Christina Hendricks
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| Born |
Christina Rene Hendricks May 3, 1975 Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1999–present |
| Spouse(s) | Geoffrey Arend (m. 2009) |
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". In 2010, she was voted Best Looking American Woman by Esquire magazine.
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.
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. Through her father, she has dual US & UK nationality. Her family moved several times because of her father's profession, and Hendricks spent her early life in Portland, Oregon, and Twin Falls, Idaho.
When Hendricks was a teenager, the family relocated to Fairfax, Virginia, where she attended Fairfax High School. According to Hendricks, she was bullied in high school and described herself as an "outcast" and a "goth." 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.
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