The Christina Applegate Handbook - Everything you need to know about Christina Applegate

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Christina Applegate (born November 25, 1971) is an American actress. She is best known for playing Kelly Bundy on the Fox sitcom Married... with Children. Since then, she has established a film and television career, winning a Primetime Emmy and earning Tony and Golden Globe nominations. She has had major roles in several films including Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead, The Big Hit, The Sweetest Thing, Anchorman, Farce of the Penguins, Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel and Hall Pass. She has also starred in numerous Broadway theatre productions such as the 2005 revival of the musical Sweet Charity. As of September 2011, she is starring in NBC's comedy, Up All Night.

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In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about her Early life, Career and Personal life right away. A quick look inside: Christina Applegate, Dance 'til Dawn, Streets (film), Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead, Wild Bill (1995 film), Mars Attacks!, Nowhere (film), Mafia!, The Big Hit, Claudine's Return, Out in Fifty, Just Visiting (film), The Sweetest Thing, Grand Theft Parsons, Wonderland (2003 film), View from the Top, Surviving Christmas, Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie, Employee of the Month (2004 film), Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas, Farce of the Penguins, The Rocker (film), Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel, Going the Distance (2010 film), Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore, Hall Pass, Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked, Father Murphy, Charles in Charge, Silver Spoons, Heart of the City (TV series), Family Ties, Married... with Children, 21 Jump Street, Jesse (TV series), Samantha Who?, Star-ving, Up All Night (TV series).

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Contents

Articles Christina Applegate Dance 'til Dawn Streets (film) Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead Wild Bill (1995 film) Mars Attacks!

Nowhere (film) Mafia! The Big Hit Claudine's Return Out in Fifty Just Visiting (film) The Sweetest Thing Grand Theft Parsons Wonderland (2003 film) View from the Top Surviving Christmas

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie Employee of the Month (2004 film) Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas Farce of the Penguins The Rocker (film) Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel Going the Distance (2010 film) Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore Hall Pass Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked Father Murphy Charles in Charge Silver Spoons Heart of the City (TV series) Family Ties Married... with Children

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21 Jump Street Jesse (TV series) Samantha Who? Star-ving Up All Night (TV series)

References Article Sources and Contributors Image Sources, Licenses and Contributors

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Christina Applegate

Christina Applegate

Christina Applegate

At the 60th Annual Emmy Awards, September 21, 2008

Born

Occupation

Years active

Spouse

Partner

Children

Parents

November 25, 1971 Hollywood, California, U.S.

Actress

1972–present

Johnathon Schaech (m. 2001–2007)

Martyn LeNoble (2008–present)

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Robert Applegate Nancy Priddy

Christina Applegate(born November 25, 1971) is an American actress. She is best known for playing Kelly Bundy on the Fox sitcomMarried... with Children. Since then, she has established a film and television career, winning a Primetime Emmy and earning Tony and Golden Globe nominations. She has had major roles in several films includingDon't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead,The Big Hit,The Sweetest Thing,Anchorman,Farce of the Penguins,Alvin and the Chipmunks: The SqueakquelandHall Pass. She has also starred in numerous Broadway theatre productions such as the 2005 revival of the musicalSweet Charity. As of September 2011, she is starring in NBC's comedy,Up All Night.

Early life Applegate was born in Hollywood, California. Her father, Robert W. Applegate, was a record producer and record [1] company executive, and her mother, Nancy Lee Priddy, was a singer and actress. Her parents split up shortly after her birth. She has two half-siblings (Alisa and Kyle) from her father's remarriage. Following her parents' divorce, her mother had a relationship with musician Stephen Stills. It was through Stills' friendship with fellow musicians Paul [2] [3] Kantner and Grace Slick that Applegate became friends with their daughter, China Kantner.

