Christina Richie is a talented, extraordinary, beautiful and multifaceted actress. The girl immediately attracts attention with her unusual doll appearance, so unlike the images of Hollywood beauties. From her hypnotizing gaze goosebumps run through her skin, in Christina there is something mysterious and even frightening. Richie is known for preferring to play unusual people with a complex character. She gladly takes on the roles of negative characters, because there is something bewitching in their fate. Kristina is a unique actress who manages to be a cute quiet girl and a bloodthirsty monster, and all her roles are cinematic masterpieces.
Actress childhood
Christina Richie was born in Santa Monica, a suburb of Los Angeles (USA) on February 12, 1980. Her mother worked as a realtor, in the past she was a model, and her father was a lawyer, and also worked as a psychoanalyst at home. Christina was the youngest child in the family. In addition to her, Sarah and Ralph grew up Raphael, Pia and Dante. The girl showed acting ability in early childhood. Behind closed doors, she eavesdropped on the sessions held by her father, and then parodyed him in front of the whole family.
At age 13, Richie survived a family tragedy as her parents divorced. Christina is reckless in character. As she herself admitted as a teenager, the girl was so detached in nightclubs that modern youth did not even dream. Nevertheless, she managed to settle down, grow from an actress girl into a talented, diverse and extraordinary lady, starring in serious works.
First Steps to Success
At the age of 8, Christina moved with her parents to live in New York. It was in this big city that her path to success and glory began. On the set, Richie got in 10 years and since then has not left. First, the girl actively starred in commercials, and then hit Christina Richie on the big screen. The filmography of the actress began to replenish with work in 1990, when she made her debut in the film "Mermaids" directed by Richard Benjamin. In the film, Christina played the daughter of the heroine Cher.
Having become famous in the Mermaids, Richie began to receive various invitations. So she got into the black comedy The Addams Family. Her heroine was an unemotional and sad girl, however, the actress gained unprecedented popularity, she was loved by all Americans. In 1993, Richie starred in the film "Values of the Addams Family," a continuation of the famous project. Christina herself benefited from filming in this picture, as she gained experience playing negative characters.
Transition from childhood to adulthood
Few child actors manage to transfer their talent into adulthood, but Christina succeeded. Richie did not feel dizzy with early fame and a successful debut, the girl just continued to do what she loved. She gradually moved from childish roles to more serious ones. Some films were successful, some failed, but in all she tried to reach her potential, convey to the audience feelings, convey the character of the characters Christina Ritchie. The biography was captured by the fact that the actress rather harmoniously reincarnated from girl to girl. This can be seen in the pictures "Here and Now", "Casper", "Icy Wind".
Serious acting
After the release of Ang Lee's motion picture “Ice Wind”, another Christina Ritchie opened to the audience. The filmography of the actress was replenished with another significant work. In the film, she played a growing girl, confidently seducing two neighbors. After this work, a whole stream of offers fell on Christina to star in films devoted to the problems of growing up. The directors seemed to see at one moment that little Richie had grown up, and she could be entrusted with more serious and deeper roles.
The most notable works include the role of the cynical Didi from the comedy Opposites of Sex, the writer Elizabeth Wurzel from the film Prozac Nation, the work in the mystical film Sleepy Hollow, in which Ritchie’s partner on the set was Johnny Depp himself. By the way, with this actor Christina starred in the comedy “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas” and the military drama “The Man Who Cried”. In life, Christina Ritchie and Johnny Depp are close friends.
Hollywood sex symbol
Kristina earned the fame of an underground professional, so she became the subject of adoration for all teenagers and young people. The directors realized that Richie could bring their works good profit, because many critics admitted that the actress pulled some projects at her own expense. Therefore, an avalanche of offers fell upon Christina. The matured girl turned into a new sex symbol, the number of fans grew literally exponentially, thousands of pages dedicated to the actress appeared on the Internet. Christina Richie eclipsed with her talent many famous stars, breaking their various ratings.
