January Jones - Emma Frost
Jones was born and raised in
Sioux Falls, South Dakota, the daughter of Karen, who manages a sporting goods store, and Marvin Jones, a coach, gym teacher, and fitness director.
She is named after January Wayne, a character in
Jacqueline Susann's
Once Is Not Enough.
She has two sisters – Jacey and Jina.
Jones has had supporting roles in
Anger Management (2003),
Love Actually, and
Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights. In 2005, she appeared as a U.S. border guard's frustrated wife in the film
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada directed by and starring
Tommy Lee Jones. In
We Are Marshall (2006), she played the role of Carol Dawson, wife of football coach
William "Red" Dawson.
She had the lead female role in the movie
Love's Enduring Promise as a pioneer family's oldest child. Her character falls in love with a mysterious man who saves her father's life. She currently appears in the
AMC original television drama series
Mad Men as young suburban
housewife and mother
Betty Draper Francis. She is also known for her role as Cadence Flaherty in the 2003 comedy
American Wedding, the third installment of the
American Pie film series.
She appeared in the season 18
Law & Order episode "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 in
The Boat That Rocked, a British film about offshore
pirate radio in the
1960s, renamed
Pirate Radio for North American release in 2009.
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 which featured the musical guest
The Black Eyed Peas, giving a performance that was met with negative reviews.
In 2011, she starred alongside
Liam Neeson and
Diane Kruger in the
thriller film Unknown, directed by
Jaume Collet-Serra, and portrayed
Emma Frost in
X-Men: First Class.
In 2005, Jones won a Camie (Character and Morality in Entertainment Awards) for
Love's Enduring Promise (2004) (TV).
In 2006, she won the
Bronze Wrangler at the Western Heritage Awards for Outstanding Theatrical Motion Picture for
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005).
In 2008, she was nominated at the
14th Screen Actors Guild Awards for
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series for
Mad Men (2007).
In 2008 and 2009, she was nominated for a
Golden Globe for
Best Actress in a Television Series Drama for
Mad Men, and won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series for
Mad Men.
In 2010, she was nominated for an
Emmy Award for
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama for
Mad Men.
She announced in
Vanity Fair in 2009 that she has joined
Oceana as a celebrity spokesperson, working to save endangered sharks. Jones dated singer-songwriter
Josh Groban from 2003–06.
Jones gave birth to a son, Xander Dane Jones, on September 13, 2011. She has not revealed the father's identity.
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