Christina Applegate

Nomination:

• Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series - Samantha Who?

Christina Applegate first rose to fame as a teenager, playing the angel-faced yet promiscuous halfwit, Kelly Bundy, on Fox’s gleefully trashy sitcom "Married... With Children" (1987-1997). She had been a working actress since she was an infant, but Applegate managed to escape the fate of so many child actors by steering clear of the seductive Hollywood lifestyle; instead carving out a respectable adult career with her own sitcom “Jesse” (1998-2000) and a recurring role as Rachel’s sister on “Friends” (NBC, 1994-2004), which earned her her first Emmy Award. Applegate also enjoyed a few big screen successes with comedies “The Sweetest Thing” (2002) and “Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy” (2004) and surprisingly took Broadway by storm with a Tony-nominated role in Bob Fosse’s “Sweet Charity.” In 2008, Applegate earned Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild nominations for her runway fall hit “Samantha Who?” in which she starred as an amnesia patient trying to rebuild a new life with hilarious and often poignant results.