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Christina Applegate was born November 25, 1971, in Los Angeles. The daughter of a soap star actress, Nancy Priddy, and a record-company executive, Robert Applegate, Christina had her younger half-sister and half-brother as new additions to the family, after the divorce of her parents and remarriage of her father. She made her first onscreen appearance at the age of 5, alongside her mother on Days of Our Lives, since her mother brought her along to work and auditions. Christina's life was consumed by acting, and she even quit school at 17 in order to pursue it full-time. This wasn't a surprise; she had appeared in more than a dozen roles by the time she was that age. With onscreen roles in series such as Father Murphy, Mama's Family, Quincy, Charles in Charge, Still the Beaver, Silver Spoons, Heart of the City, and Family Ties, as well as films like Jaws of Satan, Beatlemania, and the made-for-TV film The Grace Kelly Story, there was no doubt that acting was her given talent. In 1987, Christina found her calling and the role that put her on the map. For 10 years, she portrayed ditzy and promiscuous Kelly Bundy, in the dysfunctional family sitcom, Married... With Children.  Applegate will play Elizabeth Montgomery, who died of colorectal cancer, in the upcoming film Everything Is Going to Be Just Fine, due to be released in 2009.