Biography
Christina Applegate is an American actress and dancer. As a child actress, she started playing the role of Kelly Bundy on the Fox sitcom Married...with Children (1987–1997). In her adult years, Applegate established a film and television career, winning an Emmy Award (for her guest role in the sitcom Friends) and earning Tony and Golden Globe nominations. Applegate has had major roles in several films, including Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead (1991), The Big Hit (1998), The Sweetest Thing...
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The Little Pageant That Could
2024
as Self (archive footage)
A documentary that chronicles the journey of L.A.’s “Best in Drag Show” to support the Alliance for Housing and Healing. The event, which started as a...

Crash Pad
2017
as Morgan
Hopeless romantic Stensland thinks he's found true love with an older woman, Morgan, only to learn that she's married and that their fling is merely a...

A Bad Moms Christmas
2017
as Gwendolyn James
Amy, Kiki and Carla – three under-appreciated and over-burdened women – rebel against the challenges and expectations of the Super Bowl for mothers: C...

Youth in Oregon
2017
as Kate Gleason
A man is tasked with driving his embittered 80-year-old father-in-law cross country to be legally euthanized in Oregon, while along the way helping hi...

Bad Moms
2016
as Gwendolyn James
When three overworked and under-appreciated moms are pushed beyond their limits, they ditch their conventional responsibilities for a jolt of long ove...

Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip
2015
as Brittany (voice)
Through a series of misunderstandings, Alvin, Simon and Theodore come to believe that Dave is going to propose to his new girlfriend in New York City ...

Meryl: The Lifetime Biopic with Christina Applegate
2015
as Meryl Streep
Christina Applegate stars in the Meryl Streep Lifetime biopic of a lifetime: Meryl.

Vacation
2015
as Debbie Griswold
Hoping to bring his family closer together and to recreate his childhood vacation for his own kids, a grown up Rusty Griswold takes his wife and their...

I Am Chris Farley
2015
as Self
I am Chris Farley tells his hilarious, touching and wildly entertaining story - from his early days in Madison, Wisconsin, to his time at Second City ...

The Book of Life
2014
as Mary Beth (voice)
The journey of Manolo, a young man who is torn between fulfilling the expectations of his family and following his heart. Before choosing which path t...

Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
2013
as Veronica Corningstone
With the 70s behind him, San Diego's top rated newsman, Ron Burgundy, returns to take New York's first 24-hour news channel by storm.

FOX 25th Anniversary Special
2012
as Self
A special celebrating FOX's 25 years on the air. Highlights from iconic series and tributes to memorable moments, as well as celebrities honoring the ...

Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked
2011
as Brittany (voice)
Playing around while aboard a cruise ship, the Chipmunks and Chipettes accidentally go overboard and end up marooned in a tropical paradise. They disc...

Hall Pass
2011
as Grace Searing
When best buds Rick and Fred begin to show signs of restlessness at home, their wives take a bold approach to revitalize their marriages, they grant t...

Going the Distance
2010
as Corrine Berlin
Erin and Garrett are very much in love. When Erin moves to San Francisco to finish her journalism degree and Garrett stays behind in New York to work ...

Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
2010
as Catherine (voice)
The ongoing war between the canine and feline species is put on hold when they join forces to thwart a rogue cat spy with her own sinister plans for c...
Carrie Underwood: An All-Star Holiday Special
2009
as Self
Multi-platinum recording artist and Grammy Award winner Carrie Underwood headlines CARRIE UNDERWOOD: AN ALL-STAR HOLIDAY SPECIAL, a two-hour variety s...

Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
2009
as Brittany (voice)
Pop sensations Alvin, Simon and Theodore end up in the care of Dave Seville's twenty-something nephew Toby. The boys must put aside music super stardo...

The Rocker
2008
as Kim
In the 1980s, a drummer is abandoned by his band just before they become rock superstars. Twenty years later, the drummer sees his second chance at st...

Farce of the Penguins
2006
as Melissa (voice)
In this spoof of "March of the Penguins," nature footage of penguins near the South Pole gets a soundtrack of human voices. Carl and Jimmy, best frien...

Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas
2005
as Dr. Suzanne Bedford
A woman discovers the truth about her former lover from the diary that his first wife wrote to their son, Nicholas.

Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie
2004
as Veronica Corningstone
While Ron Burgundy's rivalry with Veronica Corningstone escalates quickly, a group of unprofessional thieves better known as 'The Alarm Clock' try to ...

Surviving Christmas
2004
as Alicia Valco
A wealthy executive, Drew Latham (Ben Affleck) has no close relationships and becomes nostalgic for his childhood home as Christmas approaches. When h...

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
2004
as Veronica Corningstone
It's the 1970s and San Diego anchorman Ron Burgundy is the top dog in local TV, but that's all about to change when ambitious reporter Veronica Cornin...

Grand Theft Parsons
2004
as Barbara
There are times when it's right and proper to simply bury the dead. This is not one of those times... Gram Parsons was one of the most influential mus...

