Christina Applegate - Details, Pics, and Articles

By the time she landed her break out role on "Married with Children", Christina Applegate was already a seasoned professional. She made her screen debut on the soap opera Days of Lives when she was just 3 months old. She played a baby.

LIfe Story

Born in Hollywood, California, she was raised by her mother, a struggling actress. She began landing roles as a young child and had appeared on "Family Ties", "Charles in Charge" (Nicole Eggert) and "Silver Spoons" before she became known to the world as 'Kelly Bundy' on "Married with Children".

Career

Her post Bundy work includes the films The Big Hit (China Chow), The Sweetest Thing (Cameron Diaz, Selma Blair), View from the Top (Gwyneth Paltrow, Kelly Preston) and Anchor Man. She has twice had her own sitcoms, "Jesse" for which she earned a Golden Globe nomination and "Samantha Who?" which is currently gearing up for a second season and earned her an Emmy nomination for Best Actress in a Comedy Series in July 2008.

She won an Emmy for her appearance on "Friends" (Courteney Cox, Jennifer Aniston) and was nominated for a Tony in the musical Sweet Charity. She is also one of the founding members of the “Pussy Cat Dolls” (Carmen Electra, Nicole Scherzinger).

In August 2008, the world learned that Christina has breast cancer. No doubt she'll beat that and continue making us laugh on Samantha Who?.

Christina will be starring in the films, Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel and Going the Distance with Peyton List in 2009 and 2010.

Stuff she’s done, ie: movies, tv, albums:

Married with Children, Anchorman, View from the Top, Sweet Charity (Broadway), Samantha Who?, The Sweetest Thing, Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead, Jessie, Just Visiting, Pussycat Dolls

Dudes she has worked with:

Ed O\'neil, Will Ferrell, Lou Diamond Phillips, Paul Rudd, Vince Vaughan, David Koechner, Seth Rogen, Mike Myers, Steve Carrell, David Faustino, Jean Reno, Ed O\'Neill

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