Name: Christina Applegate
Date of Birth : November 25, 1972
Place of Birth : Los Angeles, Calif., USA
Height : 5'5"
Hair : Blonde
Eyes : Brown
Mother : actress Nancy Priddy (Divorced when infant)
Father : Bobby Applegate, ex-record company promotion
person
Sign : Sun in Sagittarius, Moon in Leo
Relations : Companion: Johnathon Schaech (actor)
Occupation: Actress
Christina Applegate was born November 25, 1971, in
Los Angeles. The daughter of a soap star actress, Nancy
Priddy, and a record-company executive, Robert Applegate,
Christina had her younger half-sister and half-brother
as new additions to the family, after the divorce of
her parents and remarriage of her father.
She made her first onscreen appearance at the age of
5, alongside her mother on Days of Our Lives, since
her mother brought her along to work and auditions.
Christina's life was consumed by acting, and she even
quit school at 17 in order to pursue it full-time. This
wasn't a surprise; she had appeared in more than a dozen
roles by the time she was that age.
With onscreen roles in series such as Father Murphy,
Mama's Family, Quincy, Charles in Charge, Still the
Beaver, Silver Spoons, Heart of the City, and Family
Ties, as well as films like Jaws of Satan, Beatlemania,
and the made-for-TV film The Grace Kelly Story, there
was no doubt that acting was her given talent.
In 1987, Christina found her calling and the role that
put her on the map. For 10 years, she portrayed ditzy
and promiscuous Kelly Bundy, in the dysfunctional family
sitcom, Married... With Children.
Although Christina may have fooled millions as the
trampy Bundy daughter until 1997, the green-eyed actress
far from resembles her character. While surviving the
tribulations of family life on Married... With Children,
Christina was making the rounds on television, appearing
in a slew of television shows, including: 21 Jump Street,
Top of the Heap (as Kelly Bundy, host of Mad TV, and
Pauly.
She also made it to several made-for-TV movies and straight
to video movies, such as Dance 'Til Dawn, Streets and
Across the Moon. In 1991, she made her big-screen debut
in Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead, a lukewarm
comedy.
After roles in obscure movies such as Wild Bill and
Vibrations, Christina shared the screen with Jack Nicholson,
Sarah Jessica Parker, Glenn Close, and Pierce Brosnan,
in 1996's Mars Attacks!.
Once Married... With Children saw its last day in 1997,
Christina was ready to jump back in the saddle with
a role in the slapstick comedy Mafia!, and was back
on television, as the title character of the NBC sitcom,
Jesse, which debuted in 1998.
Although Christina took home the People's Choice Award
for Favorite Female Performer in a New TV series, and
the TV Guide Award for Star of a New Series, both in
1999, the critically-acclaimed Jesse didn't last long
on the air. Despite a coveted time slot and some resuscitation,
Jesse was canceled after a 2-year run.
But Christina will soon prove that she may just be made
for the silver screen, with a starring role in the comedy
Just Visiting, and a role in the upcoming A View From
the Top, co-starring Gwnyeth Paltrow, Kelly Preston,
Mike Myers, and Rob Lowe.
She will also soon be seen in The Sweetest Thing, co-starring
Cameron Diaz.
As for her personal life, Christina was dating Christian
Slater, and has allegedly been actor Johnathon Schaech's
honey since 1998. Whoever she's dating, she goes home
to her cats, Natasha and Kanaloa, and her dog, Sybil.
An avid jazz dancer as well, it's clear that Christina
may just be television's best-kept secret.