Christina Ricci

Christina Ricci (born February 12, 1980 in Santa Monica, California) is an American actress, who began her acting career appearing in commercials and received early recognition as a child star. Her debut performance in Mermaids (1990) was followed by a breakthrough role as Wednesday Addams in The Addams Family (1991) and its sequel Addams Family Values (1993) when she was eleven and thirteen years old, respectively. Following her success with the Addams Family films, she earned somewhat of a "teen icon" status thanks to appearances in various big budget productions, notably Now and Then (1995) and Casper (1995), which were marketed for younger audiences before making a successful transition into adult-oriented roles with the art house drama The Ice Storm (1997) at the age of seventeen.
Ricci continued acting in small-scale independent films such as Buffalo '66 (1998) and The Opposite of Sex (1998), for which she received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress. She made a departure from independent cinema with Tim Burton's big-budget Gothic horror Sleepy Hollow (1999) and later received praise for her performance in the drama Monster (2003), portraying the girlfriend of a notorious female serial killer.
Ricci has also acted in various television productions. In 2006, she was nominated for an Emmy Award for her role as a paramedic in the ABC drama Grey's Anatomy. In 2011–12, she starred in the short-lived television series Pan Am as stewardess Maggie Ryan. In 2014, she starred in the Lifetime production Lizzie Borden Took an Ax as the titular role, marking a return to the darker roles she had generated attention for earlier in her career. In 2015, she reprised the role in the limited series The Lizzie Borden Chronicles, chronicling the aftermath of the events that took place in the biopic. Aside from her acting career, Ricci married dolly grip James Heerdegen in October 2013 and gave birth to a son in August 2014. She is also the national spokesperson for the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network (RAINN).
==Filmography==
===Film===
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes
1990	Mermaids 	Kate Flax 	
1991	The Hard Way (1991 film) 	Bonnie 	
1991	The Addams Family (film) 	Wednesday Addams 	
1993	Cemetery Club 	Jessica 	
1993	Addams Family Values 	Wednesday Addams 	
1995	Now and Then 	Roberta Martin 	
1995	Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain	Beth Easton 	
1995	Casper 	Kathleen "Kat" Harvey 	Lead role
1996	Bastard Out of Carolina 	Dee Dee 	
1996	Last of the High Kings 	Erin 	
1997	Little Red Riding Hood 	Little Red Riding Hood	Short film
1997	That Darn Cat 	Patti Randall 	Lead role
1997	The Ice Storm (film) 	Wendy Hood 	
1998	Buffalo '66 	Layla 	
1998	The Opposite of Sex 	Dede Truitt 	
1998	Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas 	Lucy 	
1998	Small Soldiers 	Gwendy Doll (voice) 	
1998	Pecker 	Shelley 	
1998	I Woke Up Early The Day I Died 	Teenage Hooker 	
1998	Desert Blue 	Ely Jackson 	
1999	200 Cigarettes 	Val 	
1999	No Vacancy 	Lillian 	
1999	Sleepy Hollow 	Katrina Van Tassel 	
2000	Yumi 	Yumi Suzuki 	Voice role
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	Pumpkin 	Carolyn McDuffy 	
2002	Miranda 	Miranda 	
2003	The Gathering (2003 film) 	Cassie Grant 	
2003	Anything Else 	Amanda Chase 	
2003	I Love Your Work 	Shana 	
2003	Monster 	Selby Wall 	
2005	Cursed 	Ellie Myers 	
2006	Penelope 	Penelope Wilhern 	
2006	Black Snake Moan 	Rae Doole 	
2006	Home of the Brave 	Sarah Schivino 	
2008	Speed Racer 	Trixie 	
2008	New York, I Love You 	Camille 	Segment: "Shunji Iwai"
2009	All's Faire in Love 	Kate 	
2009	After.Life 	Anna Taylor 	
2010	Alpha and Omega 	Lilly 	Voice role
2011	California Romanza 	Lena 	Short film
2011	Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star 	Kathy McGee 	
2012	Bel Ami 	Clotilde de Marelle 	
2012	War Flowers 	Sarabeth Ellis 	
2013	The Smurfs 2 	Vexy 	Voice role
2013	Around the Block 	Dino Chalmers 	
2014	The Hero of Color City 	Yellow 	Voice role
2016	Mothers and Daughters 	Rebecca 	
2017	Teen Titans: The Judas Contract 	Terra 	Voice role
2017	My Little Pony 	Megan Williams 	
2022	Earth to Luna: The Movie 	Ship's computer 	Voice role
2024	Ni Hao Kai-Lan: The Movie 	Lulu 	Voice role
===Television===
Year 	Title 	Role 	Notes
1990 	H.E.L.P. 	Olivia 	Episode: "Are You There, Alpha Centauri?"
1996 	The Simpsons 	Erin (voice) 	Episode: "Summer of 4 Ft. 2"
1999 	Saturday Night Live 	Host (Herself) 	Season 25, episode 7
2002 	The Laramie Project (film) 	Romaine Patterson 	HBO movie
2002 	Malcolm in the Middle 	Kelly 	Episode: "Company Picnic: Part 1"
2002 	Ally McBeal 	Liza Bump 	Recurring role (7 episodes)
2005 	Joey 	Mary Teresa 	Episode: "Joey and the Fancy Sister"
2006 	Grey's Anatomy 	Hannah Davies 	Episodes: "It's the End of the World", "As We Know It"
2009 	Saving Grace 	Offcr. Abby Charles 	3 episodes
2011–12	Pan Am 	Margaret "Maggie" Ryan	Main role (14 episodes)
2012 	The Good Wife}} 	Therese Dodd 	Episode: "Anatomy of a Joke"
2014 	Lizzie Borden Took an Ax 	Lizzie Borden 	Lifetime Network movie
2015 	The Lizzie Borden Chronicles 	Lizzie Borden 	8 episodes
2015 	Z: The Beginning of Everything (working title)	Zelda Fitzgerald 	Series pilot
2018 	Sky Rat 	Scarlett (voice) 	Main role
===Other works===
;Music
*2005: "Hell Yes" – Beck
;Music videos
*1990: "The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)" – Cher
*1991: "Addams Groove" – MC Hammer
*1993: "Addams Family (Whoomp!)" – Tag Team
*2000: "Natural Blues" – Moby
;Video games
*2008: The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon as Cynder
*2008: Speed Racer: The Videogame as Trixie
*2021: Sakura Wars and Sakura Wars: The Legacy Collection as Reni Milchstraße
;Audiobook
*Gossip Girl – Narrator
*Gossip Girl "You Know You Love Me" – Narrator
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