Actress Christina Ricci was honored with a sidewalk star in a Thursday afternoon Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony. "The Addams Family" and "Casper" star began her work in motion pictures about 36 years ago,

Ricci, 45, the actor who grew up in New Jersey and became a household name as a child star in films like “ The Addams Family ” (1991) and “ Casper ” (1995), started to cry as she accepted the celebrity rite of passage in front of friends, colleagues and family Thursday afternoon.

As Ricci, 45, received a star on the famed boulevard, she was accompanied by her husband of four years, Mark Hampton, and her two children. (The Yellowjackets star shares daughter Cleo, 3, with Hampton and son James, 10, with ex-husband James Heerdegen .)