If you are an “Addams Family” fan, then you know Christina Ricci. The former child star shows us that she can do anything. You can tell her versatility from being Wednesday in Addams Family to being hot and sexy in “Z: The Beginning of Everything”. Scan through our photo compilation of Christina Ricci to know more about this actress’s versatility.
Christina Ricci was born to a humble home from parents, Sarah and Ralph Ricci. She is the youngest among four children and was born on February 12, 1980. Christina always wanted to become an actress. The young girl even punched another child to get the role of a play when she was eight years old. Then she made spoof commercials for “Saturday Night Live”. Ricci officially had her first movie appearance in the film “Mermaids” with Cher.
She appeared as Wednesday Addams in the movie “Addams Family”, which was her highlight, and made another appearance on the sequel “Addams Family Values”. Then she had her first lead role in the film “Casper”. After that, she had several projects until she grew up.
Her last movie was “That Darn Cat” before she transitioned to more adult roles. The film “The Ice Storm” was her first daring movie. Then, she continued with her gothic roles when she landed a role for Tim Burton’s film, “Sleepy Hollow”, with Johnny Depp. She had several other projects then and made more lead roles.
She ventured into television roles and appeared in “Grey’s Anatomy” in two episodes. Her performance was so excellent that she got nominated for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series at the Emmy’s. While guesting in several TV series, she also appeared in other movies like “Black Snake Moan”, where she starred as a nymphomaniac.
Her character in “Black Snake Moan” was another daring role for her and a little unhealthy since she had to lose a few pounds to become skinny for the character, Rae.
In 2011, she focused more on television, appearing in the series “Pan Am” as Maggie Ryan from 2011-2012. Then she portrayed her most daring role in Amazon’s mini-series’, “Z: The Beginning of Everything”. She revealed in an interview that she would not usually choose characters like in the series because it was more of a romantic lead. She even had to show her boobs and ass for the series. Her recent appearance was the psychological thriller “Distorted” in 2018. She portrayed a woman with bipolar disorder. Ricci dated Owen Benjamin in 2008 and got engaged in 2009. The two split just two months after the engagement, and she met Heerdegen in 2013 and later got married on October 26, 2013. They have a son named Freddie.
