January Jones facts for kids

January Jones
Quick facts for kids January Jones
	Jones in 2008 at the Peabody Awards
Born	January Kristen Jones ; January 5, 1978 (age 43); Sioux Falls, South Dakota, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1999–present
Partner(s)	Jason Sudeikis (2010-2011)
Children	Xander Dane Jones (b. 2011)

January Kristen Jones (born January 5, 1978) is an American actress. She is best known for playing the character Betty Draper on the TV series Mad Men.

Early life

Jones was born and raised in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. She is named after January Wayne, a character in Jacqueline Susann's Once Is Not Enough. She has two sisters – Jacey and Jina.

Career

Jones has had roles in the movies Anger Management (2003), Love Actually, and Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights. In 2005, she was in The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada. It was directed by and starred Tommy Lee Jones. In We Are Marshall (2006), she played the wife of football coach William "Red" Dawson.

She had the lead female role in the movie Love's Enduring Promise. Her character falls in love with a man who saves her father's life. She currently acts in the AMC series Mad Men as young housewife and mother Betty Draper Francis. She is also known for her role as Cadence Flaherty in the 2003 comedy American Wedding, the third movie of the American Pie series.

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. She got bad reviews for this performance.

In 2011, she starred alongside Liam Neeson and Diane Kruger in Unknown, directed by Jaume Collet-Serra,. She also played Emma Frost in X-Men: First Class.

Personal life

She said in Vanity Fair in 2009 that she has joined Oceana as a celebrity spokesperson. She was 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.

Filmography

Film
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	It'sthe Rage	Janice Taylor
2001	Glass House, TheThe Glass House	Girl
2001	Bandits	Claire/Pink Boots
2002	Taboo	Elizabeth
2002	Full Frontal	Tracy
2003	Anger Management	Gina
2003	American Wedding	Cadence Flaherty
2003	Love Actually	Jeannie
2004	Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights	Eve
2005	The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada	Lou Ann Norton
2006	Swedish Auto	Darla
2006	We Are Marshall	Carole Dawson
2009	Boat That Rocked, TheThe Boat That Rocked	Elenore	Retitled Pirate Radio in North America
2011	Unknown	Elizabeth Harris
2011	X-Men: First Class	Emma Frost
2011	Seeking Justice	Laura Gerard
2012	American Reunion	Cadence Flaherty	Uncredited Cameo.
2014	X-Men: Days of Future Past	Emma Frost

Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	Sorority	Number One	TV movie
1999	Get Real	Jane Cohen	Episode: "Pilot"
2002	In My Life	Diane St. Croix	TV movie
2004	Love's Enduring Promise	Missie Davis	TV movie
2005	Huff	Marisa Wells	Episode: "The Good Doctor" Episode: "The Sample Closet"
2007–present	Mad Men	Betty Draper Francis
2008	Law & Order	Kim Brody	Episode: "Quit Claim"

Images for kids

Jones in 2008