Thursday, July 22, 2010

Christina Hendricks Biography


Christina Hendricks was delivered on May 3rd, 1975 around Knoxville, Tennessee. She however grew up in Twin Falls, Idaho.

When Christina was thirteen, her family moved and settled in Fairfax, Virginia upon which she started to be engaged in many high school performances as well as neighborhood live theatre stage shows.

Through her teenage years, Christina started to turn up on telly, and quickly bagged a part in the tv show “Beggars and Choosers.” Christina subsequently proved helpful on guest roles in television shows such as “The Big Time,” “The Court,” “ER” and “Firefly.” She also grew to become known for her well known appearances in “Miss Match,” “Kevin Hill,” “Angel,” “Tru Calling,” “Las Vegas” and “Without a Trace.”

Christina arrived at a role on the film “South of Pico,” where she starred along with actor Kip Pardue. Christina also gave a impressive performance in the NBC Tv show “Life,” when she performed the part of Olivia, the fiancĂ©e of Ted Earley as well as the future step mother of investigator Charlie Crews.

Nonetheless, it seemed to be just in 2008 in which Christina turned out to be a house hold name when she starred as Joan Halloway in the award-winning cable tv series “Mad Men.” The series is set in the early 1960s New York, where the marketing world was starting to be a hit. Christina’s role as Joan Halloway allowed her to grow to be a dominatrix, atleast to help display just how girls can deal with the macho adult men of their own era.

Thanks to Ms Hendricks' exceptional actress skills, Christina became a beneficiary of a variety of awards and also nominations from several institutions, among them a '06 Syfy Genre Accolade for Best Special Guest/Television pertaining to her part in Fire fly,” the 08 Screen Actors Guild nomination pertaining to Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series for “Mad Men” and consequently received that honor with her co-stars in 2009. Additionally in 2009, Christina was acclaimed as Best Actress in a Drama Sequence at the Monte Carlo Television Event.

With regards to her personal life, Christina got married fellow actor Geoffrey Arend on October 11th, last year.