Christina Hendricks

Christina Hendricks
Hendricks in September 2008
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1999–present

Christina Hendricks (born May 3, 1975) is an American actress best known for her starring role as Joan Holloway in the AMC cable television series Mad Men, and as Saffron in Fox's short-lived series Firefly.

Early years

Hendricks was born in Knoxville, Tennessee and raised in Twin Falls, Idaho from third through eighth grade. In 1989, her family moved to Fairfax, Virginia, where Hendricks appeared in several high school plays and local community theater. She got her start acting in Junior Musical Playhouse productions, including Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.

Career

As an actress, Hendricks has made her mark in a number of guest TV appearances. Her first television break came when she became 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 law 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. 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.

Hendricks at the El Rey Theatre to promote Mad Men (October 21, 2008 (2008-10-21))

Her best-known role is that of Joan Holloway on the Emmy- and Golden Globe- winning AMC series Mad Men. The show centers on the macho, booze-soaked world of advertising in New York City in the early 1960s. Hendricks' character is the office manager of Sterling Cooper, providing mentoring to a group of women who must deal with the come-ons and callousness of professional advertising executives.

Personal life

Although she is known for her red hair, Hendricks is a natural blonde and has been dying her hair red since she was ten years old.

Hendricks is engaged to fellow actor Geoffrey Arend; they are to wed on October 11, 2009.

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 TV Festival
• Named Number twelve on "THE TOP 15 HOTTEST WOMEN ON TELVESION" according to Spike.

Filmography

• La Cucina (2007), Lily
• South of Pico (2007), Angela

Television movies

• Sorority (1999), Fawn
• The Big Time (2002), Audrey Drummond
• Hunger Point (2003), Frannie Hunter

TV appearances

Christina Hendricks at the premiere of Serenity

• Undressed, Rhiannon
• Angel, Bar-maid
• Beggars and Choosers, Kelly Kramer
• Thieves, Sunday
• ER, Joyce Westlake
• The Court, Betsy Tyler
• Presidio Med, Claire
• Firefly, Saffron
• Miss Match, Sarah
• Tru Calling, Alyssa
• Kevin Hill, Nicolette Raye
• Cold Case, Esther "Legs" Davis 1945
• Jake in Progress, Tanya - dental clerk
• Without a Trace, Rachel Gibson
• Las Vegas, Connie
• Mad Men, Joan Holloway
• Life, Olivia

External links

• Christina Hendricks at IMDb
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• Christina Hendricks at AllMovie
• Christina Hendricks on Talk of Fame