Biography of Christina Ricci

Christina Ricci is an American actress who first achieved fame for her role as Wednesday Adams in The Adams Family and its sequel Adams Family Values .

Her movie roles have ranged from art house films such as The Ice Storm , dramas such as Monster , independent comedies such as The Opposite of Sex , for which she received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress, and blockbusters such as Sleepy Hollow .

Ricci endured the transition from a child star to teenage idol and adult actress and currently holds her own production company, Blaspheme Films, responsible for Pumpkin and Prozac Nation. She has recently appeared in Black Snake Moan and Penelope , and stars as Trixie, the female lead role in the The Wachowski Brothers' feature film adaptation of Speed Racer, in 2008.

A critic for the Bergen Record discovered Ricci at age eight in a school play at Edgemont School in Montclair, New Jersey. The critic's son was originally cast in the role, but Ricci got him to hit her and told on him; he lost the role to her as part of his punishment. After this, she became involved in the movie business. She did several commercials starting at the age of six, until she finally got her big screen debut in Mermaids in 1990 as Cher's younger daughter. The young actress made enough of an impression to land more work; later she appeared in the video of the film's soundtrack "The Shoop Shoop Song". The following year, she starred as the morbidly precocious Wednesday Adams in the film adaptation of The Adams Family. The role would help to establish Ricci as an actress known for playing dark, unconventional characters â€“ she went on to play Wednesday again in the film's 1993 sequel, Adams Family Values, which became another box office draw, and more screen time was provided for Ricci's performance as Wednesday.