Christina Rene Hendricks (born May 3, 1975) is an American actress who plays Joan Harris on the AMC cable television series Mad Men and played Saffron on the FOX series Firefly. 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
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 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, 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 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,[4] and Everclear's "One Hit Wonder".[5]
She plays Joan Harris on the AMC series Mad Men
where 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 appeared in the action-thriller Drive, directed by Nicolas Winding Refn, alongside Carey Mulligan and Ryan Gosling.
Cultural influence
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."[7] Los Angeles Times television critic Mary McNamara says her portrayal of Holloway has revolutionized perceptions of beauty on television.[8] 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."[9] 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."[10]
In recent times, Hendricks has moved away from accepting the term
"full-figured" and once lambasted a reporter who used the term when
interviewing her.[11]
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."[12][13] 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.[14]
Personal life
Hendricks was born in Knoxville, Tennessee. Her mother, Jackie Sue
(née Raymond), was a psychologist. Her father, Robert Hendricks, who
worked for the United States Forest Service, was from Birmingham, England.[15][16] Through her father, she has dual U.S./U.K. nationality.[17] Her family moved because of her father's profession, living in Fairfax, Virginia; Portland, Oregon; and Twin Falls, Idaho.[18][19] Hendricks is a natural blonde and began coloring her hair red at the age of 10 after reading Anne of Green Gables. She plays the accordion, and used her talent on an episode of Mad Men.[20]
On October 11, 2009, Hendricks married actor Geoffrey Arend.[21]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Sorority | Fawn | |
| 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 | Voice only |
| 2011 | Detachment | Ms. Sarah Madison | |
| 2011 | Drive | Blanche | |
| 2011 | I Don't Know How She Does It | Allison | |
| 2012 | Struck By Lightning | April | |
| 2012 | Ginger & Rosa | Natalie | |
| 2012 | From Up on Poppy Hill | Miki Hokuto | Voice only |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Undressed | Rhiannon | |
| 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 | |
| 2002 | The Big Time | Audrey Drummond | TV film |
| 2002-2003 | Firefly | Saffron / Bridget / Yolanda |
Episodes
|
| 2003 | Miss Match | Sarah | Episode: "The Price of Love" |
| 2003 | Hunger Point | Frannie Hunter | TV film |
| 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 | 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" |
| 2007–2008 | Life | Olivia Canton | 4 episodes |
| 2007–present | Mad Men | Joan Harris | |
| 2011 | Body of Proof | Karen Archer | Episode: "Dead Man Walking" |
| 2011 | American Dad! | Naydern | Episode: "Gorillas in the Mist" |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Need for Speed: The Run | Sam Harper |
Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | SyFy Genre Awards | Best Special Guest/Television | Firefly (Episode: "Trash") | Won[22] | |
| 2008 | Screen Actors Guild Award | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series | Mad Men | Won[23] | |
| 2009 | Screen Actors Guild Award | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series | Mad Men | Won[23] | |
| 2009 | Monte-Carlo Television Festival | Golden Nymph Award for Outstanding Actress in a Drama TV Series | Mad Men | Won | |
| 2010 | Screen Actors Guild Award | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series | Mad Men | Nominated | |
| 2010 | Primetime Emmy Award | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | Mad Men | Nominated | |
| 2011 | Critics' Choice Television Award | Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | Mad Men | Won | Tied with Margo Martindale |
| 2011 | Monte-Carlo Television Festival | Golden Nymph Award for Outstanding Actress in a Drama TV Series | Mad Men | Nominated | |
| 2011 | Screen Actors Guild Award | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series | Mad Men | Nominated | |
| 2011 | Primetime Emmy Award | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | Mad Men | Nominated | |
| 2012 | Critics' Choice Television Award | Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | Mad Men | Won | |
| 2012 | Primetime Emmy Award | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | Mad Men | Nominated |
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