Christina Applegate’s Internet Value, Greatest Films and TV Exhibits, and Her Battle With MS
The embodiment of resilience and dignity, a dazzling Christina Applegate walked onto the stage of the recent Emmy Awards to thunderous applause and a standing ovation that celebrated her strength in the face of hardship, as well as acknowledged her best movies and TV shows. With the aid of a cane and accompanied by host Anthony Anderson, the 52-year-old actress exuded bubbly radiance before her peers as a surprise presenter of the award for Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series.
At the 75th Annual Emmy Awards, Christina Applegate found no shortage of physical and emotional support, chief among them her daughter Sadie Grace LeNoble, whom she shares with her husband Dutch bassist Martyn LeNoble. Wearing a cranberry-hued velvet gown by Christian Siriano, the embattled actress spared little time engaging the audience on stage, cracking jokes and quipping, “Body not by Ozempic!” to hoots of laughter.
In her brief monologue at the Emmy Awards, Christina Applegate highlighted the key roles that have shaped her life’s work as a performer. Her poignant reflection was marked by genuine moments of vulnerability, in which the actress opened up about her multiple sclerosis (MS) diagnosis.
Applegate has been notably absent from the public eye since her diagnosis in 2021. Her return to the awards stage is marked by the success of her Netflix series, Dead To Me, for which she received a nomination for Lead Actress in a Comedy Series. While the inimitable Quinta Brunson would eventually take home the Emmy award for her work in Abbott Elementary, it was the Christina Applegate would leave the stage that night with renewed vigour and the recognition of her peers.
Surviving cancer and a life-altering diagnosis of multiple sclerosis
In 2008, Applegate was diagnosed with breast cancer. Undeterred, she faced the diagnosis with Amazonian strength, subsequently weathering a double mastectomy with dignity and grace. Then, in 2017, to reduce the risk of recurrence, she had both her ovarian and fallopian tubes removed. While that alone would certainly warrant a break from further health-related complications, misfortune would once again strike. In 2021, the actress received a life-altering diagnosis: Multiple sclerosis, a degenerative, lifelong disease that affects the brain and spinal cord, resulting in disability and decreased quality of life. Among other symptoms, MS can also cause fatigue, difficulty in walking, vision problems, muscle stiffness and spasms, and issues with balance and coordination.
Speaking to the New York Times in 2022, the star took a retrospective look at the dark period. “I wish I had paid attention,” Applegate said, reflecting on earlier days amid filming season one of Dead to Me. She’d had some balancing issues, but had dismissed them, refusing to make excuses; she opted to simply work harder.
By the time she received an official diagnosis, filming was well underway for the third and final season of the TV show, and production was consequently paused for five months so she could undergo treatment. She shared, “There was the sense of, ‘Well, let’s get her some medicine so she can get better. And there is no better. But it was good for me. I needed to process my loss of my life, my loss of that part of me. So I needed that time.”
That was not to say she took the news as gracefully as she would eventually come to bear the disease. “It’s not like I came on the other side of it, like, ‘Woohoo, I’m totally fine’. Acceptance? No. I’m never going to accept this. I’m pissed.”
Still, it took all of Applegate’s willpower to return to set to finish filming. In the earliest days of her diagnosis, executives had floated the idea of simply ending it there and then. Weary but undeterred, Applegate opted to complete the series. It was hard and took all the strength she had, pitting her quiet determination against the limitations of her symptoms. Asked why, Applegate cited that she had obligations – both to finishing the story and to the deep and profound bond of friendship she had developed with co-star Linda Cardellini.
On April 25th 2022, filming wrapped. Applegate had succeeded. And she did it all on her own terms.
A look at Christina Applegate’s life and her best movies and TV shows
Your net worth does not dictate the meaning of your life’s work, and Christina Applegate is proof positive of that. Born on November 25, 1971 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, the vivacious Sagittarius native seemed destined to succeed from the very beginning.
Applegate was instrumental to the founding of The Pussycat Dolls in 1990; her basement served as ground zero where founder Robin Antin first floated the idea for a burlesque dance group, with Carla Kama and Applegate herself as performers. The group eventually evolved into the popular girl band led by Nicole Scherzinger in the early 2000s.
Applegate was present at the Viper Room, an iconic LA nightclub, on the night of River Phoenix’s tragic collapse and subsequent passing. Milla Jovovich of Resident Evil acclaim was a peer in high school. She has a highly-coveted Hollywood Walk of Fame Star. By all accounts, this vivacious starlet has lived a life worthy of admiration.
