Christina Ricci

Christina Ricci
Ricci in 2020
Born (1980-02-12) February 12, 1980 (age 44)[1]
Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Alma materProfessional Children's School
Occupations
  • Actress
  • producer
Years active1990–present
Spouses
James Heerdegen
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(m. 2013; div. 2021)​
Mark Hampton
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(m. 2021)​
Children2
Signature

Christina Ricci (/ˈriːtʃi/ REE-chee; born February 12, 1980) is an American actress and producer. Known for playing unusual characters with a dark edge,[2] Ricci works mostly in independent productions, but has also appeared in numerous box-office hits.[3] She is the recipient of Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild, and Primetime Emmy Award nominations.

Ricci made her film debut at the age of nine in Mermaids (1990), which was followed by a breakout role as Wednesday Addams in The Addams Family (1991). Subsequent roles in Casper and Now and Then (both 1995) established her as a teen idol.[4] At 17, she moved into adult-oriented independent projects such as The Ice Storm (1997), Buffalo '66, The Opposite of Sex, Pecker (all 1998), Prozac Nation (2001), Pumpkin (2002), and Monster (2003).

On television, Ricci played Liza Bump on the fifth and final season of Ally McBeal (2002) and had a guest role on Grey's Anatomy in 2006, for which she received an Emmy Award nomination. She also starred on ABC's Pan Am (2011–2012), produced and starred in the series The Lizzie Borden Chronicles (2015) and Z: The Beginning of Everything (2017), and appeared as Marilyn Thornhill on the first season of Netflix's Wednesday in 2022. Ricci has played Misty Quigley on Showtime's Yellowjackets since 2021, receiving nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress. She voiced Catwoman / Selina Kyle in the animated series Batman: Caped Crusader (2024).

In 2010, Ricci made her Broadway debut in the Donald Margulies play Time Stands Still. She is the national spokesperson for the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN).[5]

  1. ^ "Famous birthdays for Feb. 12: Christina Ricci, Bill Russell". UPI. Retrieved June 25, 2023.
  2. ^ "Forget F. Scott: In 'Z,' Christina Ricci Tells Zelda Fitzgerald's Story". NPR. March 26, 2017. Retrieved September 26, 2018.
  3. ^ "Christina Ricci". The Numbers. Retrieved June 25, 2023.
  4. ^ "Christina Ricci: Beyond Wednesday". Dazed. September 22, 2015. Retrieved September 19, 2018.
  5. ^ "Christina Ricci Shines Light on Sexual Violence in Huffington Post". CBS News. September 11, 2009. Retrieved June 25, 2023.