Age: 46
female
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.
Set in the glamorous but decaying coastal villa of Amalfi, Love to Lay tells the story of Clara, a restless and ambitious aspiring architect, who is invited to stay at the opulent home of Nina, a world-renowned fashion photographer, to work on the restoration of her estate. Clara is immediately drawn into Nina’s magnetic, volatile world. Nina is enigmatic, cold, and utterly intoxicating, living a decadent, hedonistic lifestyle but harboring dark secrets beneath her confident exterior. As the two women grow closer, their relationship becomes a whirlwind of lust, obsession, and manipulation. Clara starts to question whether Nina’s interest in her is genuine love or if she's merely a pawn in Nina’s self-destructive games. As Clara becomes more entangled, she learns about Sylvia, Nina’s former lover, who mysteriously disappeared a year ago. Whispers from locals suggest Sylvia was driven to madness by Nina’s mind games. Clara starts to uncover hidden letters, eerie photographs, and haunting memories within the villa that point to something far darker than a simple breakup. As passion turns to paranoia, Clara must decide if Nina is her lover or her captor—and if Sylvia’s fate will soon become her own.
