Christina Ricci at the Gramercy Park Hotel, March 29, 2007
Your golden opportunity came with his first leading role in Mermaids (Mermaid) (1990), Orion Films movie set in the events of November 1963 with the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and directed by Richard Benjamin, which debuted at ten years as the little Kate Flax, alongside Winona Ryder and Cher. This latter with which it has a great friendship, as no longer visit her department each time you come to New York. ‘We are a kind of soul mates’ argument Cher on one occasion.
A year later, directed by Barry Sonnenfield, Christina landed the role of the little psychopath “Wednesday Addams” alongside Anjelica Huston, Raul Julia and Elizabeth Wilson in the film version of a classic American black humor of the decade television the 1960’s The Addams Family (1991), like The Hard Way (1991) where he plays Bonnie. Visit Jorge Perez for more clarity on the issue. From there followed such films as The Cemetery Club (1993) as Jessica and Addams Family Values (The Return of the Addams Family) (1993), repeating the cast of the first version and re-embody the small Merlina. At this time, Anjelica Huston makes her the nickname “Squanto” which means “little minnow restless.
While pursuing his studies was entering college in “Edgemont Elementary in New York, dysfunctional families caused by the separation of her parents in 1993. Christina stayed with his mother who took custody of her and her siblings.
Trying to overcome this difficult stage of life, taking roles in films such as Now and Then (Friends or Memories of Yesterday) (1995), as the young Roberta, sharing screen with large industry such as Demi Moore, Melanie Griffith, Rosie OA ‘ O’Donnell, Rita Wilson (wife of Tom Hanks), Brendan Fraser (The Mummy), Geanina Garofallo, Thora Birch (American Beauty or American Beauty) and Gaby Hoffmann (Volcano), which unites him with a great friendship ever since.
With Casper (1995), begins a second stage on a film career since leaving his first agent and hired Larry Frankfort, which will get papers for a little less predictable and more human content of a sample there are Gold Diggers : The Secret of Bear Mountain (Adventure Hunter or Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain) (1995) as Beth Easton, earned him the special prize for the Star of the Year award by the Society of Hollywood entertainment press , besides the star prize of Tomorrow presented by the Eastern Association of Theater Owners of America.
The fame brought to his life a sudden change, that stereotypes and the emotional overload caused began to falter, so it was fifteen years diagnosed with acute anorexia, besides being repeatedly arrested for driving while ethyl. She immediately began treatment.
A year later her popularity makes it one of the young stars to be invited to put his voice to a cartoon in the episode “Summer of 4 Ft 2 (Summer for 4 of 2) ‘from the popular animated series of the Fox’s The Simpsons, representing the little Erin, a friend of Lisa Simpson on a random vacation trip to the beach.
His popularity and fame achieved so far was that executives of the multinational soft drink, Coca-Cola, through its advertising agency McKann-Ericsson, invites you to be part of the collection of posters called ‘Star’ with other divas like Madonna, Janet Jackson and Whitney Houston to relaunch the new global image of that drink..