Christina Ricci
Christina Ricci Ricci at the premiere of Speed Racer at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival Born (1980-02-12) February 12, 1980 (age 35) Santa Monica, California, U.S. Education Morristown-Beard School Professional Children's School Alma mater Montclair High School Occupation Actress Years active 1990–present Spouse(s) James Heerdegen (m. 2013) Children 1 Christina Ricci (born February 12, 1980) is an American actress, who began her acting career appearing in commercials and received early recognition as a child star. Her debut performance in Mermaids (1990) was followed by a breakthrough role as Wednesday Addams in The Addams Family (1991) and its sequel Addams Family Values (1993) when she was 11 and 13 years old, respectively. Following her success with the Addams Family films, she earned somewhat of a "teen icon" status thanks to appearances in various big budget productions, notably Now and Then (1995) and Casper (1995), marketed for younger audiences before making a transition into adult-oriented roles with the art house drama The Ice Storm (1997). Ricci continued acting in small-scale independent films such as Buffalo '66 (1998) and The Opposite of Sex (1998) for which she received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress). She made a departure from independent cinema with Tim Burton's Sleepy Hollow (1999) and later received praise for her performance in the drama Monster (2003), which marked a return to the darker material she had generated attention for earlier in her career. Ricci has also acted in various television productions. In 2006, she was nominated for an Emmy Award for her role as a paramedic in the ABC drama Grey's Anatomy. In 2011–12, she starred in the short-lived television series Pan Am as stewardess Maggie Ryan. In 2013 she starred in the Lifetime production Lizzie Borden Took an Ax as the titular role. The television biopic is based on the true story of a Massachusetts woman tried and acquitted for the murders of her father and stepmother. In October 2014, it was announced that Lizzie Borden Took an Axe will return as an additional series, chronicling the aftermath of the events that took place in the biopic. Ricci will reprise her lead role in the series. Aside from her acting career, Ricci married dolly grip James Heerdegen in October 2013 and gave birth to a son in August 2014. She is also the national spokesperson for the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network (RAINN).