway debut.^[4] ''Sweet Charity'' ended its Broadway run on December 31, 2005. She also guest-starred on two episodes of ''Friends'', one in the ninth season, and one in the tenth, titled "The One with Rachel's Other Sister" and "The One Where Rachel's Sister Babysits" respectively (in 2002 and 2003) as Amy Green, Rachel's (Jennifer Aniston) youngest sister. She won an Emmy for her performance in "The One with Rachel's Other Sister". In 2006, she appeared in an advertising campaign for Hanes title ''"Look who we've got our Hanes on now"''. The campaign started in 2005 but she, Jennifer Love Hewitt, and Kevin Bacon were added to the ads in 2006.
In 2006, Applegate appeared in Jessica Simpson's music video "A Public Affair", alongside Eva Longoria, Ryan Seacrest and Christina Milian. Applegate is set to star in the 2007 comedy pilot for ABC, ''Samantha Who?''. Jean Smart, Jennifer Esposito, and Melissa McCarthy are set to co-star in the comedy about a 30-year-old psychiatrist who, after a hit-and-run accident, develops amnesia and has to rediscover her life, her relationships and herself.^[5]

Personal life

On October 20, 2001, Applegate married longtime boyfriend Johnathon Schaech, in a small mixed-religion Palm Springs ceremony attended by family and close friends.^[6] On December 5, 2005, the publicists of Applegate and Schaech confirmed that they had filed for divorce in Los Angeles Superior Court, and their divorce was finalized Aug. 10, 2007.
Applegate was the 2003 spokesperson for the Lee National Denim Day fundraiser which raises millions of dollars for breast cancer education and research. Applegate's mother is a breast cancer survivor. Applegate is a supporter of animal rights and PETA. Applegate is friends with actresses Cameron Diaz, Nicole Eggert (born two months after Christina), Gwyneth Paltrow (Applegate actually called Paltrow at the end of an E! television interview with Jules Asner with Paltrow referring to Applegate as "Tini" in 2001.), Jennifer Aniston (Applegate is extremely close to Aniston after helping her through her split with Brad Pitt), Robin Antin (creator of The Pussycat Dolls), Tori Spelling, Leah Remini, Lance Bass, Matt LeBlanc (from ''Married... with Children'' and ''Friends'') and actress/singer Jessica Simpson. She studies jazz and dance.

Awards

★ Applegate won a prime-time Emmy Award for her guest-starring role as Amy Green on ''Friends''.

★ In the 1980s and early 1990s, she was nominated four times in the annual Youth in Film Awards, two of which she won.^[7]

★ She was nominated for the Tony Award as "Best Leading Actress in a Musical" for ''Sweet Charity''.

Filmography

★ ''Beatlemania'' (1981)

★ ''Jaws of Satan'' (1981)

★ ''Dance 'Til Dawn'' (1988) (as Patrice Johnson)

★ ''Streets'' (1990)

★ ''Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead'' (1991)

★ ''Vibrations'' (1995)

★ ''Wild Bill'' (1995)

★ ''Across the Moon'' (1995)

★ ''Mars Attacks!'' (1996)

★ ''Nowhere'' (1997)

★ ''Jane Austen's Mafia!'' (1998)

★ ''The Big Hit'' (1998)

★ ''Claudine's Return'' (1998)

★ ''Out in Fifty'' (1999)

★ ''The Brutal Truth'' (1999)

★ ''The Giving Tree'' (2000)

★ ''Sol Goode'' (2001) (uncredited)

★ ''Prince Charming'' (2001)

★ ''Just Visiting'' (2001)

★ ''The Sweetest Thing'' (2002)

★ ''Heroes'' (2002)

★ ''Grand Theft Parsons'' (2003)

★ ''Wonderland'' (2003)

★ ''View from the Top'' (2003)

★ ''Surviving Christmas'' (2004)

★ '' (2004)

★ ''Employee of the Month'' (2004)

★ ''Tilt-A-Whirl'' (2005)

★ ''Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas'' (2005)

★ ''Farce of the Penguins'' (2007) (voice)

★ ''The Rocker'' (2008)

Guest starring

★ ''Friends'' (2003 - 2004) - Amy Green

★ ''Family Ties'' - Uncredited appearance as one of Tina Yothers's friends

★ ''Silver Spoons''

★ ''King of the Hill''

References

1. http://www.filmreference.com/film/53/Christina-Applegate.html
2. http://www.starpulse.com/Music/Pussycat_Dolls/Biography/
3. http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2005/Apr-08-Fri-2005/weekly/26226584.html
4. Last Dance: Christina Applegate Sweet Charity Ends Broadway Run Dec. 31 Robert Simonson, playbill.com, 'first New York performance in Sweet Charity on April 18',31 Dec 2005
5. Samantha Who? abcstudiosmedianet.com,
6. Christina Applegate & Johnathon Schaech Wedding lovetripper.com
7. 8th(won), 9th, 10th(won), 13th www.youngartistawards.org search results

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