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Christina Applegate is an American actress, born in 1971 in Los Angeles, who started as a child performer. Most people first knew her as Kelly Bundy on Married... with Children (1987 to 1997), where her sharp comic timing made the character a fan favorite. She later moved into film, with a memorable turn as Veronica Corningstone in Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004), and into television comedy with Samantha Who? (2007 to 2009). Her role as Sam in Netflix's Dead to Me (2019 to 2022), opposite Linda Cardellini, drew strong reviews and awards attention, and it showed a darker, more dramatic side of her range.

In 2021 she publicly said she has multiple sclerosis, and she has kept working on screen since. If you tell me what you'd like to know, such as her best-reviewed work, a specific show, or what she's working on now, I can point you to the right titles. For current projects, I'd check her recent interviews or a current filmography, since my knowledge may be out of date.

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I heard that she revealed that she had been misdiagnosed with MS?

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Yes. On Tuesday, October 20, 2026, Applegate said on her podcast MeSsy, which she co-hosts with Jamie Lynn Sigler, that she had been misdiagnosed with MS in 2021. According to Scientific American, her doctor reviewed her brain scans with newer technology and told her she doesn't have MS. Applegate said she still has symptoms and needs a wheelchair at the doctor's office, and she described herself as "back at square one."

I need to correct my earlier reply. I said she had kept working on screen since 2021, but NPR reports that the MS diagnosis led her to retire from acting.

The misdiagnosis is less rare than it sounds. NPR's neurologist put the commonly cited range at roughly 5 to 20 percent, depending on the clinic studied, because MS has no single test and depends on symptoms, MRI findings and sometimes spinal fluid. Applegate's case is one of the highest-profile examples, and the diagnosis itself is still unsettled for her, so reports will likely keep changing.

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