CHRISTINA RICCI - Christina Ricci Pictures, more.

Ricci was a child star in the early 1990s, making commercials for cereal and toys beginning at age 5. Her first film, at age 9, was the chick flick Mermaids with Cher and Winona Ryder. She made more of an impression as goth girl Wednesday in the Addams Family movies, and as the manipulative girlfriend of murderous hooker Charlize Theron in Monster. Her career has been in something of a slump since her last real hit, Sleepy Hollow in 2000, with Johnny Depp

She was always a cute, slightly chubby kid, and even played a younger version of Rosie O'Donnell's character in Now and Then. Her co-star in that film, 13-year-old Thora Birch, played a young Melanie Griffith, and you would not have to be a sensitive adolescent to recognize what was being telegraphed about Ricci's roly-poly future. "I had a brief flirtation with anorexia, and when I was recovering from that, I put on a lot of weight, which was very difficult for me."

Ricci has said that by her mid-teens, she felt completely removed from any ordinary semblance of reality. Her parents divorced while she was making Addams Family Values, and she reportedly no longer speaks to her father. In a 1998 interview, when Ricci was 17, she rolled up her sleeve to show the reporter a long series of purple burn marks on her arm. "I wanted to see if I can handle pain... It's sort of an experiment to see if I can take it." As an adult, Ricci says the anorexia is behind her, but she still somewhat resembles a skeleton with breasts.

She prefers to work in independent films, finding them better written and more intelligent than Hollywood blockbusters. She says she won't consider scripts that offend her, but the only things that seem to truly offend her are poorly-written scripts and overwrought soap-operaesque melodrama. She reportedly turned down the little-girl role in Spielberg's Jurassic Park, and the Kate Winslet role in Titanic.

Ricci has done volunteer work for Planned Parenthood.

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Films of Christina Ricci:

Penelope (2006)

The White Rose (2006)

Black Snake Moan (2006)

Cursed (2005)

Monster (2003)

I Love Your Work (2003)

Anything Else (2003) - aka Anything else, la vie et tout le reste (France) - aka Vie et tout le reste, La (France)

Miranda (2002)

Pumpkin (2002)

The Laramie Project (2002)

The Gathering (2002)

Prozac Nation (2001)

All Over the Guy (2001)

Full List of Christina Ricci Movies

What She Said?

"I'm very shy. I can't even act that well when the camera's not on. I get really embarassed."

“My dream role would probably be a psycho killer, because the whole thing I love about movies is that you get to do things you could never do in real life, and that would be my way of vicariously experiencing being a psycho killer. Also, it's incredibly romantic.”

“If I know I have everything prepared for when I get killed by a stalker, then I can go to sleep.”

“If anyone ever saw me dance. THey'd have trouble taking me seriously.”

"I don't have any training, and I don't believe in training. Of course, people who don't have any training always say that."

For years, I hated myself. I covered the mirrors in my house. I literally couldn't have a mirror in my room. I still can't sit in a restaurant or someplace where I can catch my reflection. I get so paranoid.

I certainly hope I'm not still answering child-star questions by the time I reach menopause.

“I think reincarnation is possible. Hopefully, we all get recycled.”

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Tíme Tunnel:

Drives a Porsche Boxster.

Nicknamed Squant by her siblings because of a childhood fascination with the Native American hero Squanto, who helped the first European settlers in America.

Co-hosted a 10 volume educational video series entitled "Bug City" in 1998.

Tiny at just over five feet, Ricci stopped growing when she was ten years old.

She was the fourth child of Ralph and Sarah Ricci. Her siblings are Dante, Pia and Rafael.

Was originally slated to play the lead in Ghost World (2000), but by the time it was filmed she was too old for the part and had moved on to other projects. Thora Birch took over the role.

Her best friend is actress Gaby Hoffmann.

First nude scene was in the movie Prozac Nation (2001) in which she requested a closed set and had co-star Michelle Williams present to ensure that she did everything properly.

Auditioned for the role of Young Amy in Little Women (1994) and Claudia in Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994). Both roles went to Kirsten Dunst instead.

Was roommates with Michelle Williams whilst filming Prozac Nation (2001) with her.

Never formally studied acting.

Presented an award at The 71st Annual Academy Awards on March 21, 1999.

Presented "Best Kiss" with Ashton Kutcher at the 2001 MTV Movie Awards.

Underground Hip-Hop heroes Sean Daley (of the group Atmosphere, who makes many references to her in his lyrics) and MURS have released a collaborative album entitled "Felt: A Tribute to Christina Ricci".

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