Biography Christina Applegate

    Source: Sony

    Christina Applegate stars as Kelly Bundy in Columbia Pictures Television's top-rated
    prime time half-hour comedy series "Married...With Children" for the Fox
    Broadcasting Company.

    Born into a show business family, her mother is actress/singer Nancy Priddy and her
    father, Robert, is a former record company executive.

    Ms. Applegate made her television debut at the age of three months in her mother's
    arms on the daytime drama "Days of Our Lives." She co-starred in the network series
    "Heart of the City," in addition to making appearances on "21 Jump Street," "Family
    Ties," "All Is Forgiven," "Quincy," "Silver Spoons," "Wally and the Beaver,"
    "Charles in Charge" and Steven Spielberg's "Amazing Stories."

    Ms. Applegate's film credits include "Wild Bill" starring Jeff Bridges and Ellen
    Barkin; "Vibrations," which also stars James Marshall; "Across the Moon," a
    Hemdale Films and A Stream Prods., co-staring Elizbeth Pena and Burgess Meredith;
    the comedy feature "Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead;" "Streets;" "King Cobra;"
    "Beatlemania;" and "Jonathan the Doll." She has also appeared in the NBC telefilm
    "Dance `Til Dawn" and portrayed the young Grace Kelly in the television movie "The
    Grace Kelly Story," with Cheryl Ladd.

    On stage, she has appeared in "The Third Day," co-starring Gena Rowlands and
    directed by John Cassavetes. Additional theater credits include roles in "The
    Axeman's Jazz," "Nobody Leaves Empty Handed" and "The Runthrough."

    An accomplished dancer, Ms. Applegate has studied numerous varieties of jazz dance
    and, when not working, dances between 15 and 20 hours per week. She also owns
    Rubi Rosa, a Southwestern restaurant in West Hollywood.

    Ms. Applegate, who bears little resemblance to her screen character of Kelly, is a
    native Californian and resides in Los Angeles, where she spends her leisure time
    reading, writing poetry and taking care of her cats, Natasha and Kanaloa, and German
    Shepherd, Sybil.