Precocious, outspoken child-teen starlet of the 1990s, Christina Ricci was born in 1980 in Santa Monica, California, the youngest of four children of Sarah .
Her parents divorced after she filmed Addams Family Values . She has not spoken with her father since.
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.
Had to turn down the role of Ronna in Go because of scheduling conflicts.
Her father, before becoming a lawyer, was a lay practitioner of "primal scream therapy"--wherein it was believed that patients could purportedly scream their way to a psychological breakthrough. While growing up, Christina could hear the screaming coming through the the vents in her room (her father did his therapy sessions at home), and would act them out in front of her mother.
On December 4 1999, she appeared on "Saturday Night Live" as the guest host, in which she parodied 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 Sally (Gasteyer), but accidentally hit her for real. While she initially reacted by putting her hands over her mouth in surprise, she maintained her professionalism and quickly fell back into character.
Was originally slated to play the lead in Ghost World , 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.
Co-hosted a 10 volume educational video series entitled "Bug City" in 1998.
Nicknamed Squant by her siblings because of a childhood fascination with the Native American hero Squanto, who helped the first European settlers in America.
She was the fourth child of Ralph and Sarah Ricci. Her siblings are Dante, Pia and Rafael.
Her best friend is actress Gaby Hoffmann.
First nude scene was in the movie Prozac Nation in which she requested a closed set and had co-star Michelle Williams present to ensure that she did everything properly.
Auditioned for the role of Young Amy in Little Women and Claudia in Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles . Both roles went to Kirsten Dunst instead.
Never formally studied acting.
Wore braces when she was younger.
Underground Hip-Hop heroes Sean Daley (of the group Atmosphere, who makes many references to her in his lyrics) and MURS have released a collaborative album entitled "Felt: A Tribute to Christina Ricci".
Audtitioned for the role of Ellie Creed in the film Pet Sematary , but lost the part to Blaze Berdahl.
Her paternal grandfather was of Italian descent and her paternal grandmother was of Irish descent. Her mother has Scotch-Irish ancestry.
Finnish doom metal band Reverend Bizarre song "Goddess Of Doom" is a tribute to her.
Was roommates with Michelle Williams while filming Prozac Nation with her.
Originally had the part of Desi Brable in O , but had to drop out due to scheduling conflicts. The part ended up going to Julia Stiles.
Was considered for the role of Velma Dinkley in Scooby-Doo .
Is good friends with her Sleepy Hollow , Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas , and The Man Who Cried co-star Johnny Depp.
Pennsylvania rock band Anthrophobia has a song about Christina on their 1999 release, "In The Zero To 3 Movement." The song is called "Ricci" and it appears as track 3.
Auditioned for Martin Scorsese s Gangs of New York .
Her favorite movies are My Own Private Idaho , Pulp Fiction , The Lord Of The Rings, Gangs of New York and The Hours .
Her favorite actress is Amanda Plummer and her favorite actors are Viggo Mortensen and James Woods.
Her favorite shows are "The X Files" , "Law & Order" , "The Simpsons" , "Friends" and "Will & Grace" .
Was turned down four times for the role of Lolita in Lolita , which eventually went to Dominique Swain.
Turned down the role of Lauren in The Rules of Attraction because of the rape scene in the beginning, which she found gross and offensive. Shannyn Sossamon took over the role.
Finds comfort in falling asleep watching The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring .
Says that The Ice Storm was the first role she really wanted and eventually got.
Turned down the role of Dora Diamond in Loser .
Attended Glenfield middle school in Montclair, New Jersey.
Lived in Montclair, New Jersey when she was younger.
Briefly attended Morristown-Beard School, an exclusive preparatory school in Morristown, New Jersey. (Other attendees include former "Bachelor" star Prince Lorenzo Borghese ).
Is a muse for artist Mark Ryden and appears in many of his paintings including one entitled "Christina".
During filming of Black Snake Moan , grew close with co-star Samuel L. Jackson. The two remain good friends to this day.
Suffers from botanophobia (fear of plants). Admits to being especially afraid of houseplants.
(October 26, 2013) Married her boyfriend of 2 years James Heerdegen following a year-long engagement.
Suffered from anorexia as a teenager.
Lives in the popular Los Angeles neighborhood of Silverlake. Other Silverlake locals include Beck , Bo Barrett , Jason Lee , Rachel McAdams and Ryan Gosling.
Joined RAINN (Rape Abuse Incest National Network) as a National Spokesperson in April 2007.
Was allegedly stalked by Gerard Way , later of band My Chemical Romance , when she lived in New Jersey. Way stated that it was just that they shopped at the same record shop and he was really "into her".
Has three dogs.
Pop Punk band The Adorkables perform a popular tribute song entitled "Christina Ricci" on their album entitled "...She Loves Me Not". Christina has said that she likes the song.
Was engaged to Owen Benjamin (March-June 2009).
Her last name is pronounced, "Ree-chee".
Appearing in a school play a columnist saw her and suggested to her parents that they should get her a manager which led to some commercial work and a role in her first film Mermaids.
(June 2010) Detroit, Michigan filming a movie set in the time of the U.S. War of the Rebellion.
(September 2007) Los Angeles Premiere of Paramount Vantage Into the Wild .
(September 2007) Womens Guild 50th Anniversary Gala
(October 2007) Murakami Gala at MOCA, Hosted with Louis Vuitton.
(July 2007) In Germany filming Speed Racer .
DKNY Delicious Night Fragrance Launch Party
6th Annual Tribeca Film Festival - "Two Days in Paris" -
Gave birth to her 1st child at age 34, a son named Freddie Heerdegen in early August 2014. Childs father is her husband, James Heerdegen.
Returned to work 3 months after giving birth to her son Freddie to begin filming "The Lizzie Borden Chronicles" .
Both she and her Mothers and Daughters co-star Eva Amurri Martino were 9 months pregnant with their 1st children when they completed filming the movie. They had their babies in August 2014.
Tried out for the part of "Flora MacGrath" in Jane Campion s The Piano but lost out to Anna Paquin.
Born on the same day as Sarah Lancaster.
That was my way of thanking him.
All my other relationships have been three months. I used to always,cheat on my boyfriends. For no reason. . . Just to create a little drama.
I stopped feeling fabulous around age eleven. I got much less confident,and more angsty; I think it had to do with boys not liking me.
Everything, I think, about acting is based on imagination.
