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Christina Hendricks

Christina Rene Hendricks (born May 3, 1975) 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. She is known for her role as Joan Harris on the critically acclaimed AMC period drama series ''Mad Men'' (2007–2015). In 2010, a poll of female readers taken by ''Esquire'' magazine named her "the sexiest woman in the world". She was also voted "Best Looking Woman in America".

Born to an American mother and English father in Knoxville, Tennessee, Hendricks was raised in Portland, Oregon, and Twin Falls, Idaho, where she became active in local theater. After completing high school in Virginia, she moved to New York City to pursue a modelling career, 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 on television series such as ''Beggars and Choosers'' (2001–2002) and ''Kevin Hill'' (2004–2005), before being cast as Joan Holloway on AMC's ''Mad Men'' in 2007, where she remained a regular cast member until the series' conclusion in 2015. She later starred on series such as ''Another Period'' (2015–2016), ''Hap and Leonard'' (2016), ''Tin Star'' (2017–2019), and NBC's ''Good Girls'' (2018–2021). Her film credits include ''Drive'' (2011), ''I Don't Know How She Does It'' (2011), ''Ginger & Rosa'' (2012), ''God's Pocket'' (2014), ''Lost River'' (2014), ''The Neon Demon'' (2016), ''Bad Santa 2'' (2016), ''Fist Fight'' (2017), ''The Strangers: Prey at Night'' (2018), and ''Toy Story 4'' (2019). Provided by Wikipedia