Employee of the Month
2004
as Sara Goodwin
"Employee of the Month" is about a guy whose day spirals from bad to worse when he gets fired from his dream job at the bank and is dumped by his fian...

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Farley
2003
as Various (archive footage) (uncredited)
He's gone-but he'll never be forgotten. The best of Chris Farley's wildly funny SNL performances are here, including motivational speaker Matt Foley, ...

Wonderland
2003
as Susan Launius
On the afternoon of July 1, 1981, Los Angeles police responded to a distress call on Wonderland Avenue and discovered a grisly quadruple homicide. The...

View from the Top
2003
as Christine Montgomery
No one thought Donna would go very far. But when she sets her sights on becoming a first-class international flight attendant, Donna throws caution to...

Sol Goode
2003
as Tramp (uncredited)
Sol Goode, a charismatic L.A. twenty-something, has always relied on charm, good looks, and fast talk to glide through life. But his luck may have run...
Married... with Children Reunion
2003
as Herself
Original cast members Ed O'Neill, Katey Sagal, David Garrison, Amanda Bearse, Christina Applegate, David Faustino and Ted McGinley reunite in the set ...

The Sweetest Thing
2002
as Courtney Rockcliffe
Christina's love life is stuck in neutral. After years of avoiding the hazards of a meaningful relationship, one night while club-hopping with her gir...

Prince Charming
2001
as Kate
After an extramarital indiscretion, a fairy-tale prince and his sidekick are turned into frogs for all eternity or until the prince can convince a mai...

Just Visiting
2001
as Rosalind / Julia
A knight and his valet are plagued by a witch, and to repair the damage they make use of the services of a wizard. However, something goes wrong and t...

The Giving Tree
2000
as Emily
Nine former schoolmates, staying at a secluded mountain cabin for a reunion, try to figure out why one of their friends and their hostess would invite...

Out in Fifty
1999
as Lilah
A reformed ex-convict enters a love triangle and gets manipulated into being a scapegoat in a murder scheme for revenge.

Jane Austen's Mafia!
1998
as Diane Steen
Takeoff on the Godfather with the son of a mafia king taking over for his dying father.

The Big Hit
1998
as Pam Shulman
Affable hit man Melvin Smiley is constantly being scammed by his cutthroat colleagues in the life-ending business. So, when he and his fellow assassin...

Claudine's Return
1998
as Claudine Van Doozen
Italian Stefano arrives on Dolphin Island off the coast of Georgia and gets a job as a handyman at a motel. He strikes up a romance with an emotionall...

Saturday Night Live: A Tribute to Chris Farley
1998
as Self
Chris Farley was one of the most popular comedians of the 1990s, thanks to his hilarious skits on "Saturday Night Live," which featured Matt Foley, ev...

Nowhere
1997
as Dingbat
In Los Angeles, a colorful assortment of bohemians try to make sense of their intersecting lives. The moody Dark Smith, his bisexual girlfriend, her l...

Mars Attacks!
1996
as Sharona
A fleet of Martian spacecraft surrounds the world's major cities and all of humanity waits to see if the extraterrestrial visitors have, as they claim...

Vibrations
1996
as Anamika
A musician who lost his hands falls for a woman whose technologically adept friends help him make a comeback.

Wild Bill
1995
as Lurline Newcomb
Biopic about famous gunslinger Wild Bill Hickock. The early career of legendary lawman is telescoped and culminates in his relocation in Deadwood and ...

Across the Moon
1994
as Kathy
Two young women bond while living together out in the California desert to be close to their boyfriends who are serving time at the nearby state priso...

Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead
1991
as Swell
Sue Ellen Crandell is a teenager eagerly awaiting her mother's summer-long absence. While the babysitter looks after her rambunctious younger siblings...

The Earth Day Special
1990
as Kelly Bundy
The Earth Day Special is a television special revolving around Earth Day that aired on ABC on April 22, 1990. Sponsored by Time Warner, the two hour s...

Streets
1990
as Dawn
A teenage prostitute and a runaway rich kid flee a psycho-killer motorcycle patrolman.
It's a Bundyful Life
1989
as Kelly Bundy
Al's guardian angel decides to pay him a visit and show him what life is like without him.

Dance 'Til Dawn
1988
as Patrice Johnson
It's prom night and the kids of Hoover High will be having a night they will never forget. Popular girl Shelley ditches her prom and ends up spending ...

Grace Kelly
1983
as Young Grace Kelly
The fairy tale story of the actress who became a princess is told in this biography that traces her rise from Philadelphia socialite to Hollywood movi...

Jaws of Satan
1982
as Kim Perry
A preacher whose ancestors were Druids battles Satan, who has taken the form of a huge snake.
Beatlemania
1981
as Dancer
Four guys who look and sound moderately like the Beatles play a plethora of Lennon/McCartney classics, while footage of memorable sixties events flash...