Christina Applegate

Christina Applegate (born November 25, 1971) is an American Emmy Award-winning and Tony Award-nominated actress, particularly well-known for playing the very attractive, promiscuous, dim-witted Kelly Bundy on the Fox television network sitcom Married… with Children. She has since established a film and television career, with major roles in several pictures, such as Anchorman, The Sweetest Thing, the upcoming ABC sitcom Samantha Who? and recently starred on Broadway in a revival of the musical Sweet Charity.

Christina Applegate quit school at age 17 to pursue acting. From 1987 to 1997, she played Kelly Bundy on Married… with Children. From 1998 to 2000, she starred in her own sitcom, Jesse, on NBC. In 2002 she co-starred with Cameron Diaz, on the comic movie The Sweetest Thing, playing the role of Courtney Rockcliffe, Diaz's best friend. Applegate was one of the founding members of the Pussycat Dolls, which debuted at the Viper Room on Sunset Strip, Los Angeles in 1995. Applegate emceed for the Dolls when they moved to The Roxy in 2002.

While playing the title role in a revival of Sweet Charity, she broke her foot, and it was announced that the musical would close during previews. She persuaded the producers to rescind their decision, and on April 18, 2005, she made her Broadway debut. Sweet Charity ended its Broadway run on December 31, 2005. She also guest-starred on two episodes of Friends, one in the ninth season, and one in the tenth, titled "The One with Rachel's Other Sister" and "The One Where Rachel's Sister Babysits" respectively (in 2002 and 2003) as Amy Green, Rachel's (Jennifer Aniston) youngest sister. She won an Emmy for her performance in "The One with Rachel's Other Sister". In 2006, she appeared in an advertising campaign for Hanes title "Look who we've got our Hanes on now". The campaign started in 2005 but she, Jennifer Love Hewitt, and Kevin Bacon were added to the ads in 2006.

In 2006, Christina Applegate appeared in Jessica Simpson's music video "A Public Affair", alongside Eva Longoria, Ryan Seacrest and Christina Milian. Applegate is set to star in the 2007 comedy pilot for ABC, Samantha Who?. Jean Smart, Jennifer Esposito, and Melissa McCarthy are set to co-star in the comedy about a 30-year-old psychiatrist who, after a hit-and-run accident, develops amnesia and has to rediscover her life, her relationships and herself.

Aug. 10, 2007. Applegate was the 2003 spokesperson for the Lee National Denim Day fundraiser which raises millions of dollars for breast cancer education and research. Applegate's mother is a breast cancer survivor. Applegate is a supporter of animal rights and PETA.