Christina Hendricks is an award-winning American actress and former model, widely recognised for playing the role of Joan Holloway on the hit drama series Mad Men from 2007 to 2015. This memorable performance won Hendricks critical acclaim and many accolades including six Primetime Emmy nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. Hendricks has also appeared in many film roles, including The Neon Demon (2016), the comedy Fist Fight (2017) and animated blockbuster Toy Story 4 (2019). Hendricks currently stars in the NBC series Good Girls and the crime drama series Tin Star.
Hendricks was born in Tennessee and began her career in New York City working as a successful international model for over ten years before pursuing an acting career. Her first television roles included recurring parts in Beggars and Choosers and Kevin Hill, and her big break came in 2007 when she landed the part of Joan Holloway on AMC period drama Mad Men. The show became a worldwide hit, propelling Hendricks to global stardom. She stayed in the show for all seven series, receiving six Primetime Emmy nominations for her memorable portrayal of Joan, and in 2010 an Esquire magazine poll of female readers named her “the sexiest woman in the world”.
With the world at her feet following the success of Mad Men, Hendricks took on several film roles, receiving critical acclaim for her role in Nicolas Winding Refn’s thriller Drive in 2011 and the commercially successful horror movie The Strangers: Prey at Night. With recent parts in Mad Men Creator Matthew Weiner’s series The Romanoffs, hit drama Tin Star and Good Girls, Hendricks remains in demand as one of America’s most popular actresses.
