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Christina Hendricks
Hendricks at PaleyFest in 2014 for Mad Men
Born
Christina Rene Hendricks

(1975-05-03) May 3, 1975 (age 49)
Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S.
OccupationActress
Years active1999–present
Spouse
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(m. 2009)​
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Christina Rene Hendricks (born May 3, 1975) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Joan Holloway in the AMC drama television series Mad Men, for which she was nominated for six Emmy Awards.

A poll of female readers taken by Esquire magazine named Hendricks "the sexiest woman in the world".[2] In 2010, she was voted Best Looking American Woman by Esquire magazine.[2][3]

Hendricks' film credits include Drive, God's Pocket and Lost River. She currently appears as Celine/"Chair" in the Comedy Central sitcom Another Period, and as Trudy in the SundanceTV drama series Hap and Leonard.

Early life

Hendricks was born in Knoxville, Tennessee. Her mother, Jackie Sue (née Raymond), was a psychologist. Her father, Robert Hendricks, worked for the United States Forest Service and was from Birmingham, England.[4][5] Through her father, she has dual US & UK nationality.[6] Her family moved several times because of her father's profession, and Hendricks spent her early life in Portland, Oregon,[7] and Twin Falls, Idaho.[8]

When Hendricks was a teenager, the family relocated to Fairfax, Virginia, where she attended Fairfax High School.[9] According to Hendricks, she was bullied in high school and described herself as an "outcast" and a "goth."[10] After entering a competition to appear on the cover of Seventeen magazine, she signed with a modeling agency at age 18, and moved to New York City.[11]

Career

Hendricks began acting in children's musical theater productions in Twin Falls. She was a model from the ages of 18 to 27. She made her television début in the MTV anthology series Undressed. Her first starring role was in 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, which was filmed in Fort Cobb, Oklahoma. 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 writer opposite Joaquim de Almeida. She appeared in four episodes of the NBC series 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,[12] and Everclear's "One Hit Wonder".[13]

She played Joan Harris on the AMC series Mad Men as the office manager of advertising agency Sterling Cooper & Partners, providing mentoring to a group of women who must deal with the come-ons and callousness of professional advertising executives. Her performance has received critical praise, resulting in six Primetime Emmy nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series.

She appeared in the action-thriller Drive, directed by Nicolas Winding Refn, alongside Carey Mulligan and Ryan Gosling.[14] In 2014, she played the lead character in Gosling's directorial debut Lost River,[15] and in 2015, co-starred with Charlize Theron and Chloë Grace Moretz in the novel adaptation Dark Places.[16] In 2015, she was cast as one of the leads in Refn's thriller film The Neon Demon.[17]

Cultural influence

Hendricks on October 3, 2012 at Launches Spectacular model comp in Sydney

Hendricks has been credited as having an ideal shape for a woman.[18] British Equalities Minister Lynne Featherstone praised Hendricks' hourglass figure as an ideal shape for women, saying "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."[18] Los Angeles Times television critic Mary McNamara says her portrayal of Joan has revolutionized perceptions of beauty on television.[19] She has been called the "new modern ideal of Hollywood glamour—full figured, voluptuous; a throwback to the days of Marilyn Monroe, Jane Russell and Veronica Lake."[20] British designer Vivienne Westwood selected her to represent its "Get A Life" Palladium jewelry collection in March 2011. Westwood described Hendricks as "the embodiment of beauty."[21] A study by the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons attributed a 10% rise in 2010 of the number of British women receiving breast augmentation surgery in part to Hendricks' influence.[22]

Hendricks has moved away from accepting the term "full-figured" and once lambasted a reporter who used the term while interviewing her.[23] 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."[24][25]

Personal life

Hendricks is a natural blonde and began coloring her hair red at age 10, inspired by the book Anne of Green Gables. She plays the accordion like her character Joan in Mad Men.[26]

On October 11, 2009, Hendricks married actor Geoffrey Arend.[1] She has said in interviews that she and her husband do not plan to have children.[27]