Christina Applegate has had a one-of-a-kind career spanning decades of iconic roles in movies and tv shows. At a mere three months old, she received her very first television credit for a role as ‘baby’ in Days of Our Lives, where she starred alongside her mother, singer and actress Nancy Pridder.
Shortly after Applegate’s birth, her parents separated, and her father, Dot Records staff producer Robert William “Bob” Applegate eventually remarried. Applegate, who maintains a close relationship with her half-sisters, would go on to find success in following in her mother’s footsteps. As a child, she trained in the classical art of dance, excelling in both jazz and ballet. From 1981 to 1997, she took on numerous guest starring roles, taking the world by storm as an up-and-comer with both talent and charm.
Most notably, Applegate appeared as a young Grace Kelly in TV movie Grace Kelly (1983) and as Sally Forehead in TV series Washingtoon (1985). In 1987, she landed the lead role as ‘ditzy blonde’ Kelly Bundy in Married… With Children, marking her great entrance into the big leagues. Applegate would appear in 259 episodes of the popular sitcom, which ran for 10 years until 1997. In this time, the prolific actress also took other roles, most notably in a guest starring role in TV series 21 Jump Street (1988), and as Swell in Don’t Tell Mom The Babysitter’s Dead (1991).
From 1998 to 2000, Applegate starred as the titular character in American sitcom series Jesse, which follows the story of a single mother navigating the highs and lows of life in New York City. A couple of years later, in 2002, she would go on to star alongside Cameron Diaz and Selma Blair on The Sweetest Thing.
In 2003, she landed a guest role in one of the greatest sitcoms of all time – Friends, where she portrayed Rachel’s sister Amy. Applegate would eventually win an Emmy Award for her performance on the show, joining Bruce Willis as the only other guest star on Friends to take home such an accolade. In the next year, she appeared alongside Will Farrell, Steve Carrell, Paul Rudd, and Seth Rogan in the highly-rated satirical comedy film, Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004), where she lent her comedic presence to the role of Veronica Corningstone. She would later reprise her role in the 2013 sequel, Anchorman: The Legend Continues.
In 2007, Applegate landed her most iconic role in Samantha Who?, a popular sitcom in which she portrayed amnesiac Samantha Newly. For her work in the sitcom, she earned two Golden Globe nominations and two Primetime Emmy Award nominations. She would also lend her voice to the Alvin and the Chipmunks movie franchise, playing the lead singer and leader of the The Chipettes, Brittany.
Netflix’s black comedy series Dead To Me is the latest, and maybe the last of Christina Applegate’s portrayals in television. The series, which premiered on May 3, 2019, saw Applegate in the role of hot headed and abrasive widow Jen Harding, who joins a grief support group after the tragic death of her husband. The show currently has an 88% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes, and a 7.9 rating on IMDb.
On romances and romancing
Between 1988 and 1989, Applegate briefly dated actor Brad Pitt. She married actor Johnathon Schaech in 2001, but the pair would eventually part ways in 2005, citing irreconcilable differences as the reason for their divorce.
In 2009, Christina Applegate began dating Dutch musician Martyn LeNoble, and he would eventually become her husband in 2013. Their daughter was born in January 2011.
Taking a look at the net worth of Christina Applegate
As a household name made popular for her iconic roles in Married… With Children, Bad Moms, Jesse, Samantha Who?, and Dead To Me, it makes sense that Christina Applegate boasts an impressive net worth. Combining earnings from her roles in movies and TV shows over 51 years, Applegate’s net worth stands at respectable USD 25 million today. Reports suggest that Applegate was paid USD 325,000 per episode of Dead To Me, a well-deserved pay cheque considering her zeal and dedication to the very end.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
– How much is Christina Applegate’s net worth in 2024?
Currently, Christina Applegate’s net worth is estimated to be USD 25 million.
– How much is Christina Applegate’s salary?
Reports suggest Christina Applegate was paid USD 325,000 per episode for portraying Jen Harding in Netflix’s black comedy series Dead To Me.
– Who is Christina Applegate’s husband?
Christina Applegate’s husband is Dutch musician Martyn LeNoble, whom she married in 2013.
– Who is Christina Applegate dating recently?
Christina Applegate has been married to her husband, Dutch musician Martyn LeNoble, since 2013. She dated Brad Pitt in the ’80s, and was previously wedded to actor Johnathon Schaech from 2001 to 2005.
Source: Prestige Online