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Christina Applegate

Career

Early work Applegate made her TV debut with her mother in the soap operaDays of Our Livesand a commercial for Playtex [4] baby bottles at three and five months respectively. Her first big screen appearance followed at age 7 when she was seen in the 1979 film,Jaws of Satan(a.k.a. King Cobra), followed by 1981'sBeatlemania.She debuted in a television movie as young Grace Kelly in the biopic,Grace Kelly(1983, opposite Cheryl Ladd) and appeared on her first TV series in Showtime's political comedy,Washingtoon(1985), in which she played a Congressman's daughter. She was also spotted as a guest in the shows,Father Murphy(1981),Charles in Charge(1984 and 1985), andSilver Spoons(1986). In 1986, Applegate won the role of Robin Kennedy (1986–1987), a policeman's daughter, on the police drama series Heart of the City. Meanwhile, she was also seen guest starring in the sitcomsAll is Forgiven,Still the Beaver, Amazing Stories, andFamily Tiesepisode "Band on the Run" (1987) as Kitten. Applegate eventually scored her most memorable role of ditzy Kelly Bundy in Fox's comedy series,Married... with Children. She portrayed her character for ten years (1987–97). While working on the series, Applegate was seen in Dance 'til Dawn(1988, NBC) and inStreets(1990), in which a teenage drug addict is stalked by a psychotic police officer. Applegate guest-starred in21 Jump Street(1988) andTop of the Heap(1991, as Kelly Bundy), and hosted Saturday Night Live(May 8, 1993) andMADtv(1996). The character of Sue Ellen Crandell in the comedy featureDon't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead(1991) was Applegate's first starring role in a mainstream film. She followed it up with films such asVibrations(1995),Across the Moon(1995),Wild Bill(1995),Mars Attacks!(1996), andNowhere(1997). After the sitcomMarried... with Childrenwas canceled in May 1997, Applegate starred as Claudine Van Doozen in the independent feature Claudine's Return(a.k.a.Kiss of Fire), was cast in the action-comedyThe Big Hit, and played the fiancae of a mob descendant in the Mafia satireJane Austen's Mafia(1998). Applegate was one of the founding members of the Pussycat Dolls, which debuted at Johnny Depp's Viper Room on [5] [6] [7] the Sunset Strip in 1995. Applegate emceed for the group when they moved to The Roxy in 2002. In 1998, NBC handed her the title role in their sitcomJesse. The series debuted in 1998, received rave reviews, and brought Applegate a People's Choice Award for Favorite Female Performer in a New TV series and the TV Guide Award for Star of a New Series as well as a nomination at the Golden Globe Awards for Lead Actress in a Comedy. Though the series gained praise, it was canceled in 2000. The new millennium saw Applegate playing the dual role of a 12th-century noblewoman, Princess Rosalind, and her 21st-century descendant, Julia Malfete, in the time-travel comedyJust Visiting(2001). After gaining wide notice for playing Cameron Diaz's level-headed best friend, Courtney Rockcliffe, inThe Sweetest Thing(2002), Applegate continued to win roles in such movies asHeroes(2002), the airplane comedyView from the Top(2003),Wonderland (2003),Grand Theft Parsons(2003),Surviving Christmas(2004), andEmployee of the Month(2004). Behind the screen, she was the executive producer ofComforters, Miserable(2001).

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Christina Applegate

Since 2002

Applegate guest-starred on two episodes ofFriends, in the ninth (2002) and tenth (2003) seasons, titled "The One with Rachel's Other Sister" and "The One Where Rachel's Sister Babysits" as Amy Green, Rachel Green's (Jennifer Aniston) younger sister. She won the 55th Annual [8] Prime Time Emmy Award for Best Guest Actress in a Comedy for her performance in "The One with Rachel's Other Sister". On the silver screen, she portrayed TV anchorwoman Veronica Corningstone in the 2004 filmsAnchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundyand the bonus filmWake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie(an alternative film comprising alternate takes and deleted scenes and story elements).

In addition to her screen work, Applegate has performed on stage in Applegate in 2004 such productions asThe Axeman's Jazz,Nobody Leaves Empty Handed, andThe Runthrough, as well as John Cassavetes'The Third Day(co-starring Gena Rowlands). In 2004, she debuted on the Broadway stage playing the title role of Charity Hope Valentine in a revival of the 1966 musicalSweet Charity. She eventually took home the 2005 Theatre World Award and was nominated for a 2005 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical.

While appearing inSweet 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 [9] debut.Sweet Charityended its Broadway run on December 31, 2005. In 2006, she appeared in an advertising campaign for Hanes titled "Look Who We've Got Our Hanes on Now". The campaign had 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 starred in the ABC comedySamantha Who?from October 15, 2007, until it was canceled on May 18, 2009. The series costarred Jean Smart, Jennifer Esposito, and Melissa McCarthy. The series was about a 30-year-old [10] who, after a hit-and-run accident, develops amnesia and has to rediscover her life, her relationships and herself. [11] Shortly after the cancellation was announced, Applegate began a campaign to get the show back into production, which was unsuccessful. [12] Applegate topped the list of People Magazine'sMost Beautiful Peoplein 2009. In January 2009, Applegate appeared with her TV brother David Faustino (Bud Bundy fromMarried with Children) [13] in an episode of Faustino's showStar-ving. Applegate will appear in a biography of Elizabeth Montgomery, who died of colorectal cancer in 1995, ofBewitched [14] fame in the upcoming filmEverything Is Going to Be Just Fine, due to be released in 2011. She also loaned her voice to the character Catherine the Cat in the 3-D talking animal sequelCats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore. According to Applegate, she said it was her mother that wanted her to be involved in the film. Prior to Cats & Dogs 2, she voiced Brittany (one of the Chipettes) inAlvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel(2009) and its sequel "Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked"(2011) Applegate is currently starring in the NBC sitcomUp All Nightwhich debuted on September 14, 2011. Her co-stars [15] are Maya Rudolph and Will Arnett.

