Who is Christina Rene Hendricks? The entertainment and acting world knows Christina Hendricks as an American actress known for her role as Joan Holloway in the AMC cable television series Mad Men, and as Saffron in Fox's short-lived series Firefly. Hendricks was named "the sexiest woman in the world" in 2010 in a poll of female readers taken by Esquire magazine.[1]Early years
Hendricks was born May 3, 1975 in Knoxville, Tennessee, and raised in Twin Falls, Idaho, from third through eighth grade. She holds dual British and American nationality, as her father is British.[2] While in Twin Falls, she began her acting career with Junior Musical Playhouse Company, with roles in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and Grease.In 1989, her family moved to Fairfax, Virginia, where Hendricks appeared in several Fairfax High School plays and local community theater. Career
Hendricks has made a number of guest television appearances, starting as a regular in the series Beggars and Choosers. Since then, she has starred in the series The Big Time and The Court, opposite Sally Field and Craig Bierko, as well as the legal drama Kevin Hill. She has also had recurring roles in ER and Firefly and guest-starred in episodes of Angel, Miss Match, Tru Calling, Presidio Med, Without a Trace, and Las Vegas. Hendricks starred opposite Kip Pardue in South of Pico. La Cucina, an award-winning indie film, premiered on Showtime in December 2009 and stars Hendricks as a sexy writer opposite Joaquim de Almeida. She has appeared in four episodes of the NBC TV show Life in the recurring role of Olivia, detective Charlie Crews' soon-to-be stepmother and Ted Earley's love interest. She also starred in music videos for "The Ghost Inside" by Broken Bells, and Everclear's "One Hit Wonder".[citation needed]Her best-known role is that of Joan Holloway on the award winning AMC series Mad Men. Hendricks' character is the office manager of advertising agency Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce (SCDP), providing mentoring to a group of women who must deal with the come-ons and callousness of professional advertising executives.
She is set to appear in a new action-thriller directed by Nicolas Winding Refn called Drive alongside Carey Mulligan and Ryan Gosling.[3]
Personal life
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On October 11, 2009, Hendricks married actor Geoffrey Arend.[6]
In July 2010, Hendricks' hourglass figure was highlighted as a positive influence for women by UK Equalities Minister Lynne Featherstone, who said "Christina Hendricks is absolutely fabulous...We need more of these role models. There is such a sensation when there is a curvy role model. It shouldn't be so unusual."[7] Hendricks commented in September 2010 that the media is too focused on women's bodies and not their actual talents, "I was working my butt off on the show [Mad Men] and then all anyone was talking about was my body."[8]Esquire magazine named her "the sexiest woman in the world" in 2010 in a poll of female readers.[1]
Awards and nominations
- Won the 2006 SyFy Genre Awards for Best Special Guest/Television for the Firefly episode Trash.
- Nominated for the 2008 Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series for Mad Men (2007) shared with Bryan Batt, Anne Dudek, Michael Gladis, Jon Hamm, January Jones, Vincent Kartheiser, Robert Morse, Elisabeth Moss, Maggie Siff, John Slattery, Rich Sommer and Aaron Staton.
- Won for the 2009 Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series for Mad Men (2008)
- Won the 2009 Best Actress — Drama Series for Mad Men at the Monte-Carlo Television Festival
- Voted Best Looking American Woman by Esquire magazine in 2010. [1]
- Nominated for the 2010 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for Mad Men
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Sorority | Fawn | |
| 1999 | Undressed | Rhiannon | TV series |
| 2000 | Angel | Bar Maid | Episode: "The Prodigal" |
| 2000–2001 | Beggars and Choosers | Kelly Kramer | 19 episodes |
| 2001 | Thieves | Sunday | Episode: "Casino" |
| 2002 | ER | Joyce Westlake | 4 episodes |
| 2002 | The Court | Betsy Tyler | TV series |
| 2002 | The Big Time | Audrey Drummond | TV movie |
| 2002 | Firefly | Saffron | Episode: "Our Mrs. Reynolds" |
| 2003 | Firefly | Saffron / Bridget / Yolanda | Episode: "Trash" |
| 2003 | Miss Match | Sarah | Episode: "The Price of Love" |
| 2003 | Hunger Point | Frannie Hunter | TV movie |
| 2003 | Presidio Med | Claire | Episode: "Suffer Unto Me the Children..." |
| 2004 | Tru Calling | Alyssa | Episode: "Murder in the Morgue" |
| 2004–2005 | Kevin Hill | Nicolette Raye | 22 episodes |
| 2005 | Cold Case | Esther 'Legs' Davis | Episode: "Colors" |
| 2006 | Jake in Progress | Tanya | 3 episodes |
| 2006 | Las Vegas | Connie | Episode: "Chaos Theory" |
| 2006 | Without a Trace | Rachel Gibson | Episode: "Check Your Head" |
| 2007 | La Cucina | Lily | |
| 2007 | South of Pico | Angela | |
| 2007 | Notes from the Underbelly | Holly | Episode: "First Night Out" |
| 2007–2008 | Life | Olivia Canton | 4 episodes |
| 2007–present | Mad Men | Joan Holloway | 52+ episodes |
| 2010 | The Family Tree | Alicia | |
| 2010 | Leonie | Catherine | |
| 2010 | Life as We Know It | Alison Novack | |
| 2011 | All Star Superman | Lois Lane (voice) | Video |
| 2011 | Detachment | Ms. Madison | Post-production |
| 2011 | Drive | Blanche | Post-production |
| 2011 | I Don't Know How She Does It | TBA | Pre-production |
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