February 10, 2025 6:56 pm

Christina Ricci Reflects on Her History With Dark and Spooky Roles
Christina Ricci Reflects on Her History With Dark and Spooky Roles

Christina Ricci Reflects on Her History With Dark and Spooky Roles

Christina Ricci‘s decades-long career dates back to her childhood, when she became known for playing smart, spooky characters. While Ricci made her film debut in Mermaids in 1990, her breakout role is widely recognized as Wednesday Addams in The Addams Family; she would reprise the morbid character for 1993’s Addams Family Values. In 1995, she starred in Casper as Kat Harvey, a teenager who develops a bond with a ghost. Four years later, Ricci worked alongside Tim Burton, a master of spooky, for his gothic horror Sleepy Hollow. During a recent conversation with PEOPLE, Ricci was asked what it was like to be a pioneer in the spooky genre:

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​Christina Ricci solidified her status as goth girl icon with darker roles. Read More