Christina Ricci
Actress
Birth Date: February 12, 1980
Age: 45 years old
Birth Place: Santa Monica, California
Christina Ricci has been an acclaimed actress since the age of nine. Born in Santa Monica, California in 1980, Ricci was discovered by a theater critic while appearing in a school play at age eight, who recommended she sign with an agent.
Ricci would make her film debut soon after, co-starring with Winona Ryder and Cher in the period drama "Mermaids" (1990). Just a year later, she would be cast in what might remain the most iconic role of her career, that of the adorably goth Wednesday Addams in the feature film "The Addams Family" (1991). She would return to the role for the sequel "Addams Family Values" (1993) before moving on to star in other family and tween films of the era, including "Casper" (1995), "Now and Then" (1995), and "Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain" (1995).
Ricci would begin transitioning into the realm of art house cinema with acclaimed turns in Ang Lee's "The Ice Storm" (1997) and Vincent Gallo's "Buffalo 66" (1998). In 1999, Ricci found another role in a blockbuster with a subversive edge, co-starring with Johnny Depp in Tim Burton's "Sleepy Hollow" (1999). She would go on to star alongside Charlize Theron in the acclaimed "Monster" (2003) before starring in the controversial "Black Snake Moan" (2006).
Ricci transitioned to TV in 2011, starring on the short-lived "Pan Am" (ABC, 2011-12) before taking on the role of infamous acclaimed murderer Lizzie Borden in the TV movie "Lizzie Borden Took an Axe" (Lifetime, 2014). She would return to the role for the mini-series "The Lizzie Borden Chronicles" (Lifetime, 2015), and later took on another historical figure, portraying Zelda Fitzgerald on "Z: The Beginning of Everything" (Amazon, 2015-17). Having found a strong niche, Ricci chose to portray yet another pivotal character from history in 2019 when she starred in the TV movie "Escaping the Madhouse: The Nellie Bly Story" (Lifetime, 2019).
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Batman: Caped CrusaderStream
The Wheel
WednesdayStream
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Monstrous
YellowjacketsStream
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Katy Perry: Sweet Dreams
CBS Mornings
Cinema Toast
The Matrix ResurrectionsStream
The Drew Barrymore ShowStream
50 States of Fright
10 Things We Should Do Before We Break UpStream
Percy
Faraway Eyes
The Kelly Clarkson ShowStream
Today 3rd Hour
Distorted
Terror in the WoodsStream
Escaping the Madhouse: The Nellie Bly StoryStream
Live with Kelly and Ryan
Teen Titans: The Judas Contract
Match GameStream
Mothers and Daughters
Z: The Beginning of EverythingStream
Z: The Beginning of EverythingStream
The Late Show With Stephen ColbertStream
The Lizzie Borden ChroniclesStream
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The Late Late Show With James Corden
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonStream
Lizzie Borden Took an Ax
The Hero of Color City
Around the Block
The Smurfs 2
Live! With Kelly and Michael
Bel Ami
LIVE with Kelly
Pan Am
Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star
War Flowers
The Talk
Access Hollywood Live
Alpha and Omega
The Good WifeStream
ES.TV
Watch What Happens Live With Andy CohenStream
Late Night With Jimmy Fallon
New York, I Love You
After.LifeStream
All's Faire in Love
Stand Up to Cancer
Speed RacerStream
Lyons & Bailes Reel Talk
Saving GraceStream
The Graham Norton ShowStream
The Morning Show With Mike & Juliet
Black Snake MoanStream
Les énigmes de l'histoire
Home of the Brave
Penelope
The Martha Stewart Show
ET Canada
Grey's AnatomyStream
The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson
CursedStream
Project RunwayStream
Joey
Tavis Smiley
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Jimmy Kimmel Live!Stream
I Love Your Work
Anything Else
MonsterStream
Last Call With Carson Daly
Pumpkin
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The Laramie Project
Miranda
The GatheringStream
Alpha & Omega
Live With Regis and Kelly
All Over the Guy
Prozac Nation
Entertainment Studios.com
Malcolm in the MiddleStream
Bless the Child
The Man Who Cried
The Daily Show With Jon StewartStream
200 Cigarettes
Sleepy HollowStream
No Vacancy
Kickin' It: With Byron Allen
Buffalo '66Stream
The Opposite of SexStream
Fear and Loathing in Las VegasStream
Pecker
Desert Blue
Ally McBealStream
The View
Little Red Riding Hood
That Darn Cat
The Ice StormStream
Bastard Out of Carolina
The Last of the High Kings
Souvenir
CasperStream
Now and ThenStream
Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear MountainStream
Entertainers: With Byron Allen
Late Night With Conan O'Brien
Addams Family ValuesStream
The Tonight Show With Jay Leno
The Cemetery Club
The Hard WayStream
The Addams FamilyStream
MermaidsStream
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Preview
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Comic-Con
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Emmys
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Fall Preview
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Roush Review: ‘Yellowjackets’ Combines Survival Thrills With a Contemporary Mystery
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Christina Ricci & Josh Bowman on the Importance of Lifetime’s ‘The Nellie Bly Story’
Christina Ricci, Judith Light to Star in Lifetime Thriller ‘Nellie Bly’
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