What The Actress Who Played The Gloomy Girl In The Addams Family Looks Like Today
The interesting and charming story of The Addams Family was featured in The New Worker magazine. The talented artist Charles Addams had been creating a series of comics since 1938 that had become extremely popular among Americans.
Let’s explore what happened to actress Christina Ricci, who became famous for her portrayal of the gloomy goth girl, Wendy Addams.
Irrespective of her later roles, for many people, the actress with distinctive eyes remains the clever goth Addams. Christina was just eleven years old when the movie was released. Though it wasn’t her first film, it certainly became one of the most successful adaptations of the original comic book, boosting her career to the next level.
Her acting debut was in Mermaids, starring Cher and Winona Ryder. She was then cast as Wendy Addams, and her brilliant performance made her very popular, cementing her in such roles for many years. Roles as eccentric teenagers became more and more frequent.
Christina Ricci became a teen icon in the 2000s. Her career took off quickly, with her most successful films being Sleepy Hollow and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, in which she starred twice with the famous actor Johnny Depp. Nowadays, the artist devotes a lot of time to her family and participates in various web projects in the genres of drama and thriller.
Among her recent works are the historical drama “Pan American” and the series “50 States of Fear,” which depicts urban legends based on the story of Lizzie Borden.
Christina Ricci is now 42 years old and a mother of two. She gave birth to her daughter, Cleopatra Ricci Hampton, with her stylist husband Mark Hampton at the end of last year. The star’s eldest son, Freddie, who is eight years old, is from her first marriage to film crew technician James Hirdegen.