Christina Rene Hendricks was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, and grew up in Twin Falls, Idaho. Her father, Robert, originally from England, worked for the U.S. Forest Service, while her mother, Jackie Sue (Raymond), was a psychologist. At the age of 13 her father transferred to the Forest Service Washington, D.C. headquarters and the family moved to nearby Fairfax, Virginia. She began acting at school and went into modeling from the ages of 18 to 27. In her early 20s, she also began appearing on television, landing a recurring role in Beggars and Choosers (1999) in 2000 and another on Kevin Hill (2004) before rising to international fame in Mad Men (2007). As well as her more famously conventional awards nominations (Emmys) and wins (SAG Awards) she also won a SyFy Genre Award in for "Best Special Guest/Television" for her role as Saffron in Joss Whedon's short-lived Firefly (2002).
Known For
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Grimsburg (2024)
Guest starring as Additional Voices
- Episode 1x11: And the Winner Is... Murder! (Apr 28, 2024)
The Buccaneers (2023)
Starring as Mrs. St. George
(4 episodes)
- Episode 1x08: Wedding of the Season (Dec 13, 2023)
- Episode 1x07: First Footing (Dec 6, 2023)
- Episode 1x04: Homecoming (Nov 15, 2023)
- Episode 1x01: American Poison (Nov 8, 2023)
Agent Elvis (2023)
Guest starring as Roxanne Ryder
(2 episodes)
- Episode 1x10: Godspeed, Drunk Monkey (Mar 17, 2023)
- Episode 1x06: Pookie-Bear (Mar 17, 2023)
Hacks (2021)
Guest starring as Gay Republican
- Episode 3x06: Par for the Course (May 16, 2024) [Special Guest Star]
Solar Opposites (2020)
Guest starring as Cherie
(7 episodes)
- Episode 3x04: Hululand (Jul 13, 2022)
- Episode 3x02: The Edamame Duffle Bag (Jul 13, 2022)
- Episode 2x07: The Unlikely Demise of Terry's Favorite Shot Glass (Mar 26, 2021)
- Episode 2x04: The Emergency Urbanizer (Mar 26, 2021)
- Episode 1x07: Terry and Korvo Steal a Bear (May 8, 2020)
- Episode 1x05: The Lavatic Reactor (May 8, 2020)
- Episode 1x03: The Quantum Ring (May 8, 2020)
A Little Late with Lilly Singh (2019)
Guest starring as Christina Hendricks
- Episode 1x95: Christina Hendricks (May 6, 2020)
Busy Tonight (2018)
Guest starring as Christina Hendricks
- Episode 1x71: Christina Hendricks (Mar 13, 2019)
The Romanoffs (2018)
Guest starring as Olivia Rogers
- Episode 1x03: House of Special Purpose (Oct 19, 2018)
Good Girls (2018)
Starring as Beth Boland
(50 episodes)
- Episode 4x16: Nevada (Jul 22, 2021)
- Episode 4x15: We're Even (Jul 22, 2021)
- Episode 4x14: Thank You for Your Support (Jul 15, 2021)
- Episode 4x13: You (Jul 8, 2021)
- Episode 4x12: Family First (Jul 1, 2021)
- Episode 4x11: Put It All on Two (Jun 24, 2021)
- Episode 4x10: Strong Hearts Strong Sales (Jun 24, 2021)
- Episode 4x09: Chef Boyardee (May 16, 2021)
- Episode 4x08: Broken Toys (May 9, 2021)
- Episode 4x07: Carolyn with a Y (May 2, 2021)
- Episode 4x06: Grandma Loves Grisham (Apr 18, 2021)
- Episode 4x05: The Banker (Apr 11, 2021)
- Episode 4x04: Dave (Mar 28, 2021)
- Episode 4x03: Fall Guy (Mar 21, 2021)
- Episode 4x02: Big Kahuna (Mar 14, 2021)
- Episode 4x01: One Night in Bangkok (Mar 7, 2021)
- Episode 3x11: Synergy (May 3, 2020)
