Christina Applegate Net Worth

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.