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Christina Applegate

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Christina Applegate

Born November 25, 1971 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA43 films

Christina Applegate (born November 25, 1971) is an American actress and dancer. As a child actress, she started playing the role of Kelly Bundy on the Fox sitcom Married...with Children (1987–1997). In her adult years, Applegate established a film and television career, winning an Emmy Award (for her guest role in the sitcom Friends) and earning Tony and Golden Globe nominations.

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Applegate has had major roles in several films, including Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead (1991), The Big Hit (1998), The Sweetest Thing (2002), Grand Theft Parsons (2003), Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004) and its sequel Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (2013), Hall Pass (2011), Vacation (2015), and Bad Moms (2016). She has also starred in the 2005 Broadway revival of the musical Sweet Charity, for which she received a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical. Applegate has played the lead role in the television sitcoms Jesse (1998–2000), Samantha Who? (2007–2009) and Up All Night (2011–12), and in the Netflix dark tragicomedy series Dead to Me (2019–2022).

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Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy posterFirst watchAnchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy20046.7as Veronica CorningstoneIt's the 1970s and San Diego anchorman Ron Burgundy is the top dog in local TV, but that's all about to change when ambitious reporter Veronica Corningstone arrives as a new employee at…View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
The Book of Life poster7.5The Book of Life2014Mars Attacks! poster6.4Mars Attacks!1996Bad Moms poster6.5Bad Moms2016Vacation poster6.3Vacation2015Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues poster6.1Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues2013A Bad Moms Christmas poster6.3A Bad Moms Christmas2017Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel poster5.7Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel2009Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip poster6.0Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip2015

Filmography

43 films as actor
  1. 2017Crash PadMorgan
  2. 2017A Bad Moms ChristmasGwendolyn
  3. 2017Youth in OregonKate
  4. 2016Bad MomsGwendolyn
  5. 2015Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road ChipBrittany (voice)
  6. 2015Meryl: The Lifetime Biopic with Christina ApplegateMeryl Streep
  7. 2015VacationDebbie Griswold
  8. 2014The Book of LifeMary Beth (voice)
  9. 2013Anchorman 2: The Legend ContinuesVeronica Corningstone
  10. 2011Alvin and the Chipmunks: ChipwreckedBrittany (voice)
  11. 2011Hall PassGrace Searing
  12. 2010Going the DistanceCorrine Berlin
  13. 2010Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty GaloreCatherine (voice)
  14. 2009Alvin and the Chipmunks: The SqueakquelBrittany (voice)
  15. 2008The RockerKim
  16. 2005Suzanne's Diary for NicholasSuzanne Bedford
  17. 2004Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost MovieVeronica Corningstone
  18. 2004Surviving ChristmasAlicia Valco
  19. 2004Anchorman: The Legend of Ron BurgundyVeronica Corningstone
  20. 2004Grand Theft ParsonsBarbara
  21. 2004Employee of the MonthSara Goodwin
  22. 2003WonderlandSusan Launius
  23. 2003View from the TopChristine
  24. 2003Sol GoodeTramp (uncredited)
  25. 2002The Sweetest ThingCourtney
  26. 2001Prince CharmingKate
  27. 2001Just VisitingRosalind / Julia
  28. 2000The Giving TreeEmily
  29. 1999Out in FiftyLilah
  30. 1998Jane Austen's Mafia!Diane Steen
  31. 1998The Big HitPam Shulman
  32. 1998Claudine's ReturnClaudine Van Doozen
  33. 1997NowhereDingbat
  34. 1996Mars Attacks!Sharona
  35. 1996VibrationsAnamika
  36. 1995Wild BillLurline
  37. 1994Across the MoonKathy
  38. 1991Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's DeadSwell
  39. 1990StreetsDawn
  40. 1988Dance 'Til DawnPatrice Johnson
  41. 1983Grace KellyYoung Grace Kelly
  42. 1982Jaws of SatanKim Perry
  43. 1981BeatlemaniaDancer