January Jones

January Kristen Jones (born January 5, 1978) is an American actress. She is best known for playing the character Betty Draper on the TV series Mad Men.

Early life
Jones was born and raised in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. She is named after January Wayne, a character in Jacqueline Susann's Once Is Not Enough.January Jones; The Anger Management Actress Wants to Be More Than a Flavor of the Month , People, April 21, 2003. Retrieved on August 18, 2008. She has two sisters – Jacey and Jina.'If I met Betty, I'd say, "Leave your husband!'": actress January Jones on her prim-and-proper alter .

Career
Jones has had roles in the movies Anger Management (2003), Love Actually, and Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights. In 2005, she was in The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada. It was directed by and starred Tommy Lee Jones. In We Are Marshall (2006), she played the wife of football coach William "Red" Dawson.

She had the lead female role in the movie Love's Enduring Promise. Her character falls in love with a man who saves her father's life. She also starred in the AMC series Mad Men as young housewife and mother Betty Draper Francis. She is also known for her role as Cadence Flaherty in the 2003 comedy American Wedding, the third movie of the American Pie series.

Jones was ranked No.82 on the Maxim Hot 100 Women of 2002. She appeared on the cover of "The Hot Issue" of British GQ magazine in May 2009.

On November 14, 2009, Jones hosted an episode of Saturday Night Live. She got bad reviews for this performance.

In 2011, she starred alongside Liam Neeson and Diane Kruger in Unknown, directed by Jaume Collet-Serra,.Dark Castle Casts Up 'Unknown White Male'. Bloody-disgusting.com (October 26, 2009). Retrieved on May 27, 2011. She also played Emma Frost in X-Men: First Class.

Personal life
She said in Vanity Fair in 2009 that she has joined Oceana as a celebrity spokesperson. She was working to save endangered sharks."Miss January". Vanity Fair. February 2009. Jones dated singer-songwriter Josh Groban from 2003–06.

Jones gave birth to a son, Xander Dane Jones, on September 13, 2011."January Jones Son Born" September 15, 2011, People Magazine. Retrieved on September 15, 2011

 Filmography 
+ Film Year Title Role Notes 1999 It'sthe Rage Janice Taylor  2001  Girl  2001 Bandits Claire/Pink Boots  2002 Taboo Elizabeth  2002 Full Frontal Tracy  2003 Anger Management Gina  2003 American Wedding Cadence Flaherty  2003 Love Actually Jeannie  2004 Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights Eve  2005  Lou Ann Norton  2006 Swedish Auto Darla  2006 We Are Marshall Carole Dawson  2009  Elenore Retitled Pirate Radio in North America 2011 Unknown Elizabeth Harris  2011 X-Men: First Class Emma Frost  2011 Seeking Justice Laura Gerard  2012 American Reunion Cadence FlahertyUncredited Cameo.  2014 X-Men: Days of Future Past Emma Frost

+ Television Year Title Role Notes 1999 Sorority Number One TV movie 1999 Get Real Jane Cohen Episode: "Pilot" 2002 In My Life Diane St. Croix TV movie 2004 Love's Enduring Promise Missie Davis TV movie 2005 Huff Marisa Wells  2007–2015 Mad Men Betty Draper Francis 2008 Law & Order Kim Brody Episode: "Quit Claim"

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Category:1978 births
Category:People from Sioux Falls, South Dakota
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Category:Models from South Dakota
Category:American movie actors
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