January Jones Biography
January Kristen Jones is an American actress and model. She is best known for her role as Betty Draper in Mad Men (2007–2015), for which she was nominated for two Golden Globe Awards for Best Actress and a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama series. She also portrayed Melissa Chartres in The Last Man on Earth (2015–2018) and has starred in films such as American Wedding (2003), We Are Marshall (2006), The Boat That Rocked (2009), Unknown (2011), Seeking Justice (2011), and X-Men: First Class (2011).
How old is January Jones? – Age
The American actress is 43 years old as of 5th January 2021. She was born in 1978 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States.
Who are January Jones Parents? Father and Mother
The actress is the daughter of store manager Karen Cox and exercise physiologist Marvin Jones. She was named after January Wayne, a character in the Jacqueline Susann novel Once Is Not Enough. In 1979, her family moved to Hecla, South Dakota, but moved back to Sioux Falls in 1986.
Is January Jones in a Relationship? – Spouse
Yes, the actress is a married woman. She is currently dating her Last Man on Earth co-star Will Forte since 2015. She once dated singer Josh Groban from 2003 and later separated in 2006. In September 2011, she gave birth to a son named Xander Dane Jones, whose father’s identity was not publicly disclosed.
January Jones Career
The actress was acting roles in Anger Management (2003), Love Actually, and Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights. In 2005, she appeared as a U.S. border guard’s 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 American football coach William ”Red” Dawson. The actress also starred in Good Kill (2014), opposite Ethan Hawke.
She played 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 also appeared in the AMC original television drama series Mad Men for seven seasons as young suburban housewife and mother Betty Draper Francis. She received two Golden Globe nominations and one Emmy nomination for her performances.
The actress is also known for her role as Cadence Flaherty, the love interest of both Steve Stifler and Paul Finch in the 2003 comedy film American Wedding, the third instalment of the American Pie film series. She played a con artist in the Law & Order episode “Quit Claim” who, as a lone surviving suspect connected to a real estate scam involving organized crime, frustrates the efforts of Assistant District Attorney Michael Cutter. 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.By that time she had been successful into her career.
The actress 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. She appeared on the cover of the November 2009 issue of American GQ magazine, and has been a ‘topic’ in the magazine several times. On November 14, 2009, Jones hosted an episode of Saturday Night Live, which featured the musical guest The Black Eyed Peas.
In 2011, the actress starred in two thriller films, first in Unknown alongside Liam Neeson and Diane Kruger, directed by Jaume Collet-Serra, and later in Seeking Justice alongside Nicolas Cage and Guy Pearce. She portrayed Emma Frost in X-Men: First. Jones had a leading role in the 2020 Netflix series spinning Out, playing a troubled, bipolar single mother of two figure skaters.
The actress began her modeling career in New York at the age of 18, after a modeling scout expressed interest while she was in high school. Jones has modeled for Abercrombie & Fitch, Versace, Clearasil and Kerastase. She has graced the covers of numerous international fashion magazines, including Interview, Allure, Rolling stone, Town & country, The Hollywood Reporter and W in the United States; Harper’s Bazaar, Marie Claire, Tatler, Glamour and Red in the United Kingdom; Cosmopolitan in Germany; Grazia in Italy; and Tu Style and GQ in Italy.
January Jones Net worth
The American actress has an estimated net worth of around $10 million as of 2021.