Filmography

Hendricks in March 2006 at the Los Angeles Wizard World Comic Con

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2007 La Cucina Lily
2007 South of Pico Angela
2010 Leonie Catherine
2010 Life as We Know It Alison Novack
2011 The Family Tree Alicia
2011 All-Star Superman Lois Lane/Superwoman (voice)
2011 Detachment Ms. Sarah Madison
2011 Drive Blanche
2011 I Don't Know How She Does It Allison
2012 Ginger & Rosa Natalie
2013 Struck By Lightning April
2013 From Up on Poppy Hill Saori Makimura (voice) English dub
2014 God's Pocket Jeannie Scarpato
2014 The Pirate Fairy Zarina (voice)
2014 Lost River Billy
2015 Dark Places Patty Day
2016 Zoolander 2 Seductress
2016 The Neon Demon Roberta Hoffman
2016 Bad Santa 2 Diane
2017 Fist Fight Completed
2017 Crooked House Brenda Filming[28]

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1999 Undressed Rhiannon 4 episodes
1999 Sorority Fawn Pilot
2000 Angel Bar Maid Episode: "The Prodigal"
2000–01 Beggars and Choosers Kelly Kramer 19 episodes
2001 Thieves Sunday Episode: "Casino"
2002 ER Joyce Westlake 4 episodes
2002 The Court Betsy Tyler 6 episodes
2002 The Big Time Audrey Drummond Television film
2002–03 Firefly Saffron/Bridget/Yolanda 2 episodes
2003 Miss Match Sarah Episode: "The Price of Love"
2003 Presidio Med Claire Episode: "Suffer Unto Me the Children..."
2003 Hunger Point Frannie Hunter Television film
2004 Tru Calling Alyssa Episode: "Murder in the Morgue"
2004–05 Kevin Hill Nicolette Raye 22 episodes
2005 Cold Case Esther 'Legs' Davis Episode: "Colors"
2006 Jake in Progress Tanya 4 episodes
2006 Las Vegas Connie Episode: "Chaos Theory"
2006 Without a Trace Rachel Gibson Episode: "Check Your Head"
2007 Notes from the Underbelly Holly Episode: "First Night Out"
2007–08 Life Olivia Canton 4 episodes
2007–15 Mad Men Joan Harris 80 episodes
2011 Body of Proof Karen Archer Episode: "Dead Man Walking"
2011 American Dad! Naydern (voice) Episode: "Gorillas in the Mist"
2015–present Another Period Chair (formerly Celine) 17 episodes
2015 Rick and Morty Unity (voice) Episode: "Auto Erotic Assimilation"
2016 Hap and Leonard Trudy 6 episodes

Video game

Year Title Role
2011 Need for Speed: The Run Sam Harper (voice)

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Work Result
2006 SyFy Genre Awards Best Special Guest/Television Firefly Won[29]
2008 Screen Actors Guild Award Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Mad Men Won
2009 Screen Actors Guild Award Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Won
2009 Golden Nymph Award Outstanding Actress in a Drama TV Series Won
2010 Screen Actors Guild Award Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Nominated
2010 Primetime Emmy Award Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Nominated
2011 Critics' Choice Television Award Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Won (with Margo Martindale)
2011 Golden Nymph Award Outstanding Actress in a Drama TV Series Nominated
2011 Screen Actors Guild Award Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Nominated
2011 Primetime Emmy Award Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Nominated
2012 Critics' Choice Television Award Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Won
2012 Primetime Emmy Award Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Nominated
2013 Primetime Emmy Award Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Nominated
2014 Primetime Emmy Award Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Nominated
2015 Primetime Emmy Award Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Nominated

