Christina Ricci (born February 12, 1980 in Santa Monica, California) is a Former Child Star, and now respected actor in her own right. Ricci acted in such movies as Mermaids (alongside Cher and Winona Ryder), The Addams Family motion pictures, Casper, and as an adult in The Opposite of Sex, Buffalo '66, Sleepy Hollow (1999), Monster, the remake of That Darn Cat!, Speed Racer, New York, I Love You, After.Life and The Matrix Resurrections. She has also appeared on TV, playing Sexy Stewardess Maggie in Pan Am, The Sociopath Misty in Yellowjackets and, in a Remake Cameo, the titular character's teacher Ms. Thornhill in Wednesday.
She was married to James Heerdegen, a dolly grip whom she met on the set of Pan Am, and they had one son named Freddie born in 2014. They divorced in 2020, with them having a custody dispute, after which Ricci was granted sole custodial responsibility (though Heerdegen has visitation rights). She was also granted a protective order, alleging emotional and physical abuse from him during their marriage. In 2021, she married hairstylist Mark Hampton and has a daughter named Cleopatra with him.
Her filmography includes:
- Mermaids (1990) as Kate Flax
- The Hard Way (1991) as Bonnie
- The Addams Family (1991) as Wednesday Addams
- Addams Family Values (1993)
- Casper (1995) as Kathleen "Kat" Harvey
- Bastard out of Carolina (1996) as Dee Dee
- The Simpsons (1996) as Erin
- That Darn Cat! (1997) as Patti Randall
- The Ice Storm (1997) as Wendy Hood
- The Opposite of Sex (1998) as Dede Truitt
- Buffalo '66 (1998) as Layla
- Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998) as Lucy
- Small Soldiers (1998) as Gwendy Doll
- Sleepy Hollow (1999) as Katrina Van Tassel
- Malcolm in the Middle (2002) as Kelly
- Anything Else (2003) as Amanda Chase
- Monster (2003) as Selby Wall
- Joey (2005) as Mary Teresa
- Cursed (2005) as Ellie Myers
- Grey's Anatomy (2006) as Hannah Davies
- Penelope (2006) as Penelope Wilhern
- Black Snake Moan (2006) as Rae Doole
- Speed Racer (2008) as Trixie
- The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon (2008) as Cynder
- After.Life (2009) as Anna Taylor
- Alpha and Omega (2010) as Lilly
- Pan Am (2011 – 2012) as Margaret "Maggie" Ryan
- The Good Wife (2012) as Therese Dodd
- The Smurfs 2 (2013) as Vexy
- The Hero of Color City (2014) as Yellow
- Teen Titans: The Judas Contract (2017) as Terra
- Z: The Beginning of Everything (2017) as Zelda Fitzgerald
- Rick and Morty (2021) as Princess Poñeta
- Yellowjackets (2021) as adult Misty
- The Matrix Resurrections (2021) as Gwyn de Vere
- Wednesday (2022) as Marilyn Thornhill
Her acting roles provide examples of:
- Creepy Child: As Wednesday Addams.
- Deadpan Snarker: In films, she's played such characters, especially Wednesday Addams.
- Fainting: Provides examples of this in Casper, Sleepy Hollow and Lizzie Borden Took An Ax.
- Femme Fatale: In The Opposite of Sex and Black Snake Moan.
- I Am Not Spock: Wednesday Addams is her famous and notable role in her filmography.
- Little Dead Riding Hood: She played the title role in a very dark take on the tale in the black-and-white short early in her career.
- Mysterious Waif: As Katrina Van Tassel.
- Remake Cameo: Appears in Wednesday, playing Wednesday's teacher and dorm mother Marilyn Thornhill opposite Jenna Ortega as Wednesday.
- Star-Making Role: The Addams Family movies are what truly put her on the map.
