Christina Applegate is dubbed as one of the most recognizable faces in Hollywood thanks to her several high-profile movie roles.
Her great acting skills have earned her a number of prestigious awards, including a Primetime Emmy, and numerous nominations for Golden Globes and Tony Awards. With these feats, take a look at Applegate's life, career, and net worth.
Christina Applegate's Career
The 51-year-old started her career as a child actor. She first gained recognition for her role as Kelly Bundy in the hit Fox sitcom Married… with Children in the late 1980s.
As an adult, she successfully established a film and TV career, receiving seven Primetime Emmy Award nominations, winning one.
She also had a Tony Award and four Golden Globe nominations.
Come 1998, she led the NBC sitcom Jesse and guest starred in Friends. She did the Broadway revival of Sweet Charity and starred in the ABC sitcom Samantha Who?
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Other TV projects she did are Up All Night and Dead to Me.
Movie-wise, she appeared in Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead, The Big Hit, The Sweetest Thing, Grand Theft Parsons, Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, Hall Pass, Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues, Vacation, Bad Moms, and Crash Pad.
With these to her name, Applegate has amassed a net worth of $25 million.
Christina Applegate May Not Return to TV, Movie Acting After MD Diagnosis
Applegate expressed her disinterest in returning to TV and movie after being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in August 2021 in an interview with Vanity Fair.
MD is a disease affecting the central nervous system, greatly affecting her life and decades-long career.
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"I'm probably not going to work on-camera again," she said.
"I can't even imagine going to set right now," she continued. "This is a progressive disease. I don't know if I'm going to get worse. I can do voiceover stuff because I have to support my family and keep my brain working."
Hence, it might not still be the end of Applegate's career.
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"Who knows — I'm probably gonna get real bored of being in my room. I'd like to develop stuff, I'd like to produce stuff," she added. "I've got a lot of ideas in my mind, and I just need to get them executed."
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