Christina Rene Hendricks was born on May 3,1975 and is an American actress and former model.
33 Facts About Christina Hendricks
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Christina Hendricks is known for her role as Joan Harris in the critically acclaimed AMC drama series Mad Men.
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Christina Hendricks continued to work internationally as a model for over a decade before transitioning into acting.
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Christina Hendricks had recurring roles in several television series, including Beggars and Choosers and Kevin Hill before being cast as Joan Holloway on the AMC period drama series Mad Men in 2007, of which she remained a main cast member until the series' conclusion in 2015.
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Christina Hendricks received critical acclaim for her role, including six Emmy Award nominations and multiple Screen Actors Guild Awards for Best Ensemble.
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Christina Hendricks reunited with Refn for a supporting role in his thriller film The Neon Demon, followed by roles in the comedy Fist Fight, the horror film The Strangers: Prey at Night, and the animated comedy Toy Story 4.
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Christina Hendricks returned to television with starring roles on the crime drama series Tin Star and on the NBC comedy-crime series Good Girls.
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Christina Rene Hendricks was born on May 3,1975, in Knoxville, Tennessee, the second child of American mother Jackie Sue Hendricks, a psychologist, and English father Robert Hendricks, a Forest Service employee originally from Birmingham.
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When Christina Hendricks was nine years old, the family moved from Portland to Twin Falls, Idaho, where she completed elementary and middle school.
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Christina Hendricks described her family as "outdoorsy", relating that they frequently went on camping trips in the Pacific Northwest.
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Christina Hendricks's mother encouraged her and her brother to join a local theater group in Twin Falls to make friends, and Hendricks appeared in a production there of Grease.
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When Christina Hendricks was a teenager, her father's job required the family to move near Washington, DC They settled in Fairfax, Virginia.
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Christina Hendricks described the move from Idaho to Virginia as "traumatic" for her, and she was frequently bullied while attending Fairfax High School.
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Christina Hendricks described herself as an "outcast" and a "goth" and found companionship in the school's drama department, where she appeared in plays.
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Christina Hendricks left Fairfax High School in her senior year and completed her studies at a local community college.
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Christina Hendricks began modeling in New York, London, and Japan between the ages of 18 and 27 before transitioning into commercials.
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Christina Hendricks lived in London for around a year during this period, living with two friends who were teachers.
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Christina Hendricks was the hand model in the poster for the film American Beauty.
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Christina Hendricks made her television debut in the MTV anthology series Undressed.
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Christina Hendricks's first starring role was as an intern on Beggars and Choosers, a Showtime comedy series about a group of young professionals that was filmed in Vancouver and ran from 1999 to 2001.
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Christina Hendricks had a guest role on the series Angel in 2000.
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Christina Hendricks subsequently appeared in the television film The Big Time, and had recurring guest roles on ER, The Court, and Firefly.
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In perhaps her best-known role to date, Christina Hendricks played office manager Joan Holloway on the AMC series Mad Men, set in a series of fictitious advertising agencies in 1960s New York City.
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Christina Hendricks's performance received critical praise, and earned her six Primetime Emmy nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series over the show's seven seasons.
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Also in 2007, Christina Hendricks made her feature film debut in La Cucina, a drama film that premiered on Showtime in December 2009, starring Christina Hendricks as a writer.
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Christina Hendricks appeared in a supporting role in the action-thriller Drive, directed by Nicolas Winding Refn.
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Christina Hendricks lent her voice and likeness in the 2011 racing video game Need for Speed: The Run, playing the role of Sam Harper.
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Christina Hendricks starred in the novel adaptation Dark Places.
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In 2018, Christina Hendricks returned to television in the Amazon Prime series The Romanoffs, reuniting with Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner.
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In late 2018, Christina Hendricks starred opposite Sienna Miller in the drama American Woman, portraying a woman helping her sister raise her family in rural Pennsylvania.
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British designer Vivienne Westwood selected Christina Hendricks to represent her "Get a Life" Palladium jewelry collection in March 2011.
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Christina Hendricks has moved away from accepting the term "full-figured" and once lambasted a reporter who used the term while interviewing her.
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Christina Hendricks commented in September 2010 that the media is too focused on women's bodies and not their actual talents.