Known for her charisma and beauty, the popular actress Christina Ricci was born in Santa Monica, California, US on February 12, 1980. She was born as the fourth and youngest child in her family after her siblings - Rafael, Dante and Pia .Her father, Ralph Ricci was a group therapist and a lawyer while her mother, Sarah was a real estate agent. After she was born, her parents moved to New Jersey from where her early life began. Ricci went to study Edgemont Elementry School. Later, she also attended Glenfield Middle School. Before making it on her own in life, Christina also went to Morristown-Beard School and Montclair High school. She started living an independent life after she joined high school, Professional Children's School, New York. Life wasn't easy for Christina Ricci, as she faced a lot of family issues while she was too young to understand what was going on in her life. Her parents divorced while she was just 13. Ricci says that she hasn't had a word with her father since then.
If you talk about her on-screen appearance, Ricci made her way to the television was she was seven, where she was shown in parody commercials in a late night show named, Saturday Night Live. Her first commercial was about the medical wastes that were dumped into the American rivers, especially in the east coast. In the commercial, at a birthday party, medical wastes fell out of a piñata which imitated the wastes released from the medical factories and dumped into the rivers. Ricci appeared as one of the children at the birthday party. The actress was awarded the AFTRA card with her performances in the commercials. However, Ricci's road to silver screen started as Cher's youngest daughter in the movie, 'Mermaid' in 1990. Surprisingly, she also appeared in the movie's soundtrack. Her work was much appreciated by the critics and audience in 'The Addams Family' and its prequel 'Addams Family Values'. The film earned a lot of respect and money and highlighted Christina Ricci as the star of the movie's success. It followed with decent roles in 'Now and Then', 'Gold Diggers: The Secret Of Bear Mountain' , 'The Ice Storm', etc.
The 5 feet 1 inches tall actress considers herself to be 'too short' and does not think that she could be regarded as an 'A-list actress. But, if you look at the movies-list that the actress has done over the course of time, it would come as a surprise to you that her stature has not kept her deprived of the movies. With her adult performances in 'Buffalo '66', 'John Waters Pecker', 'Don Roos-The Opposite of Sex', the American actress has not failed to astound her critics. One of the widely discussed and captivating roles of Ricci includes the role of troubled local woman in 'Black Snake Moan'. It is said that her weight in 'Black Snake Moan' was reduced to 18kgs(40 pounds). Also, role of 'Dede' in the latter movie got her nominated for a Golden Globe award. However, she was conferred as 'Worst Oscar Snubs Ever' by Entertainment Weekly.
Ricci got engaged to James Heerdegen, her crew member from 'Pan Am' in 2012. They married each other in Manhattan in October, 2013. The actress gave birth to a baby in 2014. Ricci's hard work and talent has brought her twelve awards and fourteen nominations. The actress has 20.1k followers on Instagram and 90.9k followers on Twitter. However, she is not quite active on social media. Her perseverance and dedicated towards her work and brought her huge respect and money. She has a net worth of around $18 million.
| Birth Date: | 12 Feb, 1980 |
| Age: | 40 yrs |
| Citizenship: | United States of America |
| Birth Place: | Santa Monica |
| Gender: | Female |
| Description: | American actress |
| Spouse: | James Heerdegen [M. 2013] |
| Net Worth 2021: | 8 million |
