Christina Ricci
As an adult, Ricci began appearing in more mature roles after 1997's The Ice Storm, and eventually successfully emerged out of her status as a child star, and predominantly performed in many varied roles ranging from romantic comedies, dramas and horror films.
She segued from child star to mature actress through low-budget but critically acclaimed indie films such as The Opposite of Sex (1998) and Pumpkin (2002) before reaching success with major blockbusters like Sleepy Hollow and Monster (2003). Ricci was one of the few actresses to make a successful transition from child star, to adult actress.
Ricci was born in Santa Monica, California, the fourth child of Ralph Ricci and Sarah Murdoch. Regarding her ancestry, Ricci has noted that "the Italian blood has been bred out of her. There's an Italian four or five generations back who married an Irish woman and they all had sons. So they married more Irish women, there were more sons, and more Irish women. Now I'm basically Scots-Irish". Her family was reasonably financially comfortable from its inception; her father, Ralph, before becoming a lawyer, was a psychiatrist who specialized in shrieking therapy. While a child, Christina could hear the therapies through the vents in her room, and would act them out in front of her mother. The family moved to Montclair, New Jersey, where she grew up attending Edgemont Elementary School, Glenfield Middle School and Montclair High School. She left the high school for a private school in New York City, the Professional Children's School, after one year, which was also attended by various other celebrities such as Sarah Michelle Gellar, Macaulay Culkin and Jerry O'Connell. Her siblings are Jared (born 1971), Dante (born 1974), and Pia (born 1976). When her father and her mother, a former fashion model who now works in the real estate business, eventually separated in 1993, she stayed with her mother who took custody of the children. Ricci has not spoken to her father since this took place in 1993. Of her siblings, she closest to her brother Jared, who currently works in the Child Support field in California.
1990-1997: Early work
A critic for the Bergen Record discovered Ricci at age eight in a school play (The Twelve Days of Christmas) at Edgemont School in Montclair, New Jersey. The critic's son was originally cast in the role, but Ricci got him to hit her and told on him; he lost the role to her as part of his punishment. After this, she became involved in the movie business. She did several commercials starting at the age of six, until she finally got her big screen debut in Richard Benjamin's Mermaids (1990) alongside Cher, Bob Hoskins, and Winona Ryder, as Cher's younger daughter. Although much attention went to Winona Ryder, who played Ricci's older sister, the young actress made enough of an impression to land more work: the following year, she starred as the morbidly precocious Wednesday Addams in the hit film adaptation of The Addams Family. The role would help to establish Ricci as an actress known for playing dark, unconventional characters; she went on to play Wednesday again in the film's 1993 sequel Addams Family Values.
After this, her popularity increased dramatically, and she became in high demand by the mid-1990s. Her next project was the box office hit Casper, which received mixed critical reviews. After Casper, she starred in Now and Then, a coming-of-age film about four 12-year-old girls and their friendship from the 1970s to the 1990s. Now and Then was another box office success, and Christina was becoming a top box office draw. She also starred in a handful of other films with teenage roles such as Golddiggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain and That Darn Cat.
1998-2007: Later films
In 1997, Ricci began to appear in more "mature" adult roles, beginning with her role as the troubled, sexually curious Wendy Hood in Ang Lee's critically acclaimed The Ice Storm. The actress handled the part with maturity, leading many observers to conclude that she was truly beginning to come into her own. This assessment was solidified with Ricci's subsequent roles in films like the independent hit Buffalo '66 (in which she played Vincent Gallo's unwitting abductee-turned-girlfriend), John Waters' Pecker, and Don Roos' The Opposite of Sex, as the acid tongued, manipulative Dede, a delightfully loathsome girl who wreaks tabloid-style havoc on everyone she encounters. For her performance as Dede, Ricci was nominated for a Golden Globe and attained the unofficial title of the Sundance Film Festival's 1998 "It" Girl.
Later films included Sleepy Hollow alongside Johnny Depp, Monster, and Prozac Nation (which featured her first on-screen nude scene). Ricci had to turn down the role of Ronna in Go (1999) because of scheduling conflicts; the role eventually went to Sarah Polley. She was turned down four times for the role of Dolores Haze in Lolita (1997), which eventually went to Dominique Swain. Ricci was originally slated to play the lead in Ghost World (2001), but by the time it was filmed she was too old for the part and had moved on to other projects. Thora Birch took over the role. She also turned down a role in Loser (2000) due to some ethically questionable dialogue. Ricci has also begun producing films. In February of 2006, Ricci made a guest appearance as a paramedic in the ABC drama Grey's Anatomy, for which she was nominated for an Emmy award. She was a guest star for seven episodes in the last season of Ally McBeal in 2002.
