Christina Applegate
Christina Applegate was born on November 25, 1971 in Hollywood, California. Her father, Robert W. Applegate, was a record producer and record company executive, and her mother, Nancy Lee Priddy, was a singer and actress. Her parents split up shortly after her birth. She has two half-siblings (Alisa and Kyle) from her father’s remarriage. Following her parents’ divorce, her mother had a relationship with musician Stephen Stills. It was through Stills’ friendship with fellow musicians Paul Kantner and Grace Slick that Applegate became friends with their daughter, China Kantner.
In October 2001, Applegate married longtime boyfriend Johnathon Schaech, in a small Palm Springs ceremony attended by family and close friends. Schaech filed for divorce in November 2005, citing irreconcilable differences. Applegate and Schaech’s final divorce papers were entered August 10, 2007 in Los Angeles Superior Court.
Her close friends include Lance Bass.
On July 1, 2008, her close friend and ex-boyfriend Lee Grivas was found dead of an apparent drug overdose.
In a January 2009 interview on Anytime with Bob Kushell, Applegate stated that she hates the paparazzi. Additionally, she appeared in recent interviews on various talk shows such as The Ellen DeGeneres Show and on the 2009 TV Land Awards, receiving the “Innovator Award” along with her fellow cast of Married… with Children.
Her current boyfriend (2009) is Martyn LeNoble. She topped the list of People Magazine’s Most Beautiful People in 2009
Applegate is a vegetarian.
In 1992, Applegate joined other celebrities in a benefit show for a Hollywood children’s charity, acting as a special guest assistant to a local magician and taking part in a number of illusions including being sawed in half.
In 2003, she was the spokesperson for the Lee National Denim Day, which raises millions of dollars for breast cancer education and research.
Following her diagnosis with breast cancer, Applegate appeared on a television special entitled Stand Up to Cancer designed to raise funds for breast cancer research. The one hour special was broadcast on CBS, NBC, and ABC television networks on September 5.
In 2009, Applegate announced her plans to return as the ambassador for Lee National Denim Day.
Applegate starred in the ABC comedy, Samantha Who?, until it was cancelled on May 18, 2009. The series costarred Jean Smart, Jennifer Esposito, and Melissa McCarthy. The series was about a 30-year-old who, after a hit-and-run accident, develops amnesia and has to rediscover her life, her relationships and herself. Shortly after the cancellation was announced, Applegate began a campaign to get the show back into production. As of June 25, 2009, the campaign has proven unsuccessful.
Applegate will play Elizabeth Montgomery of Bewitched fame, who died of colorectal cancer, in the upcoming film Everything Is Going to Be Just Fine, due to be released in 2009.
