Christina Applegate
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Christina Applegate Net Worth

Actress of Married… with Children
Estimated net worth
$20M
Source: Celebrity Net Worth, October 20, 2026. Updated November 6, 2026.
Forbes and Bloomberg rarely publish net worth figures for stars who are not billionaires, so this page uses Celebrity Net Worth's published estimate (page last updated October 20, 2026). It is an outside estimate, not an official figure.

Christina Applegate’s net worth over time

$20M: Celebrity Net Worth estimate, Oct 2026. page last updated October 20, 2026$20MOct 2026

This is the only published estimate we have found so far. More bars will appear as new estimates are published. Tap or hover a bar to see the source.

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DateEstimateSource
Oct 2026$20 millionCelebrity Net Worth · page last updated October 20, 2026

Where the money comes from

Television salariesFilm rolesStreaming series

These are the main sources of wealth named in the reporting we cite. No published source breaks the total into exact amounts, so we do not show percentages.

Christina Applegate’s fortune in real-life terms

306 years
for the median full-time U.S. worker to earn this much, spending nothing
93×
the net worth of the typical U.S. family
0.00%
of Elon Musk's fortune, the biggest on Net Worth Lookup

Based on the Celebrity Net Worth estimate above. Median full-time U.S. pay is $65,416 a year ($1,258 a week, BLS, Q2 2026), before taxes. Typical (median) U.S. family net worth is $216,100 (Federal Reserve, 2025 Survey of Consumer Finances).

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Christina Applegate has an estimated net worth of $20 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth, Christina Applegate net worth page (figures as of October 20, 2026).

Christina Applegate is an American actress who was born on November 25, 1971. She became famous as Kelly Bundy on Married… with Children, then led the sitcom Samantha Who? and later the Netflix series Dead to Me. She has also appeared in films such as Anchorman and The Sweetest Thing.

Her career is anchored in television comedy, with Emmy nominations and a loyal audience across four decades.

Christina Applegate (born November 25, 1971) is a retired American actress.

She gained recognition in the late eighties for playing Kelly Bundy in the Fox sitcom Married…

How Christina Applegate makes her money

Long sitcom runs, especially Married… with Children, created the foundation of her earnings.

Later series such as Samantha Who? and Dead to Me added lead television salaries.

Film comedies contributed studio paydays.

Streaming deals in the twenty-twenties extended her television income.

Her titular role in the sitcom Jesse (1998-2000), earned her first nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy.

For her guest role in the NBC sitcom Friends (2002-2003), she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series.

She received additional Emmy and Golden Globe nominations for her roles in the television sitcom Samantha Who?

(2007-2009), starred in a short-lived sitcom Up All Night (2011-2012), and the dark tragicomedy series Dead to Me (2019-2022).

Applegate served as a producer of all three aforementioned projects.

Applegate has achieved success in films of varying genres, particularly in comedies such as Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead (1991), The Big Hit (1998), The Sweetest Thing (2002), Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004) and Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (2013), Hall Pass (2011), Vacation (2015), Bad Moms (2016), and Crash Pad (2017).

On stage, Applegate received a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her debut performance as the title character in the Broadway musical revival Sweet Charity (2005).

After being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in August 2021, Applegate announced she would step away from appearing on-screen, but would continue doing voice work.

Her estimate

Celebrity Net Worth estimates Christina Applegate's net worth at $20 million, on its page last updated October 20, 2026. That figure is an outside estimate of what the star has earned and kept after taxes, fees and spending. It is not an official number, and the star has not confirmed it or published personal finances.

The estimate summarizes earnings across the main chapters of the career rather than a single contract. We will add any newer dated estimate from a named outlet to the chart above, and we never fill in the years between published figures.

Career and money timeline

  1. 1987

    Begins Married… with Children.

  2. 1997

    Married… with Children ends.

  3. 2007

    Stars in Samantha Who?.

  4. 2019

    Stars in Dead to Me.

  5. 2022

    Dead to Me concludes.

  6. 2024

    Selective later projects.

Christina Applegate net worth FAQ

What is Christina Applegate's net worth?

Christina Applegate's net worth is an estimated $20 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth, Christina Applegate net worth page (October 20, 2026). It is an estimate, not an official figure.

How did Christina Applegate get so rich?

The main sources named in the reporting we cite are: Television salaries, Film roles, Streaming series.

Is Christina Applegate a billionaire?

Not by current published estimates. Christina Applegate is estimated at $20 million.

What role made Christina Applegate famous?

Kelly Bundy on Married… with Children made her a star.

Sources

  1. Celebrity Net Worth, Christina Applegate net worth page (October 20, 2026)
  2. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Usual Weekly Earnings (Q2 2026) (July 2026)
  3. Federal Reserve, 2025 Survey of Consumer Finances (median family net worth, Table 4) (October 2026)
  4. Background facts: Wikipedia, Christina Applegate (accessed November 6, 2026). Used for career facts only, never for figures.

Photo: Gage Skidmore, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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