Queen of Rebels : Christina Ricci

One of the most celebrated actresses of her generation, as well as one of the few child stars to make a successful transition to adult roles, Christina Ricci has been impressing audiences and critics with her unnervingly accurate performances since debuting in 1990.
She was born on February 12th, 1980 (Sign: Aquarius/ Chinese Sign: Goat/ Element: Earth) in Santa Monica, California (USA), as the fourth child of Ralph (psychiatrist / lawyer) and Sarah Ricci (a former Ford model). Her sibs are Rafael (born 1971), Dante (born 1974), and Pia (born 1976).

A critic for the Bergen Record discovered Ricci at age eight in a school play (The Twelve Days of Christmas) at Glenfield Middle School, Montclair, New Jersey. The critic's son was originally cast in the role, but Ricci got him to hit her and told on him; he lost the role to her as part of his punishment. After this, she got involved in the movie biz early. She did several commercials starting at the age of six, until she finally got her big screen debut in Richard Benjamin's Mermaids (1990), as Cher's younger daughter. Although much attention went to Winona Ryder, who played Ricci's older sister, the young actress made enough of an impression to land more work: The following year, she starred as the morbidly precocious Wednesday Addams in the hit film adaptation of The Addams Family. The role would help to establish Ricci as an actress known for playing dark, unconventional characters; she went on to play Wednesday again in the film's 1993 sequel Addams Family Values.

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She spent most of her childhood days with her dad, a psychiatrist, in Montclair, New Jersey. Her life wasn't easy as it seems, since she thinks of her family as disfunctional and crazy, and arguments were commonplace. When her father and her mother, a former fashion model who now works in the real estate business, finally seperated in 1993, she stayed with her mom who took custody of the kids.

Apparently, she became estranged to her father, who now lives in California. Of course, the divorce did leave its traces in Christina's mind, and she was diagnosed anorexic most likely due to emotional overload. She started therapy, and she still seeks this kind of advice which seems perfectly normal to her being an actress.

The summer after she turned 15, the family then moved to Manhattan where Christina attended a private school (Professional Children's School, New York, New York). She admitted that there were days when school wasn't easy for her, too. When her acting career started and she was a student at Edgemont Elementary School, she took it all a little too serious, she admitted, and that of course raised the envy of the other students. However, Christina's attitude towards being famous changed quickly, but some guys kept calling her "Wednesday" what really pissed her off. But as it seems, she had no more problems regarding that after moving to New York, and she graduated from High School. Although she wanted to join a writing programme of Columbia University, she changed her mind and decided not to attend.

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Being way beyond her age, she always hated it to be treated like a child. She's now happy that she finally is no longer casted only for "kiddy movies", but for adult roles instead which she always wanted to play.

However, her role in Casper earned her the National Association of Theater Owners ShowEast Star of Tomorrow and Star of the Year awards, which seems impressive since she admits not having invested anything into her earlier roles.

Following a series of films both good and bad, including Now and Then, in which she played the young Rosie O'Donnell, and the critically panned but commercially successful Casper, Ricci starred as the troubled, sexually precocious Wendy Hood in Ang Lee's widely praised The Ice Storm. The actress handled the part with uncanny maturity, leading many observers to conclude that she was truly beginning to come into her own. This assessment was solidified with Ricci's subsequent roles in films like Buffalo '66 (in which she played Vincent Gallo's unwitting abductee-turned-girlfriend), John Waters' Pecker, and Don Roos' The Opposite of Sex, the last of which cast her as Dedee, a delightfully loathsome girl who wreaks tabloid-style havoc on everyone she encounters, whether they be dead or alive. For her performance as Dedee, Ricci was nominated for a Golden Globe and attained the unofficial title of the Sundance Film Festival's 1998 "It" Girl.

Riding high as an indie teen queen, Ricci went on in 1999 to headline 200 Cigarettes; the same year, she could be seen in Desert Blue, which featured 200 Cigarettes co-stars Casey Affleck and Kate Hudson, and Sleepy Hollow, in which she played Gothic princess Katrina Van Tassel opposite Johnny Depp's Ichabod Crane in Tim Burton's adaptation of Washington Irving's ghostly tale.

In 2000, Ricci starred in Sally Potter's The Man Who Cried, in which she played a young Jewish woman who flees from Germany to Paris during World War II, and Bless the Child, a supernatural thriller that also starred Kim Basinger and Rufus Sewell.
The latest development is a major step in her career and adds a more wide variety of characters to her repertoire, as she now is playing roles where she really enjoys investing all her acting skills and talent. Taking a look at her recent movie projects, one can clearly see that she's just about to start an amazing career as an adult actress with a very bright and promising future.




