Christina Applegate: Trivia for Kelly Bundy of Married with Children

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If you are under the age of 20, you probably know her from two comedy series, Samantha Who? and Up All Night. However if you are closer to 30 and older, she is probably “Kelly Bundy” to you.

Do you remember the hilarious sitcom Married with Children that told the story of the Bundys. The show ended in 1997 after a long and successful run, and Applegate’s career progressed much better than her on-screen brother David Faustino (Bud Bundy). She has kept getting guest and leading roles and starred in various successful TV series.  Currently, she is starring in the modern comedy Up All Night.

Below is a trivia post for Christina Applegate, the actress who has been making us laugh since the early 80s.

1. Christina Applegate was born in 1971, in Los Angeles.
2. She stands at 5' 5" (1.65 m).
3. Her most famous role is as the stupid yet gorgeous blonde Kelly Bundy in the hit sitcom Married with Children that went on 11 seasons. The show is about the Bundy family where the former athlete dad Al Bundy (Ed O’Neill of Modern Family) is a miserable shoe salesman, mom Peggy Bundy (Katey Sagal of Sons of Anarchy) doesn’t really show any domestic tendencies and shops whenever she can, son Bud is smart but socially and romantically unsuccessful,  and the daughter Kelly who’s impossibly stupid but beautiful and popular.
4. She guest-starred in Friends as Rachel Green (Jennifer Aniston)’s spoiled, superficial and self-centered sister 2 in episodes. The other Green sister was played by Reese Witherspoon.
5. She has been appearing on the screen since 1981.
6. She has worked with the two boyfriends of Buffy (of Buffy The Vampire Slayer series): Angel (David Boreanaz) and Riley (Marc Blucas). Boreanaz guest-starred in an episode of Married with Children as Kelly’s cheating boyfriend. Marc Blucas is a part of the cast of the film View from the Top.
7. She has been nominated for Emmy four times, and she won one of them for her guest performance in Friends. She had one other nomination for Friends, and the other two were for Samantha Who?.
8. She’d been nominated for Golden Globe three times- twice for Samantha Who? and once for her other show Jesse.
9. Her movie co-stars include Jean Reno (Just Visiting), Owen Wilson, Jason Sudekis (Hall Pass), Will Ferrell, Steve Carell, Paul Rudd (Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy), Pierce Brosnan, Jack Nicholson, Michael J. Fox, Sarah Jessica Parker (Mars Attacks!), Cameron Diaz, Selma Blair, Thomas Jane (The Sweetest Thing), Val Kilmer, Lisa Kudrow, Kate Bosworth, Dylan McDermott, Michael Pitt, Josh Lucas (Wonderland), Gwyneth Paltrow, Mark Ruffalo, Rob Lowe, Candice Bergen, Kelly Preston, Mike Myers, Marc Blucas (View from the Top), Ben Affleck, James Gandolfini, Jennifer Morrison (Surviving Christmas), Matt Dillon, Steve Zahn (Employee of the Month).
10. Some of her TV co-stars are Barry Watson (Samantha Who?), Will Arnett (Up All Night), Ed O’Neill, Katey Sagal, David Faustino, Amanda Bearse, Ted McGinley, David Garrison (Married with Children.)
11. She beat cancer.

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Resources:

imdb.com

Married with Children episodes

Friends Episodes

Christina Applegate films

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