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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, and Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel. She has also starred in numerous Broadway theatre productions such as the 2005 revival of the musical Sweet Charity.
Contents
* 1 Early life
* 2 Career
o 2.1 Early work
o 2.2 2002 - present
* 3 Personal life
o 3.1 Breast cancer
* 4 Charity work
* 5 Filmography
* 6 Awards and nominations
o 6.1 Awards
o 6.2 Nominations
* 7 References
* 8 External links
Early life
Applegate was born in Hollywood, California. Her father, Robert W. Applegate, was a record producer and record company executive and her mother, Nancy Lee Priddy, was a singer and actor. Her parents split up shortly after her birth. She has two half-siblings Alisa and Kylefrom 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 Kantner and Grace Slick that Applegate became friends with their daughter, China Kantner.
Career
Early work
Applegate made her TV debut with her mother in the soap opera Days of Our Lives and a commercial for Playtex 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's Beatlemania. She debuted in a television movie as young Grace Kelly in the biopic, Grace Kelly , opposite Cheryl Laddand 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 and Silver Spoons 1986
In 1986, Applegate won the role of Robin Kennedy 1986–1987, a cop's daughter, on the police drama series Heart of the City. Meanwhile, she was also seen guest starring in the sitcoms All is Forgiven, Still the Beaver, Amazing Stories, and Family Ties episode Band on the Run 1987as 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 1987–1997 working on the series, Applegate was seen in Dance 'til Dawn 1988, NBC and in Streets 1990, in which a teenage drug addict is stalked by a psychotic police officer. Applegate guest-starred in 21 Jump Street 1988 Top of the Heap 1991, as Kelly Bundy and hosted Saturday Night Live May 8, 1993 and MADtv 1996
The character of Sue Ellen Crandell in the comedy feature Don'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 as Vibrations 1995 Across the Moon 1995 Wild Bill 1995, Mars Attacks! 1996 Nowhere 1997 After the sitcom Married... with Children was 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-comedy The Big Hit, and played the fiancée of a mob descendant in the Mafia satire Jane Austen's Mafia 1998
Applegate was one of the founding members of the Pussycat Dolls, which debuted at Johnny Depp's Viper Room on the Sunset Strip in 1995. emceed for the group when they moved to The Roxy in 2002
In 1998, NBC handed her the title role in their sitcom Jesse. 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 comedy Just Visiting 2001 After gaining wide notice for playing Cameron Diaz's level-headed best friend, Courtney Rockcliffe, in The Sweetest Thing 2002 Applegate continued to win roles in such movies as Heroes 2002 , the airplane comedy View from the Top 2003 2003 Grand Theft Parsons 2003 Surviving Christmas 2004 and Employee of the Month 2004 Behind the screen, she was the executive producer of Comforters, Miserable 2001
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