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Christina Ricci: Addams Family
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Christina Ricci is one of Hollywood's most respected young actors whose talent and poise is well beyond her years. Following BLACK SNAKE MOAN, one of her most challenging and exciting roles to date, Ricci will next star in PENELOPE, co-starring and produced by Reese Witherspoon. The film is a modern-day offbeat fable about a young woman (played by Ricci) who, having spent her life trapped by a family curse, sets out to find love. The film is slated to be released by IFC Films April 2007.
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Christina Ricci shows off her TROTTER in a new movie role. The actress plays a girl born with a pig’s nose and ears thanks to a family curse in fantasy comedy, Penelope. James McAvoy and Reese Witherspoon co-star in the film, alongside Richard E. Grant.
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Christina Ricci plays a car accident victim who is taken in by a kindly family in a small British town. All is cozy until scay visions make her doubt her own sanity.
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Christina Ricci was born February 12, 1980, in Santa Monica, California, to parents Ralph and Sarah Ricci. After her parents decided to relocate to Montclair, New Jersey, Christina -- otherwise known as the family clown -- spent much of her youth on America's East Coast.
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As a young girl, Christina captured the attention of drama critics while she was performing in the school play "The Twelve Days of Christmas" at age eight. Shortly after the play, her parents were encouraged to get her an agent. Following the family's relocation to New York, Christina began entering the spotlight when she appeared in several TV commercials for such campaigns as Monster cereal ads. After a year of commercial gigs, Christina added acting to her endeavors by having her feature-acting debut in Mermaids (1990).
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Based on Elizabeth Wurtzel's autobiographical book, this absorbing drama stars Christina Ricci as Harvard freshman Wurtzel, attempting to cope with a splintered family life and the pressures of college. While romancing kindly boyfriend Jason Biggs and tormenting roommate Michelle Williams, her unending depression leads her to start taking Prozac. But will the drug solve her problems or just help mask the pain? With Anne Heche, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Jessica Lange. 95 min.
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