Looking Back
Christina Ricci: From Mermaids to Pan Am
Christina Ricci's career may be coming full circle with her brand-new ABC drama Pan Am. Two decades ago she got her start on another ABC series, the little-known emergency services drama H.E.L.P. In the 20 years in between, her career has taken her far and wide, and now Snakkle takes a walk down memory lane. By Danielle Turchiano
Christina Ricci in Mermaids
Mermaids: Playing Cher's daughter in the 1990 big-screen family film not only plucked Ricci from obscurity but also gave her a foray into period dramas. Ricci played Kate, the younger sister to the film’s narrator, who moved with her family in 1963 to a rural town and promptly fell into a river and almost drowned while the elder women of her family were more focused on their individual relationship issues. Since it was a family film, and one that came out at the start of the everything-must-have-a-message '90s, Kate (and Ricci) came out almost all right in the end. But having all five senses intact is overrated, right?