Christina Renée Hendricks is an American actress and former model.
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With an extensive career on screen and stage, Christina Hendricks 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.
Christina Hendricks worked internationally as a model for over a decade before transitioning into acting.
Christina Hendricks had recurring roles in several television series, including Beggars and Choosers (2001–2002) and Kevin Hill (2004–2005) before being cast as Joan Holloway on the AMC period drama series Mad Men in 2007, of which she remained a main cast member until the series’ conclusion in 2015.
Christina Hendricks also received critical acclaim for her role, including six Emmy Award nominations and multiple Screen Actors Guild Awards for Best Ensemble.
While on Mad Men, Christina Hendricks also began appearing in films, receiving critical notice for her performance in Nicolas Winding Refn’s thriller Drive (2011), Sally Potter’s drama Ginger & Rosa (2012), and Ryan Gosling’s neo-noir fantasy Lost River (2014).
Following the conclusion of Mad Men, Christina Hendricks starred in the comedy series Another Period from 2015 to 2016, and in the SundanceTV drama series Hap and Leonard (2016).
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Christina Hendricks reunited with Refn for a supporting role in his thriller film The Neon Demon (2016), followed by roles in the comedy Fist Fight (2017), the horror film The Strangers: Prey at Night (2018), and the animated comedy Toy Story 4 (2019).
Christina Hendricks returned to television with starring roles on the crime drama series Tin Star (2017–2020) and on the NBC comedy-crime series Good Girls (2018–2021).

Is Christina Hendricks full figured?
During an interview with the Australian Sun-Herald in 2012, Christina Hendricks refused to answer a question about being an “inspiration to full-figured women.”
However, off camera, Christina Hendricks replied;
“I think calling me full-figured is just rude.”
What nationality is Christina Hendricks?
Christina Hendricks was born to an American mother Jackie Sue Hendricks, a psychologist, and an English father Robert Hendricks, a Forest Service employee originally from Birmingham.
Through her father Robert Hendricks, Christina Hendricks has dual British and American citizenship.


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