Christina Ricci was born on February 12, 1980, in Santa Monica, California, USA. She is a famous American actress.
Biography and Career :
Her father was a lawyer and her mother was model. They had four children. She was the youngest of them. She showed up in TV commercials at the early age of 8 when she had to move to New York with her family.
Her debut on the big screen was in "The Addams Family". Christina Ricci 's career was not successful all the time. Her career 's ups and downs were showed by films like: "Now and Then", "Casper", "The Opposite of Sex", the star was nominee for the Golden Globe and she won at Sundance Film Festival the title "St" Girl in 1998. The same year she starred in "200 Cigarettes" and in "The Desert Blue" with Johnny Deep. Christina Ricci's l atest movies were "The Man who Cried" and "Bless the Child".
Trivia :
- She had relationships with Adam Goldberg (actor; born on October 25, 1970; dating since 2003), Matthew Frauman (actor, waiter; born 1972).
- Her best role in a movie was as Kathleen 'Kat' Harvey in "Casper" (1995).
- She has apologized and pledged never to wear fur again after being deluged with angry letters from fans.
- Her biggest fan website Christinaricci.info has been closed down - because the owner disapproves of the actress wearing fur.
- She co-hosted a 10 volume educational video series entitled BUG CITY in 1998.
- She is a good friend of Michelle Williams.
- She was nominated for Best Kiss at MTV Movie Awards for MONSTER (2004) - shared with Charlize Theron.
Quotes :
- "If anyone ever saw me dance. They'd have trouble taking me seriously."
- "I like the way my own feet smell. I love to smell my sneakers when I take them off."
- "Now my body is really womanly - a little too much so. It's something I can fall back on. When I don't know what else to do, I stick my chest out."
- "Nobody's kissing my ass, unfortunately. I could use a little. But then again, my personality isn't conducive to butt-kissing."
Filmography :
- 1990 Mermaids Kate Flax
- 1991 The Hard Way Bonnie
- 1991 The Addams Family Wednesday Addams
- 1993 The Cemetery Club Jessica
- 1993 Addams Family Values Wednesday Addams
- 1995 Casper Kathleen 'Kat' Harvey
- 1995 Now and Then Young Roberta Martin
- 1995 Golddiggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain Beth Easton
- 1996 Bastard Out of Carolina Dee Dee
- 1996 The Last of the High Kings Erin
- 1997 Little Red Riding Hood Little Red Riding Hood
- 1997 That Darn Cat Patti Randall
- 1997 The Ice Storm Wendy Hood
- 1998 Souvenir Young Orlando (voice)
- 1998 Buffalo '66 Layla
- 1998 Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas Lucy
- 1998 The Opposite of Sex Dee Dee Truitt
- 1998 Small Soldiers Gwendy Doll (voice)
- 1998 Pecker Shelley
- 1998 Desert Blue Ely Jackson
- 1998 I Woke Up Early the Day I Died Teenage Hooker
- 1999 200 Cigarettes Val
- 1999 No Vacancy Lillian
- 1999 Sleepy Hollow Katrina VanTassel
- 2000 Bless the Child Cheri Post
- 2000 The Man Who Cried Suzie
- 2001 All Over the Guy Rayna Wyckoff
- 2001 Prozac Nation Elizabeth Wurtzel
- 2002 The Gathering Cassie Grant
- 2002 The Laramie Project Romaine Patterson
- 2002 Pumpkin Carolyn McDuffy
- 2002 Miranda Miranda (Alice)
- 2003 Monster Selby
- 2003 Anything Else Amanda
- 2005 Cursed Ellie
- 2006 Penelope Penelope Upcoming
- 2006 Home of the Brave Sarah Schivino
- 2006 The White Rose Sophie Scholl
- 2007 Black Snake Moan Rae.