Christina Ricci's 2 Kids: All About Freddie and Cleopatra

Mar. 15, 2025

Christina Ricci attends IndieWire’s Consider This Event: Television 2023 at NeueHouse Hollywood on June 03, 2023. ; Mark Hampton with kids Freddie and Cleopatra.Photo:Phillip Faraone/IndieWire/Getty ; Christina Ricci Instagram

Phillip Faraone/IndieWire/Getty ; Christina Ricci Instagram

Christina Ricci’s life has evolved, both professionally and personally, including becoming a mother to her two kids: Freddie andCleopatra.

TheYellowjacketsstar welcomed her son in 2014 with her ex-husband, camera and lighting technician James Heerdegen. The actressremarried in October 2021to hairstylist Mark Hampton and welcomed their daughter two months later.

Ricci previously credited motherhood for keeping her grounded during a January 2017 interview with PEOPLE.

“I didn’t realizehow much growing up I had to doand how much better I could be. My kid [has] really made me better,” she said.

In March 2025, Ricci toldVarietythat she has no desire to play a mom onscreen.

“Motherhood is so personal and precious, and I don’t ever wanna exploit it,” she shared. “Right now, being a mom and being in it and having so many feelings about it, I feel like it would be too much. I’ve read scripts about moms and sick kids. For me, it’s just too raw.”

That same month, Ricci was honored with astar on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Both Freddie and Cleopatra were present for the ceremony.

Here’s everything to know about Christina Ricci’s kids: Freddie and Cleopatra.

Freddie Heerdegen, 10

Christina Ricci and her son Freddie at Disneyland.Christina Ricci Instagram

Christina Ricci Instagram

Ricci and Heerdegen welcomed their first and only child together, son Freddie, in August 2014.

The Addams Familystar told PEOPLE in March 2016 that having her son “changed everything.”

She explained, “It’s made everything in my life actually important and matter. I now have to take things seriously, and I never did before. I want to succeed for him. My choices matter more.”

Prior to the birth of her daughter years later, Ricci seldom shared photos of her son on social media. However, in recent years, she’s documented several of their mother-son trips together, including aspring break tripto Disneyland in March 2023.

Three months later, she also shared pictures from the duo’s trip to New York City, like a snap of Freddieriding the subwayand another photo of the twoposing in front of the Statue of Liberty.

Ricci, who was only 9 years old when she made her film debut inMermaidsalongsideCherandWinona Ryder, started explaining her career as an actress to her son when he was young.

In July 2018, she told PEOPLE about Freddie coming home from preschool when he was about 3 years old and asking, “‘Mama, are you a movie actress?’ ”

“I didn’t say that to him. People mention it to him … I have to then explain to him what it is, andwe’ve shown him movies,” she said.

Christina Ricci’s son Freddie with her husband Mark Hampton.Christina Ricci Instagram

Still, he wasn’t originally interested in seeing movies where Ricci didn’t look like herself, so he started making requests. “We showed himCasperand then we realized he hadn’t developed that ability to discern reality from fiction,” she explained.

As Freddie’s grown older, he’s continued to be supportive of his mom’s career. In September 2022, he and his younger sister celebrated their mom’s Emmy nomination for best supporting actress in a drama series. (Julia Garnertook home the win.)

After the event, Ricci shared a photograph on her Instagram Stories of the brother-sister duo sitting under a banner that read, “Congrats on Best Mom."

She has also been open about how she is raising her children and the values she’s instilling in them. During a December 2022 interview withThe Guardian, Ricci said Freddie “won’t be able to avoid” being progressive.

As for whether her son will follow in her footsteps as a child actor, she told theNew York Postin February 2019 that it’s unlikely.

“Once he’s an adult, and he studies, and he understands that it’s an art form, then he can pursue an acting career if he’d like,” she told the outlet.

Cleopatra Ricci Hampton, 3

Christina Ricci’s daughter Cleopatra Ricci Hampton on her first birthday in December 2022.Christina Ricci Instagram

Ricci and Hampton welcomed their daughter, Cleopatra, in December 2021.

The actress initially announced her pregnancy on social media,sharing a photoof an ultrasound image alongside the caption, “Life keeps getting better.”

Cleopatra was not originally meant to be Ricci’s daughter’s full name. During an interview onThe Ellen DeGeneres Show, the actress revealed that before she gave birth via cesarean section, she and Hampton had agreed to call their daughter Cleo.

“My husband was like, ‘Well, we’re going to give her a full name, right? And the nickname is Cleo?’ And I was like, ‘Cleopatra?’ ” she told hostEllen DeGeneres. “And he was like, ‘Yeah, the full name’s Cleopatra.’ And I was sort of like, ‘Fine, whatever.We’ll talk about this later.’ ”

Ricci added, “He got so excited he put it on Instagram, and media outlets picked up that her name was Cleopatra Ricci Hampton, and I was like, ‘Oh, I guess her name’s Cleopatra.’ "

Christina Ricci, Mark Hampton, Freddie Heerdegen, and Cleopatra Ricci Hampton dressed up for Halloween.Christina Ricci Instagram

“The fact that I can put her down in her crib and she just goes to sleep when my 8-year-old still sleeps with me is amazing,” Ricci said.

However, when Cleopatra was teething, it was a different story. She toldEntertainment TonightCanada in July 2022 that she didn’t learn of her Emmy nomination for the Showtime series until much later because her daughter was “teething really badly all last night,” which disrupted her sleep.

“I didn’t actually get to sleep really until 5 in the morning,” Ricci recalled. “I overslept and my husband tried to wake me up at 8:40 to let me know I’d been nominated, but I chose to keep sleeping and then woke up later to like crazy amounts of texts and calls.”

Ricci and Hampton have shared several adorable moments of their daughter on social media since she was born, like a hilarious post from the hairstylisttesting out silly Instagram filters.

source: people.com