Christina ricci

Christina Ricci was born on February 12, 1980 in Santa Monica (1980). Ten years later she was already making her debut as an actress in the television series HELP . From that moment on, her life remained linked to acting, although she never studied for it. Months after her television debut, she was the sister of Winona Ryder and daughter of Cher in Mermaids . Just a year later, she achieved international fame thanks to The Addams Family .and its sequel. The role of the withdrawn and sinister Wednesday fit her like a glove, as Christina has conveyed a similar image in most of her characters. She acknowledges that she was never considered a cute little girl, something very atypical among Hollywood child stars. She broke the mold, becoming a child that parents did not want to take home. And it can be said that she has never had a normal girl role. All of her characters have some dark or at least disturbing point, which has made the actress loved and hated in equal parts.

Despite this seemingly childish look, Christina has starred in other titles clearly dedicated to the little ones in the house, among which the endearing ghost Casper (1995) stands out. They were years of fame for Christina, who did fall into the Hollywood cliché of a young star with problems, since she suffered from anorexia. As she herself admits, those were years in which she “hated myself and could not see myself reflected in the mirrors.” Her illness only kept her away from filming for a year. Her work continued with family-oriented titles or aimed at adolescent audiences, such as Forever Friends (1995), The Year Elvis Died (1996) or An FBI Cat (1997).

With The Ice Storm (1997) by Ang Lee , his transition to adult audiences occurred. This drama critical of the American society of the seventies, made it possible for her to be the sister of Tobey Maguire . Christina humorously refers to her move into doing other kinds of film: “I think the main reason most child stars don’t make the leap into other kinds of roles is because it’s hard to see someone who’s been a cute and who suddenly embodies characters of much more depth. I guess I’ve been lucky because when she was little, no one thought she was cute ”.

And in this line of not being cute he continued his career. As an adult she already suffered from a worrying Stockholm Syndrome because of Vincent Gallo in Buffalo ’66 (1998); she was the victim of abuse in the drug-laden excess drama Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998). It was clear that her characters were either littered with trouble, or waiting for something to happen around her, which would inevitably lead to complications. Next to her you could not lead a quiet life. Her age added a sensual and erotic point to this type of role that began to be seen in The Opposite of Sex (1998). This cocktail shaker named Christina continued in the limelight thanks to titles like Sleepy Hollow (1999) byTim Burton , where he fell in love with his good friend Johnny Depp . It is curious that Ricci has not repeated with Burton, because just as Depp fits perfectly with the filmmaker’s atmosphere, the same can be said of the peculiar young woman. Where she has repeated is in the horror genre, thanks to titles like Visitors (2002) or Cursed ( 2005).

In Prozac Nation (2001) he gave in to do his first nude. This character brought together all the faces of the actress Christina Ricci. Elizabeth was a promising young student who falls into a deep depression, which leads her to take refuge in drugs and sex. This role “made in Christina” had its continuation, although in a lighter way, in titles such as Everything Else (2003) by Woody Allen , where she returned to being a girl full of life and possibilities, but somewhat conflictive in terms of her treatment. with the rest. Jason Biggs is completely in love with her, but still it is impossible for him to understand her complex personality.

Her darkest and cruelest side came in Monster (2003), where, in addition to maintaining a lesbian relationship with the deformed Charlize Theron , she becomes a traitor apparently immune to feelings. From this moment on, her career became detached from the general public, despite her participation in interesting titles such as Black Snake Moan (2006), where she was a nymphomaniac who is locked up at home by the dramatic character of Samuel L. .Jackson . However, everything is planned so that in a very short time the actress will once again bathe in crowds. This will be possible thanks to the fact that she has played Speed ​​Racer’s girlfriend in the film version of Speed ​​Racer that the Wachowski brothers have just shot.