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Christina Applegate

Acting Born Nov 25, 1971 Hollywood, California, USA 24 credits

Biography

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.

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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Known for

Friends

as Amy Green

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

as Self - Guest

The Daily Show

as Self

The Kelly Clarkson Show

as Self

Saturday Night Live

as Self - Host

Conan

as Self

The View

as Self
Film

Mars Attacks!

as Sharona

Full filmography

  • Friends (1994) as Amy Green
  • Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (2009) as Self - Guest
  • The Daily Show (1996) as Self
  • King of the Hill (1997) as Colette / Attorney (voice)
  • The Kelly Clarkson Show (2019) as Self
  • Married... with Children (1987) as Kelly Bundy
  • Saturday Night Live (1975) as Self - Host
  • Conan (2010) as Self
  • The View (1997) as Self
  • Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003) as Self - Guest (uncredited)
  • Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003) as Self
  • Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003) as Self - Guest
  • Reno 911! (2003) as Seeeeemji
  • 21 Jump Street (1987) as Tina
  • LIVE with Kelly and Mark (1988) as Self
  • The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003) as Self
  • Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993) as Self - Guest
  • Family Ties (1982) as Kitten
  • The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992)
  • The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992) as Self - Guest
  • American Idol (2002) as Self
  • Mars Attacks! (1996) as Sharona
  • Amazing Stories (1985) as Holly
  • Punk'd (2003) as Self