American actress Christina Applegate was born in Hollywood on November 25, 1971. Her father, Robert Applegate, worked in a recording company, and her mother, Nancy Priddy, was an actress and at one time sang along with the legendary Leonard Cohen. Soon after Christina was born, her parents divorced, and the girl remained with her mother, who always took her to her concerts and rehearsals. In such an environment, it was impossible not to love art. Now she sings well and plays the guitar. Christina
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American actress Christina Applegate was born in Hollywood on November 25, 1971. Her father, Robert Applegate, worked in a recording company, and her mother, Nancy Priddy, was an actress and at one time sang along with the legendary Leonard Cohen. Soon after Christina was born, her parents divorced, and the girl remained with her mother, who always took her to her concerts and rehearsals. In such an environment, it was impossible not to love art. Now she sings well and plays the guitar. Christina Applegate has half brothers with whom she maintains friendly relations.
I must say that Christina Applegate began acting at the age of five months, then it was an advertisement for diapers, then there was a series “Days of Our Lives”, and at the age of 13 she starred as a young Grace Kelly. At the age of 17, Christina completely devoted herself to filming the series.
Married ... with children It became very popular due to the successful performance of the actress. In the late 80s, her posters broke all sales records. Due to her seductive forms, she received many offers for erotic photo shoots, but she least wanted to become a symbol of men's magazines. She avoided hanging out, and in the evenings spent time reading a book or listening to music.
In the 90s, Christina Applegate starred in the “art houses” of famous directors Tim Burton and Gregg Araki, but there were no serious offers after that, the blonde actress was invited to play only empty blondes. In 1998, NBC offered Christine a role in the sitcom Jessie, but he was unable to compete with Friends. Despite this, the popularity of Christina Applegate grew, and in 1999 she was included in the list of “50 most beautiful people” (People magazine).
2001 was marked for the actress a grand event in her personal life – she married actor Jonathan Schek, with whom she lived for 6 years. The return of the actress to television in 2002 was not without triumph. Although she got it on the show.
Friends" She won an Emmy Award and later the Young Hollywood Awards. In 2005, Christina Applegate decided to try herself in the theater and spent the whole year on Broadway, playing in the musical “Sweet Charity”, for which she was awarded the prestigious Tony Award. The next major role in the series
Who's Samantha? The series, which ran from 2007 to 2009, also brought her many awards and nominations.
In 2008, the actress had both breasts removed due to a terrible diagnosis of cancer. The operation was successful and the chest was restored. Since 2010, Christina Applegate has been engaged to Martin Linobley, a Dutch musician, and in 2011 they had a daughter. At the moment, Applegate continues to act in films and leads an active political and social life.