Christina Applegate admits SAGs likely 'last awards show as an actor'

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Christina Applegate has admitted the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards are likely to be her last as an actress.

The 51-year-old star was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in August 2021 and she admitted she doesn’t think she’s capable of the long days on set required to play a lead role in a TV show or movie.

“It’s my last awards show as an actor probably, so it’s kind of a big deal,” Applegate said of her SAG nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series for her role as Jen Harding in Dead to Me.

“Right now, I couldn’t imagine getting up at 5 a.m. and spending 12 to 14 hours on a set; I don’t have that in me at this moment.”

But that doesn’t mean the former Married… With Children star – who has 12-year-old daughter Sadie with husband Martyn LeNoble – is leaving the spotlight completely as she’s considering a future in development and production.

“Doing a s— ton of voice-overs to make some cash to make sure that my daughter’s fed and we’re homed,” she added to the Los Angeles Times.

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Applegate recently admitted filming the final season of Dead to Me was the “hardest thing” she’s ever done because of her health struggles.

“Shooting [Dead to Me] was the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do in my life,” she said.

“I was diagnosed during shooting and I didn’t know what was happening to me. I couldn’t walk. They had to use a wheelchair to get me to set. I was freaking out until someone was like, ‘You need an MRI.’

“Then I found out on a Monday after work that I had MS. A disease that I’m going to have for the rest of my life. And then I started thinking about the last four years and I had very small symptoms.

“We were on set, and I would go, ‘Oh, I think I’m tired.’ So it presented itself a few years ago until it just got as bad as it did.”