- Episode 3x10: Opportunity (Apr 26, 2020)
- Episode 3x09: Incentive (Apr 19, 2020)
- Episode 3x08: Nana (Apr 5, 2020)
- Episode 3x07: Vegas, Baby (Mar 29, 2020)
- Episode 3x06: Frère Jacques (Mar 22, 2020)
- Episode 3x05: Au Jus (Mar 15, 2020)
- Episode 3x04: The Eye in Survivor (Mar 8, 2020)
- Episode 3x03: Egg Roll (Mar 1, 2020)
- Episode 3x02: Not Just Cards (Feb 23, 2020)
- Episode 3x01: Find Your Beach (Feb 16, 2020)
- Episode 2x13: King (May 26, 2019)
- Episode 2x12: Jeff (May 19, 2019)
- Episode 2x11: Hunting Season (May 12, 2019)
- Episode 2x10: This Land is Your Land (May 5, 2019)
- Episode 2x09: One Last Time (Apr 28, 2019)
- Episode 2x08: Thelma and Louise (Apr 21, 2019)
- Episode 2x07: The Dubby (Apr 14, 2019)
- Episode 2x06: Take Off Your Pants (Apr 7, 2019)
- Episode 2x05: Everything Must Go (Mar 31, 2019)
- Episode 2x04: Pick Your Poison (Mar 24, 2019)
- Episode 2x03: You Have Reached the Voicemail of Leslie Peterson (Mar 17, 2019)
- Episode 2x02: Slow Down, Children at Play (Mar 10, 2019)
- Episode 2x01: I'd Rather Be Crafting (Mar 3, 2019)
- Episode 1x10: Remix (Apr 30, 2018)
- Episode 1x09: Summer of the Shark (Apr 23, 2018)
- Episode 1x08: Shutdown (Apr 16, 2018)
- Episode 1x07: Special Sauce (Apr 9, 2018)
- Episode 1x06: A View from the Top (Apr 2, 2018)
- Episode 1x05: Taking Care of Business (Mar 26, 2018)
- Episode 1x04: Atom Bomb (Mar 19, 2018)
- Episode 1x03: Borderline (Mar 12, 2018)
- Episode 1x02: Mo Money Mo Problems (Mar 5, 2018)
- Episode 1x01: Pilot (Feb 26, 2018)
Tin Star (2017)
Starring as Elizabeth Bradshaw
(15 episodes)
- Episode 2x07: Subterranean Fire (Jan 24, 2019)
- Episode 2x06: Age of Anxiety (Jan 24, 2019)
- Episode 2x04: Jack and Coke (Jan 24, 2019)
- Episode 2x03: Consequences (Jan 24, 2019)
- Episode 2x02: Resist Not Evil (Jan 24, 2019)
- Episode 2x01: Prairie Gothic (Jan 24, 2019)
- Episode 1x10: My Love is Vengeance (Sep 7, 2017)
- Episode 1x08: This Be the Verse (Sep 7, 2017)
- Episode 1x07: Exposure (Sep 7, 2017)
- Episode 1x06: Cuckoo (Sep 7, 2017)
- Episode 1x05: Bait (Sep 7, 2017)
- Episode 1x04: Jack (Sep 7, 2017)
- Episode 1x03: Comfort of Strangers (Sep 7, 2017)
- Episode 1x02: The Kid (Sep 7, 2017)
- Episode 1x01: Fun and (S)laughter (Sep 7, 2017)
Carpool Karaoke: The Series (2017)
Guest starring as Christina Hendricks
- Episode 3x04: Good Girls Cast (Feb 14, 2020)
Live with Kelly & Ryan (2017)
Guest starring as Christina Hendricks
- Episode 2x73: Margot Robbie, Christina Hendricks, Lindsay Miller (Dec 13, 2017)
Any Given Wednesday with Bill Simmons (2016)
Guest starring as Christina Hendricks
- Episode 1x05: Danny McBride, Christina Hendricks, Michael K. Williams (Jul 27, 2016)
Hap and Leonard (2016)
Starring as Trudy Fawst
(6 episodes)
- Episode 1x06: Eskimos (Apr 6, 2016)
- Episode 1x05: War (Mar 30, 2016)
- Episode 1x04: Trudy (Mar 23, 2016)
- Episode 1x03: The Dive (Mar 16, 2016)
- Episode 1x02: The Bottoms (Mar 9, 2016)
- Episode 1x01: Savage Season (Mar 2, 2016)
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (2015)
Guest starring as Christina Hendricks
- Episode 2018-04-25: Christina Hendricks & Ricardo Rossello (Apr 25, 2018)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015)
