Christina Hendricks

**Christina Rene Hendricks**, born May 3, 1975, is an American actress and former model, known for her role as Joan Harris in AMC's critically acclaimed series 'Mad Men'. With an extensive career on screen and stage, she has received various accolades, including six Primetime Emmy Award nominations, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and two Critics' Choice Awards for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. She was born to an American mother and English father in Knoxville, Tennessee, and pursued a career as a model following her entry into a Seventeen cover contest before transitioning into acting. Apart from her role in Mad Men, Hendricks also had recurring roles in several television series, including Beggars and Choosers (2001–2002) and Kevin Hill (2004–2005), and received critical notice for her performance in movies like Nicolas Winding Refn's Drive (2011), Sally Potter's drama Ginger & Rosa (2012), and Ryan Gosling's neo-noir fantasy Lost River (2014). Post-Mad Men, she starred in comedy series Another Period from 2015 to 2016, SundanceTV drama series Hap and Leonard (2016), and returned to television with starring roles on crime drama series Tin Star (2017–2019) and NBC comedy-crime series Good Girls (2018–2021).