Best movies with Christina
The Addams Family project and its sequel, Addams Family Values, are definitely worth categorizing as Ritchie’s best works. It was thanks to them that she became famous, showed her acting skills and gained invaluable experience of transforming into negative characters. The successful work also includes the Buffalo 66 melodrama, in which Cristina played the main character - the girl Laila, taken hostage by
Billy Brown, who had just left prison
. Separately, it is worth highlighting the fantastic thriller of Tim Burton's “Sleepy Hollow”. Richie flawlessly played Katrina Van Tassel, the main character of the film.
Filmography Richie
During her career in more than 100 films, Christina Ritchie participated. The actress began acting in 10 years, therefore, despite her young age, she has a decent experience behind her. Christina has successful work, there have been failures. She starred both in the main roles, and in the secondary, episodic. Richie chooses complex heroines and tries to convey their feelings, emotions as accurately as possible, and she does it very well.
In 1990, a debut took place - the young actress starred in the melodrama "Mermaids". In 1991, Kristina was seen in two comedies - “Naprolom” and “Addams Family”. In 1993, Richie starred in the melodrama Club for the Widows and the comedy The Values of the Addams Family. Films with Christina Ritchie in 1995 also turned out to be very successful, in the comedies “Now and Then”, “Casper” and in the detective “The Secret of the Bear Mountain”, the actress played the main roles. In 1996, the dramas The Last of the Great Kings, The Bastard from Carolina, were released on the big screens.
1997 was a very productive year for Christine. She starred in the TV series "Ellie McBeal", as well as the films "Ice Wind", "This Wild Cat", "Buffalo 66", "Little Red Riding Hood". In 1998, Richie was pleased with the roles in the films "The Soldiers", "The Opposition of Sex", "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas", "Photographer", "Desert Sadness", "I woke up early on the day of my death." In 1999, Christine participated in the mystical thriller Sleepy Hollow, the melodrama No Places and 200 Cigars. At the beginning of the new millennium, the films “The Man Who Cried”, “Save and Save”, and the series “Malcolm in the Spotlight” were released.
In 2001 - “Prozac Nation”, “Find Alice”, “Guy even to where”, in 2002 - “Pumpkin”, in 2003 - “City of the Damned”, “Monster”, “Something Else”, “Two Lives of Gray Evans. " In 2004, Richie starred only in the series "Joey", in 2005 - in the series "Anatomy of Passion" and the film "Werewolves". 2006 pleased the audience with “The House of the Brave”, “Penelope”, “The Moan of the Black Snake”. In 2008, “New York, I Love You” and “Speed Racer” were released, in 2009, “Life Beyond,” “All means are good in love.”
In 2010, Richie starred in the drama “Dear Friend”, in 2011 - “California Novel”, “Pan American”, “Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star”. In 2012, the military drama “The Flower War” was released, in 2013 - the drama “Life Experience”, and in 2014 - the television thriller “Lizzy Borden took the ax”.
The personal life of the actress
Christina Ritchie is recognized as a "hooligan" for strange roles, daring antics, indiscreet behavior. Nevertheless, she never once exhibited her body for all to see, no one lured the girl to candid photo shoots. Christina's personal life is not as eventful as her acting. For several years she had an affair with actor Owen Benjamin, but before the wedding, it never came to a halt, they broke up in 2009.
Then there was a short relationship with photographer Curtis Buchanan. Richie once admitted that she really wanted to get a wedding ring, and she waited for him. In 2011, on the set of Pan American, the actress met James Hirdigen, a cameraman. In February 2013, the couple announced their engagement, and on October 26 of the same year, they married.
Interesting facts from the biography of Christina
- The actress has a very unusual phobia - she is afraid of houseplants. From one of their kind Christina Ritchie comes to indescribable horror.
- Movie Star Growth - 1.55 m.
- Richie never studied acting.
- Christina has her own film production company.
- The actress was once treated for anorexia.