Guest starring as Christina Hendricks
- Episode 2017-02-17: Julie Andrews; Christina Hendricks; The Umbilical Brothers (Feb 17, 2017)
Another Period (2015)
Starring as Celine / Chair
(17 episodes)
- Episode 2x11: Lillian is Dead (Aug 24, 2016)
- Episode 2x10: The Duel (Aug 17, 2016)
- Episode 2x05: Roosevelt (Jul 13, 2016)
- Episode 2x04: Trial of the Century (Jul 6, 2016)
- Episode 2x03: The Prince and the Pauper (Jun 29, 2016)
- Episode 2x02: Annulment (Jun 22, 2016)
- Episode 2x01: Tubman (Jun 15, 2016)
- Episode 1x10: Modern Pigs (Aug 25, 2015)
- Episode 1x09: Reject's Beach (Aug 18, 2015)
- Episode 1x08: Dog Dinner Party (Aug 11, 2015)
- Episode 1x07: Switcheroo Day (Aug 4, 2015)
- Episode 1x06: Lillian's Birthday (Jul 28, 2015)
- Episode 1x05: Senate (Jul 21, 2015)
- Episode 1x04: Pageant (Jul 14, 2015)
- Episode 1x03: Funeral (Jul 7, 2015)
- Episode 1x02: Divorce (Jun 30, 2015)
- Episode 1x01: The Party of the Century (Jun 23, 2015)
The Late Late Show with James Corden (2015)
Guest starring as Christina Hendricks
(3 episodes)
- Episode 2020-02-24: Christina Hendricks, Logan Lerman, Yola (Feb 24, 2020)
- Episode 2018-04-18: Christina Hendricks, Luke Hemsworth, Abigail Spencer, Aparna Nancherla (Apr 18, 2018)
- Episode 2015-07-20: Christina Hendricks, Laverne Cox & Cody Simpson (Jul 20, 2015)
Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014)
Guest starring as Christina Hendricks
(3 episodes)
- Episode 2021-03-09: Don Johnson, Christina Hendricks, Fruit Bats (Mar 9, 2021)
- Episode 2019-02-27: Tyler Perry, Christina Hendricks, Astrid S (Feb 27, 2019)
- Episode 2015-03-23: Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Christina Hendricks, Charles Hamilton & Rita Ora (Mar 23, 2015)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014)
Guest starring as Christina Hendricks
- Episode 2014-04-21: Brian Williams, Christina Hendricks, Ilan Hall (Apr 21, 2014)
Rick and Morty (2013)
Guest starring as Unity
(2 episodes)
- Episode 7x03: Air Force Wong (Oct 29, 2023)
- Episode 2x03: Auto Erotic Assimilation (Aug 9, 2015)
Anderson Live (2011)
Guest starring as Christina Hendricks
- Episode 1x04: Sarah Jessica Parker and the Cast of "I Don't Know How She Does It" (Sep 15, 2011)
Body of Proof (2011)
Guest starring as Karen Archer
- Episode 1x05: Dead Man Walking (Apr 19, 2011)
Guest starring as Jessica Archer
- Episode 1x05: Dead Man Walking (Apr 19, 2011)
Watch What Happens Live (2009)
Guest starring as Christina Hendricks
(5 episodes)
- Episode 15x69: Tom Sandoval; Christina Hendricks (Apr 23, 2018)
- Episode 13x188: Christina Hendricks & Jax Taylor (Nov 14, 2016)
- Episode 12x133: Bethenny Frankel & Christina Hendricks (Aug 11, 2015)
- Episode 12x57: Christina Hendricks & Rita Wilson (Mar 25, 2015)
- Episode 10x79: Christina Hendricks & Dylan McDermott (Oct 30, 2013)
Life (2007)
Guest starring as Olivia Canton
(4 episodes)
- Episode 2x09: Badge Bunny (Nov 19, 2008)
- Episode 2x06: Did You Feel That? (Oct 24, 2008)
- Episode 1x07: A Civil War (Nov 7, 2007)
- Episode 1x02: Tear Asunder (Oct 3, 2007)
Mad Men (2007)
Starring as Joan Holloway
(56 episodes)
- Episode 7x06: The Strategy (May 18, 2014)
- Episode 7x04: The Monolith (May 4, 2014)
