Throwback Thursday: Christina Applegate

Watergate? Irangate? Applegate is a scandal we’d like to get caught up in.

Ever since we saw bleached blonde Christina Applegate do the bimbo bounce playing Kelly Bundy on Married with Children, we’ve been fans of her work. Seriously, her range was amazing (up, down, up, down). All these years later, the 37-year-old actress is still talented and, more importantly, hot, as evidenced by her gracing People’s latest “100 Most Beautiful People” cover.

It’s quite an honor, but here at Complex, we wouldn’t disrespect her by lumping her in with 99 other supposedly beautiful people (OK, Zac Efron is kinda dreamy). Instead, we pay tribute to her by devoting an entire Throwback Thursday post to nothing but decades of her hotness. Sorry, Zac, maybe you’ll get a Wifey/Trifey some day…

PHOTO SHOOT, 1986

FAMILY TIES, 1987

FEED THE VALLEY HOMELESS BENEFIT, 1987

MARRIED WITH CHILDREN, 1987-1997

21 JUMP STREET, 1988

POSTER, DATE UNKNOWN

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL EVENT, 1988

4TH ANNUAL AMERICAN COMEDY AWARDS, 1990

DON’T TELL MOM THE BABYSITTER’S DEAD, 1991

PHOTO SHOOT, 1992

MARS ATTACKS!, 1996

THE BIG HIT, 1998

PHOTO SHOOT, 1998

PETA PARTY OF THE CENTURY AND HUMANITARIAN AWARDS, 1999

THE 25TH ANNUAL PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARDS, 1999

PHOTO SHOOT, DATE UNKNOWN

PAPARAZZI PHOTO, DATE UNKNOWN

JESSE, 1998-2000