Actor & Producer
Christina Ricci can currently be seen starring in Showtime's hit series, Yellowjackets, for which she recently nominated for an Emmy award for her work. The show has a perfect 100% on Rotten Tomatoes and is being hailed as one of the best shows on television with Ricci singled out in almost every publication. She was also recently seen in Tim Burton’s hit series Wednesday on Netflix. Her other credits include the Amazon original series Z: The Beginning of Everything, which she helped develop and Executive Produce with Killer Films.
Ricci has received great acclaim in various roles including Ang Lee's ensemble film, The Ice Storm, co-starring Kevin Kline, Sigourney Weaver, Joan Allen, and Elijah Wood. She then went on to star as Dedee Truit, in the scathing comedy The Opposite of Sex, with a performance which won her the Best Actress Award at the Seattle Film Festival. Ricci was also nominated for a Golden Globe Award, an American Comedy Award, and an Independent Spirit Award for Best Actress for her work in the film. Soon after, Ricci starred as ‘Layla' in Vincent Gallo's Buffalo 66, earning a National Board of Review Best Supporting Actress Award for her combined efforts in The Opposite of Sex, Buffalo 66, and John Water's Pecker.
Additional film credits include Paul Duddridge and Nigel Levy’s Mothers and Daughters, Sony Pictures Animation’s The Smurfs 2, Sarah Spillane's Around The Block, Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod's Bel Ami, the Wachowski's Speed Racer; Mark Palansky's Penelope; Craig Brewer's Black Snake Moan, a critically acclaimed performance in Patty Jenkins' Monster opposite Academy Award® winner Charlize Theron; Wes Craven's Cursed, Woody Allen's romantic comedy Anything Else, Sally Potter's The Man Who Cried and a memorable cameo in Terry Gilliam's Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Additionally, Ricci starred opposite Johnny Depp in Tim Burton's Sleepy Hollow, for which she won the Blockbuster Entertainment Award.
In theatre, Ricci made her Broadway debut in Time Stands Still and starred off-Broadway in A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Ricci serves as the National Spokesperson for the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN) and is a member of the organization's National Leadership Council. RAINN is the nation's largest anti-sexual assault organization, operating the National Sexual Assault Hotline in partnership with over 1,100 rape crisis centers across the country. RAINN also carries out programs to prevent sexual assault, help victims and ensure that rapists are brought to justice.