- Episode 7x03: Field Trip (Apr 27, 2014)
- Episode 7x02: A Day's Work (Apr 20, 2014)
- Episode 7x01: Time Zones (Apr 13, 2014)
- Episode 6x09: The Better Half (May 26, 2013)
- Episode 6x08: The Crash (May 19, 2013)
- Episode 6x07: Man with a Plan (May 12, 2013)
- Episode 6x06: For Immediate Release (May 5, 2013)
- Episode 6x05: The Flood (Apr 28, 2013)
- Episode 6x04: To Have and to Hold (Apr 21, 2013)
- Episode 6x03: The Collaborators (Apr 14, 2013)
- Episode 5x13: The Phantom (Jun 10, 2012)
- Episode 5x12: Commissions and Fees (Jun 3, 2012)
- Episode 5x11: The Other Woman (May 27, 2012)
- Episode 5x10: Christmas Waltz (May 20, 2012)
- Episode 5x09: Dark Shadows (May 13, 2012)
- Episode 5x08: Lady Lazarus (May 6, 2012)
- Episode 5x07: At the Codfish Ball (Apr 29, 2012)
- Episode 5x06: Far Away Places (Apr 22, 2012)
- Episode 5x05: Signal 30 (Apr 15, 2012)
- Episode 5x04: Mystery Date (Apr 8, 2012)
- Episode 5x03: Tea Leaves (Apr 1, 2012)
- Episode 5x02: A Little Kiss (2) (Mar 25, 2012)
- Episode 5x01: A Little Kiss (1) (Mar 25, 2012)
- Episode 4x13: Tomorrowland (Oct 17, 2010)
- Episode 4x12: Blowing Smoke (Oct 10, 2010)
- Episode 4x11: Chinese Wall (Oct 3, 2010)
- Episode 4x10: Hands and Knees (Sep 26, 2010)
- Episode 4x09: The Beautiful Girls (Sep 19, 2010)
- Episode 4x08: The Summer Man (Sep 12, 2010)
- Episode 4x07: The Suitcase (Sep 5, 2010)
- Episode 4x06: Waldorf Stories (Aug 29, 2010)
- Episode 4x05: The Chrysanthemum and the Sword (Aug 22, 2010)
- Episode 4x04: The Rejected (Aug 15, 2010)
- Episode 4x03: The Good News (Aug 8, 2010)
- Episode 4x02: Christmas Comes But Once a Year (Aug 1, 2010)
- Episode 4x01: Public Relations (Jul 25, 2010)
- Episode 3x13: Shut the Door. Have a Seat. (Nov 8, 2009)
- Episode 3x12: The Grown-Ups (Nov 1, 2009)
- Episode 3x11: The Gypsy and the Hobo (Oct 25, 2009)
- Episode 3x08: Souvenir (Oct 4, 2009)
- Episode 3x06: Guy Walks Into an Advertising Agency (Sep 20, 2009)
- Episode 3x05: The Fog (Sep 13, 2009)
- Episode 3x04: The Arrangements (Sep 6, 2009)
- Episode 3x03: My Old Kentucky Home (Aug 30, 2009)
- Episode 3x02: Love Among the Ruins (Aug 23, 2009)
- Episode 3x01: Out of Town (Aug 16, 2009)
- Episode 2x13: Meditations in an Emergency (Oct 26, 2008)
- Episode 2x12: The Mountain King (Oct 19, 2008)
- Episode 2x11: The Jet Set (Oct 12, 2008)
- Episode 2x10: The Inheritance (Oct 5, 2008)
- Episode 2x09: Six Month Leave (Sep 28, 2008)
- Episode 2x08: A Night to Remember (Sep 14, 2008)
- Episode 2x07: The Gold Violin (Sep 7, 2008)
- Episode 2x06: Maidenform (Aug 31, 2008)
Made in Hollywood (2005)
Guest starring as Christina Hendricks
- Episode 18x05: Amsterdam; The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry; Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon (Oct 8, 2022)
The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003)
Guest starring as Christina Hendricks
- Episode 2014-05-01: Seth Rogen, Christina Hendricks (May 1, 2014)
Firefly (2002)
Guest starring as Saffron
(2 episodes)
- Episode 1x12: Trash ()
- Episode 1x03: Our Mrs. Reynolds (Oct 4, 2002)
Inside the Actors Studio (1994)
Guest starring as Christina Hendricks
- Episode 18x04: The Cast of 'Mad Men' (May 14, 2012)