Biography
Christina Applegate (born November 25, 1971) is an American actress. She is best known for playing Kelly Bundy on the Fox Broadcasting Company sitcom Married… with Children. She has since established a film and television career, with major roles in several pictures, including Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead, The Big Hit, The Sweetest Thing, Anchorman, Farce of the Penguins and Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel. She has also starred in numerous productions including the 2005 Broadway revival of the musical Sweet Charity. More recently, she played the lead character Samantha Newly in the ABC sitcom Samantha Who?.
Applegate was born in Hollywood, California. Her father, Robert W. Applegate, was a record producer and record company executive, and her mother, Nancy Lee Priddy, was a singer and actress. Her parents split up shortly after her birth. She has two half-siblings (Alisa and Kyle) from her father’s remarriage. Following her parents’ divorce, her mother had a relationship with musician Stephen Stills. It was through Stills’ friendship with fellow musicians Paul Kantner and Grace Slick that Applegate became friends with their daughter, China Kantner
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