On December 4, 1999, she appeared as the guest host on Saturday Night Live, and performed parodies of Britney Spears and the Olsen twins. During one of her skits, she accidentally punched actress Ana Gasteyer in the face. The skit was a parody of the Sally Jessy Raphael show, in which she played a 13-year-old runaway who sleeps with dogs, and required her to fake-punch Gasteyer, but accidentally hit her for real. Although Gasteyer initially reacted by putting her hands over her mouth in surprise, she quickly fell back into character.
In 2006, Ricci stated that she feels that at 5'1" she is "too short" to ever be an A-list actress, saying she tends "to look really small on camera". She has also said that she believes that she does not have much control over her career, specifying that she still has to audition for film parts. Her next film, the drama Black Snake Moan, co-stars Samuel L. Jackson and Justin Timberlake and is scheduled to open in the US on March 2, 2007.
Ricci owns her own production company, Blaspheme Films, responsible for Prozac Nation and Pumpkin.
She dated fellow actor Adam Goldberg until the end of 2005. The couple reportedly sold the house they had together when they broke up. Since August 2006 the couple has been seen back together and Christina wears a gold necklace with an anchor that bears the initials AG. Christina said in an interview that it was "fate" that she and Adam were back together.[citation needed]
Ricci is on the national board of VOX-Voices for Planned Parenthood, which works to promote the mission of Planned Parenthood to young adults. She will also be appearing in national ads for Emergency Contraception. She supported John Kerry's presidential bid in 2004.[6]
After making the top of PETA's 2006 worst-dressed list and receiving a letter from PETA Christina decided to give up wearing fur. [7] Ricci also owns two dogs.
Ricci has cited Pulp Fiction, Lord of the Rings, Gangs of New York and My Own Private Idaho as her favourite films.
Christina has several tattoos including a bouquet of sweet peas on her lower back, a pair of praying hands on her hip (this used to be a bat but she has since had it covered), a fairy on her inner wrist, a sparrow on her lower right breast, Aslan (The lion from The Chronicles of Narnia series) on her shoulder blade, the name "Jack" on her right thigh, and a reverse-written "Move Or Bleed" on the left side of her rib cage.
Filmography
1990 Mermaids Kate Flax
1991 The Hard Way Bonnie
1991 The Addams Family Wednesday Addams
1993 The Cemetery Club Jessica
1993 Addams Family Values Wednesday Addams
1995 Casper Kathleen 'Kat' Harvey
1995 Now and Then Young Roberta Martin
1995 Golddiggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain Beth Easton
1996 Bastard Out of Carolina Dee Dee
1996 The Last of the High Kings Erin
1997 Little Red Riding Hood Little Red Riding Hood
1997 That Darn Cat Patti Randall
1997 The Ice Storm Wendy Hood
1998 Souvenir Young Orlando (voice)
1998 Buffalo '66 Layla
1998 Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas Lucy
1998 The Opposite of Sex Dede Truitt
1998 Small Soldiers Gwendy Doll (voice)
1998 Pecker Shelley
1998 Desert Blue Ely Jackson
1998 I Woke Up Early the Day I Died Teenage Hooker
1999 200 Cigarettes Val
1999 No Vacancy Lillian
1999 Sleepy Hollow Katrina VanTassel
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 The Gathering Cassie Grant
2002 The Laramie Project Romaine Patterson
2002 Pumpkin Carolyn McDuffy
2002 Miranda Miranda (Alice)
2003 Monster Selby
2003 Anything Else Amanda
2005 Cursed Ellie
2006 Home of the Brave Sarah Schivino
2006 The White Rose Sophie Scholl
2007 Black Snake Moan Rae
???? Penelope Penelope
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From the time she was a child, Christina Ricci has proven there is absolutely no role she can?t tackle. From her young roles in The Addams Family movies, and Casper to her more mature ones in The Opposite of Sex, Pumpkin, Monster, ...
Christina Ricci is in the fast lane
Christina Ricci was in a few cartoon-like movies as a child actor. The Addams Family films, based on the TV show based on the Charles Addams comic strips, and Casper. Speed Racer takes adaptation to the next level with the Wachowski ...
Christina Ricci is Trixie!
Christina Ricci began generating buzz around her impressive acting talents with her film debut in Mermaids and the former child actress has since established quite a cult following with her distinguishing performances in films like The ...
Christina Ricci: Speed Racer?s BFF
That?s what it?s like for Speed Racer (Emile Hirsch) and Trixie (Christina Ricci) in the new, color-splashed actioner Speed Racer. This girl is no shrinking violet. Trixie flies a hot helicopter, kicks martial arts butt and drives a ...
Christina Ricci Tricky Trixie In Speed Racer
Christina Ricci describes her Speed Racer character Trixie, and she says doing something challenging like in the movie is not just for any actor. You can view the video at AskMen.com.
