Biography

Christina Rene Hendricks never found much stability during her childhood, as her father, who worked for the United States Forest Service, moved them around the country for his professional obligations. As a result of the constant traveling, which took her everywhere from Idaho to Virginia, she found her sense of peace in children’s theater and eventually transitioned to being a model when she was 18, a profession she was in until the age of 27. The modeling led to minor television roles and in 2000, she got her first series regular role on Showtime show business satire Beggars and Choosers, which lasted 42 total episodes. In addition to appearing in music videos for Everclear (“One Hit Wonder”) and Broken Bells (“The Ghost Inside”), Hendricks has guest starred on episodes of Angel, Without a Trace, and Las Vegas, while recurring on ER, Life, and Firefly. But it was her role as Joan, office manager at advertising agency Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce, on AMC’s Mad Men that proved to be her breakout, earning her several Emmy nominations and widespread critical praise, both for her performance and her curvaceous body; Hendricks found herself being compared to the likes of Marilyn Monroe and Veronica Lake for her look on the show, which is said to have inspired a rise in British breast augmentation surgeries in 2010. The actress has since transitioned into film with roles in Nicolas Winding Refn’s action-thriller Drive, Katherine Heigl/Josh Duhamel romantic-comedy Life as We Know It, and Sarah Jessica Parker comedy I Don’t Know How She Does It.

Basic Info

Date of Birth:
May 3, 1975

Place of Birth:
Knoxville, Tennessee

Maritial Status:
Spouse: Geoffrey Arend (m. 2009)

Height:
5′ 8” (1.73 m)

Weight:
64kg

Sign:
Taurus

Estimated Networth:
$8,000,000

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