January Jones

Political activities

She announced inVanity Fairin 2009, that she has joined Oceana as a celebrity spokesperson, working to save endangered sharks.

Awards and nominations

In 2005, Jones won a Camie (Character and Morality in Entertainment Awards) forLove's Enduring Promise( 2004 ) (TV), shared with Robert Halmi, Jr. ( executive producer ), Larry Levinson (executive producer), Lincoln Lageson (executive producer), William Spencer Reilly (executive producer), Michael Landon, Jr. ( Film director / screenwriter ), Cindy Kelley ( screenwriter ), Janette Oke (author of original book), Logan Bartholomew (actor), Mackenzie Astin (actor), Dale Midkiff (actor) and Katherine Heigl (actress).

In 2006, she won the Bronze Wrangler at the Western Heritage Awards for Outstanding Theatrical Motion Picture forThe Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada(2005), shared with Tommy Lee Jones (director/producer/actor), Michael Fitzgerald (producer), Luc Besson (producer), Pierre-Ange Le Pogam (producer), Guillermo Arriaga (writer), Barry Pepper (actor), Dwight Yoakam (actor), Julio Cedillo (actor), Levon Helm (actor), Melissa Leo (actress) and Vanessa Bauche (actress).

In 2008, she was nominated for the Actor award at the Screen Actors Guild Awards / 14th Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series forMad Men( 2007 ), shared with Bryan Batt , Anne Dudek , Michael Gladis, Jon Hamm , Christina Hendricks , Vincent Kartheiser , Robert Morse , Elisabeth Moss , Maggie Siff , John Slattery , Rich Sommer and Aaron Staton.

In 2008 and 2009, she was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Television Series Drama forMad Men, and she won the Actor award at the Screen Actors Guild for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series forMad Men.

In 2010, she was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama forMad Men.

Personal life

Jones was born and raised in Sioux Falls , South Dakota . She is named after January Wayne, a character in Jacqueline Susann 'sOnce Is Not Enough.She graduated from Edison Middle School and Roosevelt High School in Sioux Falls.^{[citation needed]}

She dated actor Ashton Kutcher when she first moved to Los Angeles and then singer Josh Groban for three years.

She is now dating theSNLstar Jason Sudeikis .

Career

She currently appears in the AMC original television drama seriesMad Menas young suburban housewife and mother Betty Draper . She is also well known for her role as Cadence Flaherty inAmerican Wedding( 2003 ), from theAmerican Piecomedy film series.

She had the lead female role in the movieLove's Enduring Promiseas a pioneer family's oldest child. Her character fell in love with a mysterious man who saved her father's life.

Jones has had supporting roles inAnger Management(2003),Love Actually ,andDirty Dancing: Havana Nights. In 2005, she appeared as a U.S. border guard's frustrated wife in the filmThe Three Burials of Melquiades Estradadirected by and starring Tommy Lee Jones . InWe Are Marshall(2006), she played the role of Carol Dawson, wife of football coach William "Red" Dawson.

She appeared in the Season 18Law & Orderepisode "Quit Claim", playing a con artist who matches wits with Assistant District Attorney Michael Cutter , in which she is the lone surviving suspect connected to a real estate scam involving organized crime .

She also appeared inThe Boat That Rocked, a British film about offshore pirate radio in the 1960s , renamedPirate Radiofor North American release in 2009.

Jones was ranked #82 on theMaximHot 100 Women of 2002.She appeared on the cover of "The Hot Issue" of BritishGQmagazine in May 2009.

On November 14, 2009, Jones hosted an episode ofSaturday Night Livewhich featured the musical guest Black Eyed Peas .

In 2010 she starred alongside Liam Neeson and Diane Kruger in the thriller filmUnknown White Male, directed by Jaume Collet-Serra .

On August 17, 2010, it became public that she had been cast in the role of Emma Frost in the X-Men spin-off,X-Men: First Class, directed by Matthew Vaughn .

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"FreeJose.com" .Maxim Magazine Hot 100 Women of 2002. . Retrieved March 19, 2007.
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Kate Stanhope."January Jones, Joseph Gordon-Levitt to Host SNL" .TVGuide.com. . 
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Lesnick, Silas (2010-08-18)."January Jones Joins X-Men: First Class" .Superhero Hype!. . Retrieved 2010-08-18.
5. ^ January Jones; The Anger Management Actress Wants to Be More Than a Flavor of the Month , , April 21, 2003. Retrieved on August 18, 2008.
6. ^ Josh Groban, January Jones Take a Breather , , June 26, 2006.
7. ^ ,The Sydney Morning Herald, September 26, 2010.
8. ^ Vanity Fair. February 2009.