Christina Rene Hendricks born May 3, is an American actress and former model. With an extensive career on screen and stage , she has received various accolades including two Screen Actors Guild Awards , and two Critics' Choice Awards as well as nominations for six Primetime Emmy Awards.
In , a poll of female readers taken by Esquire magazine named her "the sexiest woman in the world". After completing high school in Virginia , she moved to New York City and pursued a career as a model following her entry into a Seventeen cover contest. She continued to work internationally as a model for over a decade before transitioning into acting.
Hendricks had recurring roles in several television series, including Beggars and Choosers β and Kevin Hill β before being cast as Joan Holloway on the AMC period drama series Mad Men in , of which she remained a main cast member until the series' conclusion in She 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 She returned to television with starring roles on the crime drama series Tin Star β and on the NBC comedy-crime series Good Girls β When Hendricks was nine years old, the family moved from Portland to Twin Falls, Idaho , where she completed elementary and middle school.
And it was a community that really respected theatre. The kids would put on a play and the entire town would show. And you were cool if you were an actor. When Hendricks was a teenager, her father's job required the family to move near Washington, D.
They settled in Fairfax, Virginia. She described the move from Idaho to Virginia as "traumatic" for her, and she was frequently bullied while attending Fairfax High School.