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Personal life On October 20, 2001, Applegate married longtime boyfriend, actor Johnathon Schaech, in a small Palm Springs, [16] Florida ceremony attended by family and close friends. Schaech filed for divorce in November, 2005, citing irreconcilable differences. Applegate and Schaech's final divorce papers were entered August 10, 2007, in Los [17] Angeles Superior Court. In 2008, Applegate began dating musician Martyn LeNoble. Applegate and LeNoble became engaged on Valentine's [18] Day 2010. It will be the second marriage for both. On January 27, 2011, Applegate gave birth to their child, a [19] daughter named Sadie Grace LeNoble. [20] Her close friends include Lance Bass. On July 1, 2008, her close friend and ex-boyfriend Lee Grivas was found [21] dead of an apparent drug overdose. [22] [23] Applegate is a vegetarian, and in 2007, appeared in an anti-fur ad for PETA.

Breast cancer On August 3, 2008,Peoplemagazine reported that Applegate had been diagnosed with breast cancer. This was confirmed by her representative who said in a statement, "Christina Applegate was diagnosed with an early stage of breast cancer. Benefiting from early detection through a doctor-ordered MRI, the cancer is not life-threatening. Christina is following the recommended treatment of her doctors and will have a full recovery. No further statement [24] will be issued at this time." On August 19, 2008, it was announced that Applegate was cancer free after a double [25] [26] mastectomy, even though cancer was found in only one breast. She has an inherited genetic fault, a BRCA1 mutation, which often triggers breast cancer. Her mother, Nancy Priddy, is a breast cancer survivor. Applegate said when she first was diagnosed, "I was just shaking and then also immediately, I had to go into [27] 'take-care-of-business-mode' which included a change to a more healthy diet."

Charity work In 1992, Applegate joined other celebrities in a benefit show for a Hollywood children's charity, acting as a special [28] guest assistant to a local magician and taking part in a number of illusions including being sawn in half. In 2003, she was the spokesperson for the Lee National Denim Day, which raises millions of dollars for breast [29] cancer education and research. Following her diagnosis with breast cancer, Applegate appeared on a television special entitledStand Up to Cancer designed to raise funds for breast cancer research. The one hour special was broadcast on CBS, NBC, and ABC [30] television networks on September 5, 2009. [31] In 2009, Applegate announced her plans to return as the ambassador for Lee National Denim Day. In 2009, Applegate founded Right Action for Women, a charitable foundation dedicated to breast cancer screening [32] for women, and focused on the type of MRI scan which saved her life.

Filmography

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Corinne

Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chip-Wrecked

Brittany (voice)

Film debut

Supporting role

Made-for-television film; Lead role

Starring role

Claudine's Return

Surviving Christmas

Hall Pass

2011

Going The Distance

Lead role

Lead role

Lead role

Made-for-television film; Starring role

Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore

Grace

Farce of the Penguins

2007

2004

Vibrations

Wild Bill

2010

2010

2009

Tilt-A-Whirl

2000

The Big Hit

Kim Powell

Melissa (voice)

Customer #1

Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas

Mars Attacks!

1998

1999

The Brutal Truth

1998

Young Grace Kelly

Sue Ellen Crandell

Claudine Van Doozen

Brittany (voice)

Catherine (voice)

