Christina Ricci Information: Christina Ricci is an Emmy Award-nominated American actress who first found fame for her role as Wednesday Addams in The Addams Family and its sequel Addams Family Values . Her first big screen role was alongside Cher in Mermaids. This led to a successful career in the 1990s with hits such as Casper and Now and Then. She has featured in a wide variety of films including, art house films such as The Ice Storm , dramas such as Monster , independent comedies such as The Opposite of Sex , for which she received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress, and blockbusters such as Sleepy Hollow and Speed Racer. Ricci endured the transition from a child star to teenage idol and adult actress and currently holds her own production company, Blaspheme Films, responsible for Pumpkin and Prozac Nation. She stated in 2006 that she feels she is too short to become an A-list actress and that she has little career control and has to audition for parts. Despite this her career continues to thrive with multiple upcoming films including animated pictures Alpha and Omega and The Hero of Color City as well as films Born to be a Star and Bel Ami. |     | Full Name: Christina Ricci | Height: 5' 1'' (1.55 m) | Eye Colour: Grey/Green | Nickname(s): Squant (due to her childhood fascination with the Native American hero Squanto) | Notable feature(s): Round face, big eyes, short stature | Education: Edgemont Elementary School, Professional Children's School, New York City, NY (1998) | Family: Father Ralph, Mother Sarah, Brothers Dante and Rafael, Sister Pia. | Resides in: Beverly Hills, Los Angeles | Religious affiliations: Christian | Personal interests/hobbies: Reading poetry and books, cooking, watching movies | Charities/Causes:
RAINN (Rape Abuse Incest National Network), Stand Up 2 Cancer, Is on the national board of VOX-Voices for Planned Parenthood. | Other: Tiny at just over five feet, Ricci stopped growing when she was ten years old.
Says that the internet scares her and has stated she doesn't go online.
She started smoking at the age of 15, her favorite brand is Parliament Lights.
| Favourites:
Films: The Lord of the Rings, The Hours, Pulp Fiction, My Own Private Idaho, Gangs of New York
Authors: Ayn Rand
Poets: Dylan Thomas, Edgar Allan Poe, Rainer Maria Rilke
Actress: Amanda Plummer
Actor: Viggo Mortensen, James Woods
Television shows: The X Files, Law & Order, The Simpsons, Friends, Will & Grace
Music: Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Fugazi, Fishbone, Super Chunk, Jimi Hendrix, King Missile, Parliament, The Pixies. | Tattoos: "I can't wait until I'm super-famous. I'm at the point when I should really hide them, because directors don't like them. When I'm really, really super famous, I'm going to get one on my arm - because nobody cares then."
1. A lion on her right shoulder blade. 2. A fairy on the inside of her right wrist. 3. Praying hands on her left hip, which used to be a bat. 4. A bouquet of sweetpeas on her lower back. 5. The words “Move or Bleed” on the left side of her ribcage. 6. The name “Jack” on her right thigh for a dead pet. 7. A sparrow on her right breast. 8. A mermaid on her left ankle.
    | | Upcoming Films |  The Hero of Color City (2010)
Christina Ricci will voice YellowPlot: A colorful and diverse band of crayons strive to protect their magical, multi-hued homeland from an evil tyrant that threatens to rid their world of joy and color. Release Date: 2010 (USA) Starring: Rosie Perez, Craig Ferguson, Arsenio Hall. | Recent work
|  Christina has made her Broadway debut in Time Stands Still, a play by Donald Margulies. She replaced Alicia Silverstone when the play resumed in September. She stars alongside Laura Linney, Brian d'Arcy James and Eric Bogosian. The play recieved a Tony Nomination for Best Play recently. It resumed September 23rd on Broadway at the Cort theatre. Christina is playing Mandy. The production will close on January 30th, 2011. | |