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Aradillas, Elaine (October 11, 2009). "Christina Hendricks Marries in New York". People.
  2. ^ a b "The Esquire Survey of the American Woman". Esquire. April 20, 2010. Retrieved May 28, 2011.
  3. ^ Welles, Denmark (April 23, 2010). "Mad Men's Christina Hendricks voted best-looking woman in US | People". The First Post. Retrieved February 20, 2011.
  4. ^ "'I'm learning to celebrate what I was born with': Why life is shaping up nicely for Christina Hendricks". Daily Mail. May 24, 2011.
  5. ^ Elsworth, Catherine (January 19, 2009). "Christina Hendricks: a fine figure of a woman". The Telegraph. Retrieved September 14, 2012.
  6. ^ Freeman, Hadley (September 16, 2011). "Mad Men and me: Christina Hendricks interview". The Guardian. London. ISSN 0261-3077. OCLC 60623878. Retrieved September 20, 2011.
  7. ^ Orange, Alan (March 2016). "Christina Hendricks Talks All-Star Superman". MovieWeb. Retrieved November 5, 2016.
  8. ^ "DONALD J. TRENT FAMILY HISTORY:Information about Christina Rene Hendricks". genealogy.com. Retrieved June 3, 2013.
  9. ^ Kelly, John (September 23, 2014). "Christina Hendricks hated Fairfax High. Today's students say she wouldn't now". The Washington Post. Retrieved June 13, 2016.
  10. ^ Wardrop, Murray (February 27, 2012). "Christina Hendricks: 'I was bullied at school for being a goth'". The Telegraph. Retrieved November 5, 2016.
  11. ^ Day, Elizabeth (August 3, 2014). "Christina Hendricks: 'My agency dropped me when I first agreed to play Joan in Mad Men'". The Guardian. Retrieved June 13, 2016.
  12. ^ Avalos, Steven (June 2, 2010). "Christina Hendricks Stars in Broken Bells Music Video". PopEater. Retrieved March 10, 2011.
  13. ^ "'Best-Looking Woman' Christina Hendricks is a Music Video Star". Yahoo! Music. June 2, 2010. Retrieved September 29, 2012.
  14. ^ Helyer, Rachel (September 9, 2010). "Mad Men's Hendricks eyes big-screen roles". The First Post. Retrieved June 3, 2013.
  15. ^ "Cannes 2014: The bafflement of Ryan Gosling's 'Lost River". The LA Times. Retrieved July 7, 2014.
  16. ^ "Dark Places". Dread Central. Retrieved July 7, 2014.
  17. ^ "Keanu Reeves, Christina Hendricks Join Refn's 'The Neon Demon'". Variety. Retrieved July 7, 2014.
  18. ^ a b "Does Christina Hendricks have a body women should aspire to". BBC News Magazine. July 27, 2010. Retrieved May 28, 2011.
  19. ^ Geoghegan, Tom (July 27, 2010). "Does Christina Hendricks have a body women should aspire to?". BBC News Magazine. Retrieved May 28, 2011.
  20. ^ Kiley, David (March 2, 2011). "Mad Men Star Christina Hendricks The New Face of Vivienne Westwood". luxist.com. Retrieved May 28, 2011.
  21. ^ "Christina Hendricks launches Vivienne Westwood's new jewellery line... but who's looking at her tiara?". Daily Mail Online. London. March 2, 2011. Retrieved May 28, 2011.
  22. ^ Lusher, Adam (January 30, 2011). "Mad Men star Christina Hendricks sparks rush for breast implants". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved January 31, 2011.
  23. ^ "Hollywood's voluptuous beauty was offended? Go (full) figure …". The Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney. October 14, 2012. Retrieved October 14, 2012.
  24. ^ "Christina's body comments". Sky Showbiz.
  25. ^ Hunter, Aina (July 2010). "Christina Hendricks' Measurements: Naked "I Look Like a Woman"". CBS News. Retrieved May 28, 2011.
  26. ^ Katie Hintz-Zambrano (July 1, 2010). "Christina Hendricks Dazzles on LA Times Magazine". stylelist.com. AOL. Archived from the original on July 4, 2010. Retrieved July 15, 2010.
  27. ^ "Mad Men Christina Hendricks doesn't want children". Daily Mail. October 11, 2014.
  28. ^ Wiseman, Andreas (September 13, 2016). "Agatha Christie thriller 'Crooked House' underway". Screen Daily. Retrieved September 14, 2016.
  29. ^ "Christina Hendricks". AllAmericanSpeakers. All American Speakers LLC. 2011–2012. Retrieved September 14, 2012.
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