Christina Applegate, former star of “Married with Children,” has been diagnosed with early form of breast cancer, which is expected to fully recover, her publicist Ame Van Iden said. The 36-year-old, Emmy award winner began acting in films and television as a child and has appeared in shows such as "Quincy," "Family Ties," "21 Jump Street," "Charles in Charge" and Steven Spielberg's "Amazing Stories."

Christina won an Emmy for outstanding guest actress in a comedy series in 2003 in which she played the role of Amy Green, the younger sister of Jennifer Aniston in "Friends." She was nominated for a Tony in 2005 for the Broadway musical "Sweet Charity" and nominations for both Emmy and Golden Globe for the show "Samantha Who?" ABC’s comedy “Samantha Who?” had Christina playing the title character of a young woman who wakes from an eight-day coma to discover she cannot remember her past.

Christina’s cancer was detected through an MRI recommended by a doctor and is not life-threatening and she is already following her doctor’s recommended treatment.

In April Applegate told, "I'm really grateful that acting is the job that was chosen for me. I get really lost when I'm not working. I don't know what I'm supposed to do with myself. Thank God for dance class and the New York Times crossword puzzle and 'American Idol.' But acting is what I really have to do."

Christina’s television show "Married ... With Children" ran 11 seasons and has been airing in syndication since. Subsequently she starred in "Jesse,” which lasted two seasons, where she plays a single mother raising a young son. She has starred in movies like "Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead," "Wild Bill, "Wonderland" and "Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgandy.

A one-hour television special, "Stand Up To Cancer," with Christina Applegate as well as other celebrities such as Meryl Streep and Charlize Theron is scheduled to be aired on ABC, CBS and NBC on Sept. 5 to raise funds for cancer research.