Christina Ricci

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Christina Ricci at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival
Ricci (2007)

Christina Ricci (born February 12, 1980 in Santa Monica , California ) is an American actress and film producer .

Life and accomplishments

Ricci grew up as the youngest of four children. After moving to the East Coast with her family, she went to school in New Jersey , where she was discovered by a film critic rather by accident at a Christmas performance by the theater company . After appearing in a few commercials , Ricci started her acting career at the age of ten alongside Cher and Winona Ryder in the 1990 film Mermaids Kiss Better . A year later followed a small role in The Hard Way . With the role of the mysterious Wednesday Addams in Addams Family and their successor The Addams Family in Crazy Tradition (1993), she achieved her breakthrough as a child star. She received a lot of praise and recognition for these achievements. After the following film Now and Then - Then and Now , she was at a turning point in her career, the step from child star to serious actress.

She subsequently appeared in independent films when Taiwanese director Ang Lee cast her in 1997 for his social drama The Ice Storm . With the embodiment of the precocious 14-year-old Wendy Hood , Ricci was able to convince many critics of her acting maturity and thus to build on her successful career again.

For her role in The Opposite of Sex , she was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award and a Golden Globe in 1999. Tim Burton's gritty film Sleepy Hollow then marked her return from independent filmmaking to Hollywood film. For her role in this film, she was nominated for the Young Artist Award in 2000 and won the Saturn Award .

In the Amazon video series Z: The Beginning of Everything , she played the lead role of Zelda Sayre .

In addition to her work as an actress, Ricci has also been a film producer since Prozac Nation - My Life with the Psychopill .

Personal

Ricci was engaged to the actor Owen Benjamin for a few months in 2009 and had a relationship with the photographer Curtis Buchanan for several months until she met James Heerdegen while filming Pan Am in 2012. In the autumn of the same year the couple got engaged; The marriage took place in 2013 . In August 2014, the couple's first child, a boy, was born. Ricci filed for divorce in mid-2020.

Awards

Laureate

Blockbuster Entertainment Awards , 2001, 2000

  • 2001: For Bless the Child : Best Supporting Actress
  • 2000: For Sleepy Hollow : Best Actress in a Horror Film

Satellite Awards , 1999

  • For The Opposite of Sex - Best Performance by an Actress in a Comedy / Musical

YoungStar Awards , 1998

  • For The Opposite of Sex

Young Hollywood Awards , 2001

  • Category: Hottest, Coolest Young Veteran

Seattle International Film Festival , 1998

  • For The Opposite of Sex - Best Actress

Saturn Award , 2000, 1996

  • For Sleepy Hollow - Best Actress
  • For Casper - Best Performance by a Younger Actor

Nominations

2006 Emmy Awards

  • For Grey's Anatomy : Best Guest Actress in a TV Drama Series

Golden Globe Awards 1999

  • For The Opposite of Sex - Best Actress in a Comedy / Musical

MTV Movie Awards 2004

Independent Spirit Awards 1999

  • For The Opposite of Sex

Chlotrudis Awards 1999

  • For The Opposite of Sex , Best Actress

Teen Choice Awards 2002, 2000

  • 2002: For Pumpkin
  • 2000: For Sleepy Hollow

Young Artist Awards 2000, 1998, 1996, 1993,

  • 2000: Best Performance in a Feature Film, For Sleepy Hollow
  • 1998: Best Actress in a Leading Role for That Darn Cat
  • 1998: Best Supporting Actress for The Ice Storm
  • 1996: Best Performance in an Ensemble for Now and Then
  • 1996: Best Young Actress for Now and Then
  • 1993: Best Young Supporting Actress for The Addams Family

Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films , 1994, 1993

  • For Addams Family Values - Best Performance by a Younger Actor
  • For Addams Family - Best Performance by a Younger Actor

Filmography

films and series

Music videos

  • 1990: The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss) - Cher
  • 2000: Natural Blues - Moby

Web links

Wikiquote: Christina Ricci  - Quotes
Commons : Christina Ricci  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Christina Ricci got engaged ( memento of March 22, 2009 in the Internet Archive ), stern.de, accessed on March 19, 2009
  2. ↑ Christina Ricci and Owen Benjamin No longer engaged , gala.de, accessed on December 28, 2009
  3. ^ Leon David: Christina Ricci finds new love with James Heerdegen ( Memento from April 8, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) , realbollywood.com, February 3, 2012, accessed on May 24, 2012
  4. ↑ Zach Johnson: Meet Christina Ricci's Boyfriend James Heerdegen! , UsMagazine.com, February 2, 2012, accessed May 24, 2012
  5. ↑ Justin Ravitz: Christina Ricci Confirms She's Engaged to Boyfriend James Heerdegen , usmagazine.com, February 1, 2013, accessed May 5, 2013
  6. ↑ Lenka Hladikovah: Pan Am: Christina Ricci became a mother . In: Serienjunkies.de . August 11, 2014. Retrieved August 11, 2014.
  7. ↑ https://www.spiegel.de/panorama/haben/christina-ricci-reich-die-scheid-von-james-heerdegen-ein-a-c309e1dc-0ed8-45d6-868a-23e8c85e7794
  8. ↑ Mobys Natural Blues on YouTube .
personal data
SURNAME Ricci, Christina
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-american actress
DATE OF BIRTH February 12, 1980
PLACE OF BIRTH Santa Monica , California , USA