	One of the most celebrated actresses of her generation, as well as one of the few child stars to make a successful transition to adult roles, Christina Ricci has been impressing audiences and critics with her unnervingly accurate performances since debuting in 1990. She was born on February 12th, 1980 (Sign: Aquarius/ Chinese Sign: Goat/ Element: Earth) in Santa Monica, California (USA), as the fourth child of Ralph (psychiatrist / lawyer) and Sarah Ricci (a former Ford model). Her sibs are Rafael (born 1971), Dante (born 1974), and Pia (born 1976).



	A critic for the Bergen Record discovered Ricci at age eight in a school play (*The Twelve Days of Christmas) at Glenfield Middle School, Montclair, New Jersey. The critic's son was originally cast in the role, but Ricci got him to hit her and told on him; he lost the role to her as part of his punishment. After this, she got involved in the movie biz early. She did several commercials starting at the age of six, until she finally got her big screen debut in Richard Benjamin's Mermaids* (1990), as Cher's younger daughter. Although much attention went to Winona Ryder, who played Ricci's older sister, the young actress made enough of an impression to land more work: The following year, she starred as the morbidly precocious Wednesday Addams in the hit film adaptation of The Addams Family. The role would help to establish Ricci as an actress known for playing dark, unconventional characters; she went on to play Wednesday again in the film's 1993 sequel Addams Family Values.

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	She spent most of her childhood days with her dad, a psychiatrist, in Montclair, New Jersey. Her life wasn't easy as it seems, since she thinks of her family as disfunctional and crazy, and arguments were commonplace. When her father and her mother, a former fashion model who now works in the real estate business, finally seperated in 1993, she stayed with her mom who took custody of the kids.
	Apparently, she became estranged to her father, who now lives in California. Of course, the divorce did leave its traces in Christina's mind, and she was diagnosed anorexic most likely due to emotional overload. She started therapy, and she still seeks this kind of advice which seems perfectly normal to her being an actress.
	The summer after she turned 15, the family then moved to Manhattan where Christina attended a private school (Professional Children's School, New York, New York). She admitted that there were days when school wasn't easy for her, too. When her acting career started and she was a student at Edgemont Elementary School, she took it all a little too serious, she admitted, and that of course raised the envy of the other students. However, Christina's attitude towards being famous changed quickly, but some guys kept calling her "Wednesday" what really pissed her off. But as it seems, she had no more problems regarding that after moving to New York, and she graduated from High School. Although she wanted to join a writing programme of Columbia University, she changed her mind and decided not to attend.

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	Being way beyond her age, she always hated it to be treated like a child. She's now happy that she finally is no longer casted only for "kiddy movies", but for adult roles instead which she always wanted to play.
	However, her role in *Casper* earned her the National Association of Theater Owners ShowEast Star of Tomorrow and Star of the Year awards, which seems impressive since she admits not having invested anything into her earlier roles.
	Following a series of films both good and bad, including Now and Then, in which she played the young Rosie O'Donnell, and the critically panned but commercially successful Casper, Ricci starred as the troubled, sexually precocious Wendy Hood in Ang Lee's widely praised The Ice Storm. The actress handled the part with uncanny maturity, leading many observers to conclude that she was truly beginning to come into her own. This assessment was solidified with Ricci's subsequent roles in films like Buffalo '66 (in which she played Vincent Gallo's unwitting abductee-turned-girlfriend), John Waters' Pecker, and Don Roos' The Opposite of Sex, the last of which cast her as Dedee, a delightfully loathsome girl who wreaks tabloid-style havoc on everyone she encounters, whether they be dead or alive. For her performance as Dedee, Ricci was nominated for a Golden Globe and attained the unofficial title of the Sundance Film Festival's 1998 "It" Girl.



	Riding high as an indie teen queen, Ricci went on in 1999 to headline 200 Cigarettes; the same year, she could be seen in Desert Blue, which featured 200 Cigarettes co-stars Casey Affleck and Kate Hudson, and Sleepy Hollow, in which she played Gothic princess Katrina Van Tassel opposite Johnny Depp's Ichabod Crane in Tim Burton's adaptation of Washington Irving's ghostly tale.
	In 2000, Ricci starred in Sally Potter's The Man Who Cried, in which she played a young Jewish woman who flees from Germany to Paris during World War II, and Bless the Child, a supernatural thriller that also starred Kim Basinger and Rufus Sewell. The latest development is a major step in her career and adds a more wide variety of characters to her repertoire, as she now is playing roles where she really enjoys investing all her acting skills and talent. Taking a look at her recent movie projects, one can clearly see that she's just about to start an amazing career as an adult actress with a very bright and promising future.