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My Take
Christina Applegate earned my lasting respect by doing the hardest thing in acting: making comedy look effortless for decades. From Kelly Bundy onward, she took characters written as punchlines and gave them timing, intelligence, and unexpected humanity — playing dumb brilliantly is a craft few master. Her Emmy and Theatre World Award confirm a range that stretched from sitcoms to Broadway. What moves me most, though, is the dignity of her later years; stepping back from the spotlight on her own terms takes a courage no role demands. Her humanitarian recognition suggests the warmth on screen was never just performance. A genuinely admirable career.
Overview
Christina Applegate (born November 25, 1971) is a retired American actress. She gained recognition in the late 1980s for playing Kelly Bundy in the Fox sitcom Married... with Children (1987–1997). Her titular role in the sitcom Jesse (1998–2000), earned her first nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Christina Applegate
- Name (Japanese)
- クリスティナ・アップルゲイト
- Reading
- くりすてぃな・あっぷるげいと
- Born
- November 25, 1971 (age 54)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Sagittarius / Boar
- Origin
- Hollywood, California, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 2 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- stage actor / musical theatre actor / film actor / television actor / voice actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Excelsior High School
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- 2005 Theatre World Award
- 2009 35th People's Choice Awards
- 2009 TV Land Award
- 2003 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series
- 2012 Jane Fonda Humanitarian Award
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Stage actor — see all → · Musical theatre actor — see all → · More people from United States →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.