Christina Ricci (born February 12, 1980) is an American actress. She is known for playing unconventional characters with a dark edge. Ricci is the recipient of several accolades, including a National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress and a Satellite Award for Best Actress, as well as Golden Globe, Primetime Emmy, Screen Actors Guild, and Independent Spirit Award nominations. Ricci made her film debut at the age of nine in Mermaids (1990), which was followed by a breakout role as Wednesday Addams in The Addams Family (1991) and its sequel. Subsequent appearances in Casper and Now and Then (both 1995) brought her fame as a "teen icon". At 17, she moved into adult-oriented roles with The Ice Storm (1997), which led to parts in films such as Buffalo '66, Pecker and The Opposite of Sex (all 1998). She garnered acclaim for her performances in Sleepy Hollow (1999) and Monster (2003). Her other credits include Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998), Prozac Nation (2001), Pumpkin (2002), Anything Else (2003), Black Snake Moan (2006), Speed Racer (2008), and The Smurfs 2 (2013). Despite being known predominantly for her work in independent productions, Ricci has appeared in numerous box office hits – to date, her films have grossed in excess of US$1.4 billion. On television, Ricci appeared as Liza Bump in the final season of Ally McBeal (2002), and received acclaim for her guest role on Grey's Anatomy in 2006. She also starred as Maggie Ryan on the ABC series Pan Am (2011–12), and produced and starred in the series The Lizzie Borden Chronicles (2015) and Z: The Beginning of Everything (2017). As well as voicing characters in several animated films, Ricci provided voices for the video games The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon and Speed Racer: The Videogame (both 2008). In 2010, she made her Broadway debut in Time Stands Still.

Filmography

• 2026The Dresden Sun — Dr. Dresden Corliss
• 2025Guns Up — Alice Hayes
• Batman: Caped Crusader — Selina Kyle / Catwoman (voice)
• 2022Monstrous — Laura
• Wednesday — Marilyn Thornhill
• Cinema Toast
• 2021Faraway Eyes — Scarlett
• 2021The Matrix Resurrections — Gwyn de Vere
• Yellowjackets — Misty Quigley
• 202010 Things We Should Do Before We Break Up — Abigail
• 50 States of Fright — Bitsy
• 2020Percy — Rebecca Salcau
• 2019Escaping the Madhouse: The Nellie Bly Story — Nellie Bly
• 2019The Cold Open
• 2018Distorted — Lauren Curran
• 2018Terror in the Woods — Executive Producer
• 2017D A N C E R — Layla / Self (archive footage from Buffalo '66)
• 2017Teen Titans: The Judas Contract — Terra (voice)
• 2016Mothers and Daughters — Rebecca
• The Lizzie Borden Chronicles — Lizzie Borden, Executive Producer
• 2015Z: The Beginning of Everything — Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald, Executive Producer
• Z: The Beginning of Everything — Zelda Fitzgerald, Executive Producer
• 2014Lizzie Borden Took an Ax — Lizzie Borden
• 2014The Hero of Color City — Yellow (voice)
• 2013Around the Block — Dino Chalmers
• Rick and Morty — Princess Ponietta / Kathy Ireland (voice)
• 2013The Smurfs 2 — Vexy (voice)
• 2012Bel Ami — Clotilde de Marelle
• 2012War Flowers — Sarabeth Ellis
• 2011Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star — Kathy McGee
• 2011California Romanza — Lena
• Pan Am — Maggie Ryan
• 2010Alpha and Omega — Lilly (voice)
• 2009After.Life — Anna Taylor
• 2009All's Faire in Love — Kate
• The Good Wife — Therese Dodd
• 2008New York, I Love You — Camille
• 2008Speed Racer — Trixie
• 2008Speed Racer: Wonderful World of Racing - The Amazing Racer Family — Trixie
• 2007Penelope — Penelope Wilhern
• Saving Grace — Offcr. Abby Charles
• 2006Black Snake Moan — Rae
• 2006Home of the Brave — Sarah Schivino
• 2005Cursed — Ellie
• Grey's Anatomy — Hannah Davies
• Joey — Mary Teresa
• 2003Anything Else — Amanda Chase
• 2003I Love Your Work — Shana
• 2003Monster — Selby Wall
• 2003Prozac Nation — Elizabeth Wurtzel, Co-Producer
• 2003Scooby-Doo's Spookiest Tales — Additional Voices (voice)
• 2003The Gathering — Cassie Grant
• 2003Thirteen — Thanks
• 2002Miranda — Miranda
• 2002Pumpkin — Carolyn McDuffy, Producer
• 2002The Laramie Project — Romaine Patterson
• 2001All Over the Guy — Rayna Wyckoff
• 2000Bless the Child — Cheri Post
• Malcolm in the Middle — Kelly
• 2000The Man Who Cried — Suzie
• 1999200 Cigarettes — Val
• 1999Desert Blue — Ely Jackson
• 1999No Vacancy — Lilian
• 1999Sleepy Hollow — Katrina Van Tassel
• 1998Buffalo '66 — Layla
• 1998Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas — Lucy
• 1998I Woke Up Early the Day I Died — Teenage Hooker
• 1998Pecker — Shelley
• 1998Small Soldiers — Gwendy Doll (voice)
• 1998The Opposite of Sex — Dedee Truitt
• Ally McBeal — Liza Bump
• 1997Little Red Riding Hood — Little Red Riding Hood
• 1997That Darn Cat — Patti
• 1997The Ice Storm — Wendy Hood
• 1996Bastard Out of Carolina — Dee Dee
• 1996Souvenir — Young Orlando (voice)
• 1996The Last of the High Kings — Erin
• 1995Casper — Kat
• 1995Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain — Beth Easton
• 1995Now and Then — Roberta
• 1993Addams Family Values — Wednesday Addams
• 1993The Cemetery Club — Jessica
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
• 1991The Addams Family — Wednesday Addams
• 1991The Hard Way — Bonnie
• 1990Mermaids — Kate Flax
• The Simpsons — Erin (voice)
• Saturday Night Live — Self - Host, Self / Wednesday Addams (uncredited), Wednesday Addams / Jennifer (uncredited)
• Chop Shop — Producer
• Frayed Fabric — Thanks
• Unplugged — Kit / Ivana Viktimm (voice)

Appearances as themselves (29)

• 2025Everybody Wants to Be Gen X — Self
• 2024Child Star — Self
• Hot Ones Versus — Self
• The Jennifer Hudson Show — Self
• The Wheel — Self - Expert
• 2019Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage — Self
• The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self
• Match Game — Self - Panelist
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self - Guest
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self
• Variety Studio: Actors on Actors — Self
• RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars — Self - Guest Judge
• RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars: UNTUCKED — Self - Guest Judge
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen — Self - Guest
• 2008Speed Racer: Car Fu — Self
• The Graham Norton Show — Self
• 2007Weathering the Storm: The Making of The Ice Storm — Self
• Project Runway — Self - Guest Judge
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self - Guest
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show — Self
• 2000Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend — Self
• Teen Choice Awards — Self
• The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn — Self - Guest
• The View — Self
• 1997Vincent Gallo Directs — Self
• The Daily Show — Self, Self - Guest, Self - Guest
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Self - Guest
• 1991The Making of "The Addams Family" — Self
• The Oscars — Self