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What’s next for Christina Applegate?
The 51-year old actress may not be hanging up her acting shoes afterall, as the ‘Dead to Me’ star reveals she is considering voiceovers.
Though Christina Applegate may not be continuing her acting career in the traditional sense, the ‘Married With Children’ alum is thinking about doing voiceover roles to support her household since being diagnosed with MS.
Applegate, who stayed out of the public eye following her diagnosis until 2022 when she got her Hollywood star and attended her Walk of Fame ceremony, and again at the Critics Choice Awards in 2023.
In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, Applegate said that though her on-screen acting career is coming to an end, fans may still be able to hear her voice and see movies that she has produced.
When asked was her next steps might be, Applegate responded, she plans to pay the bills by doing voiceovers.
“Ton of voiceovers to make some cash to make sure that my daughter’s fed and we’re homed,” the actress said.
“Right now, I couldn’t imagine getting up at 5 a.m. and spending 12 to 14 hours on a set,” Applegate said. “I don’t have that in me at this moment.”
Applegate, who has been nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award for her role as Jen in ‘Dead to Me’, has announced that her days of being in the public eye are dwindling.
In commenting on the upcoming awards show, the second show she will attend since the MS diagnosis, Applegate said it will be her last.
“It’s my last awards show as an actor probably, so it’s kind of a big deal.”
Has Christina Applegate Spoken Publicly about MS?
Christina Applegate shared about her experiences with MS in an interview with Kelly Clarkson after she had received her star in the Walk of Fame. It was her first public appearance since the diagnosis.
Applegate described the outing as “interesting” and “beautiful” and said “It was an amazing day and I feel incredibly blessed, but at the same time, yeah, it was weird.”
Already well into filming the series, Dead to Me, Applegate didn’t want to quit working. She felt strongly that they should finish the show, that they were like part of her family, and that it was good for her to be productive while she coped with the grief that came with the diagnosis.
Applegate reflects on the challenges of that. She said “People had seen me as this other person for the last almost 40 years and I’m different now and it’s incredibly hard. I don’t wanna be the fish in the fish tank, but I’m gonna do my best to just get through it.”