Sara Goodwin

Employee of the Month

Role

Dr. Suzanne Bedford

Kate

Wife

Susan Launius

Princess Rosaline/Julia Malfete

Kim Perry

Patrice Johnson

Dingbat

Fan

Dawn

Made-for-television film

Alicia Valco

Notes

Lilah

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Emily

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

1983

Grace Kelly

Beatlemania

1981

Anamika

Kathy

Sharona

Lurline Newcomb

Jaws of Satan

1990

Year

1979

Dance 'til Dawn

1988

Christina Applegate

Streets

Starring role

Minor role

Veronica Corningstone

Starring role

Starring role

Lead role

Courtney Rockcliffe

Starring role

Starring role

Lead role

Minor role

Made-for-television film; Lead role

Christine Montgomery

Minor role

Lead role

Supporting role

Lead role

Supporting role

2003

2002

2002

Grand Theft Parsons

Heroes

Pam Schulman

Lead role

Diane Steen

Starring role

2003

Prince Charming

View from the Top

Just Visiting

2001

2004

2004

2003

2001

Uncredited

Barbara

Unknown

Supporting role

Minor role

Veronica Corningstone

Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie

2001

Film

Sol Goode

1998

Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead

Film

1995

1995

1996

1995

1991

Nowhere

1997

Out in Fifty

The Sweetest Thing

Across the Moon

Jane Austen's Mafia!

2004

The Rocker

Wonderland

2011

2008

2005

2005

Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel

Starring role

Supporting role

Supporting role

Starring role

1 Season; Starring role

Herself

Herself

Seemji

Samantha Newly

2005 Tony Awards

Herself

Herself

Guest judge

Herself

Reagan

Guest host: May 8, 1993

Kelly Bundy

Performer

Presenter: June 5, 2005

1 Episode: "My Hair Lady"

11 Seasons; Starring role

Presenter: June 10, 2007

Married... with Children

1984

1987–97

Title

Charles in Charge

1 Episode

2 Episodes

Role

2 Seasons; Lead role

Stacy

Television

Notes

2005

So You Think You Can Dance

1 Episode

1 Episode: "Did Garcia Steal Dangle's Husband?'

2004

1993

1 Episode

1991

Top of the Heap

1996

MADtv

King of the Hill

2002-03

Saturday Night Live

1988

21 Jump Street

Jesse

Friends

1998–2000

1 Season; Starring role

2 Episodes

1 Episode: "Band On The Run"

Screen debut, aged 3 months

1 Episode: "A Family Affair"

1986–87

2007–09

Up All Night

2011

Samantha Who?

2011–present

Amazing Stories

1986

1985

Washingtoon

Heart of the City

Silver Spoons

1986

Family Ties

1987

All Is Forgiven

1986

Still the Beaver

1986

2 Episodes

2 Seasons; Lead role

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2 Episodes: "The One With Rachel's Other Sister" and "The One Where Rachel's Sister Babysits"

Simone

Robin Kennedy

Mandy / Wendy

Lead role

Year

Christina Applegate

1972

Kitten

The Daughter

Holly

Jeannie Bolens

2011

Father Murphy

1981

2008

Reno 911!

Days of Our Lives

2007 Tony Awards

Carrie Underwood: An All-Star Holiday Special

Star-ving

2009

2007

2009

Lead role (in production)

Everything Is Going to Be Just Fine

Elizabeth Montgomery

Jesse Warner

1 Episode

Guest host

Episode 4: ""Married with Children"..The Movie"

Colette/Attorney (voice)

Kelly Bundy

Amy Green

Tina

Baby

Ada

Herself

Christina Applegate

Awards and nominations

Awards b 25th People's Choice Awards (1999) Favorite Female Performer in a New Television Series–Jesse [33] TV Guide Award 1999 Favorite Star in a New SeriesJesse. Emmy Award 2003 Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series–Friends TV Land Award 2009 Innovator Award–Married... with Children 35th People's Choice Awards (2009) Favorite Female TV Star

Nominations b MTV Movie Awards 1992 Most Desirable Female–Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead Golden Globes 1999 Best Actress in a Television Series–Comedy or Musical–Jesse Emmy Award 2004 Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series–Friends Tony Awards 2005 Best Leading Actress In A Musical–Sweet Charity Golden Globes 2008 Best Actress in a Television Series–Comedy or Musical–Samantha Who? Screen Actors Guild Awards 2008 Best Actress in a TV Comedy Series–Samantha Who? Teen Choice Awards 2008 Choice TV Actress: Comedy–Samantha Who? Television Critics Association Awards 2008 Individual Achievement in Comedy–Samantha Who? Prism Awards 2008 Performance in a Comedy Series–Samantha Who? Satellite Award 2008 Best Actress in a Series, Comedy or Musical–Samantha Who? Emmy Award 2008 Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series–Samantha Who? Golden Globes 2009 Best Actress in a Television Series–Comedy or Musical–Samantha Who? Emmy Award 2009 Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series–Samantha Who? Screen Actors Guild Awards 2010 Best Actress in a TV Comedy Series–Samantha Who?

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