Christina Applegate Attends 2023 SAG Awards With Daughter Sadie After Hinting at Acting Retirement Amid Multiple Sclerosis Battle
usmagazine.comRed carpet ready! Christina Applegate stunned at the 2023 SAG Awards after hinting that she may retire from acting as she battles multiple sclerosis.Applegate, 51, posed for photos at the Fairmont Century Plaza in Century City, California, on Sunday, February 26, with her 12-year-old daughter, Sadie, whom she shares with Martyn LeNoble.
The mother-daughter duo both rocked all-black ensembles for the ceremony.The California native is nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series for her work on the third and final season of Dead to Me, which hit Netflix in November 2022.
Applegate plays widow Jen Harding, whose husband was killed by a hit-and-run driver. She bonds with Judy Hale (Linda Cardellini) at a grief support group — but later learns not everything is as it seems.Weeks before Sunday’s event, Applegate hinted that she might be taking a step back from the spotlight sooner than expected. “Right now, I couldn’t imagine getting up at 5 a.m.
and spending 12 to 14 hours on a set,” the Samantha Who? alum told the Los Angeles Times in an interview published on February 7. “I don’t have that in me at this moment.”She went on to refer to the 2023 Screen Actors Guild Awards as her “last awards show as an actor, probably,” adding that she thought it was “kind of a big deal.”However, the Married … With Children alum emphasized that she didn’t plan on leaving the industry completely, teasing that she might take up “doing a s–t ton of voice-overs to make some cash.”Applegate’s Hollywood career has spanned decades, but she faced a setback in August 2021 when she announced her multiple sclerosis diagnosis. “It’s been a strange journey,” she tweeted at the time. “But I have been so supported by people
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