January Jones
Date of Birth
5 January 1978, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA
Height
5' 6" (1.68 m)
Mini Biography
January Jones was born in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, but was raised in a small town of some 400 souls in the Mount Rushmore State for the first decade of her life. January is her real name, as she was named after January Wayne, a character in Jacqueline Susann's potboiler Once Is Not Enough (1975). She worked at the All-American job of counter girl at Dairy Queen after school. Her father was a teacher, and the family eventually moved back to Sioux Falls, the largest city in South Dakota. After graduating from Roosevelt High School in Sioux Falls, she moved to New York City to become a model. Despite her lack of height (5'6", which is short for a fashion model), she got modeling gigs, including Abercrombie & Fitch ads, because of her striking good looks. However, modeling was just a means to an end, to get out of South Dakota and avoid going to college.
She got her first taste of acting from TV commercials and found that she had flair for it, even though she did not act in high school and had no training. January appeared in a couple of television pilots and a cable television series before making her big screen debut in All the Rage (1999), an indie that never got a real release. She followed it up with a small role in the teen thriller The Glass House (2001). Her actual debut in the sense of attracting attention was in the near silent role of the beauty who entices Jane Fonda's son, Troy Garity, in the Bruce Willis-Cate Blanchett-Billy Bob Thornton comedy Bandits (2001). It was not a career-making part. At the time the movie was released, she was ending a three-year relationship with Ashton Kutcher.
Small roles followed, including a "don't blink or you won't see me" part in the Adam Sandler-Jack Nicholson comedy Anger Management (2003). She gained some career traction with a good role in another comedy, American Wedding (2003), a sequel to American Pie (1999). Until she landed the part on "Mad Men" (2007), which made its debut on AMC in 2007, her career was steady but undistinguished. "I choose roles that are not me", January has said. The role of Betty Draper has garnered her two Golden Globe nominations and an Emmy nomination as Best Actress. Her cool, Grace Kelly-ish blonde ice queen looks -- counterpointed by her soul burning in her bright blue eyes -- have established her as a retro icon of the 21st Century.
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24th September 2012, 11:11
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The 64th Primetime Emmy Awards
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25th September 2012, 10:40
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30th September 2012, 07:45
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10th October 2012, 08:05
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Re: January Jones
NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 09: Celebration of CHANEL FINE JEWELRY'S 80th anniversary of the 'Bijoux De Diamants' collection created by Gabrielle Chanel on October 9, 2012 in New York City.
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10th October 2012, 23:13
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11th October 2012, 16:16
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23rd October 2012, 19:27
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January Jones attends The Paley Center for Media's Annual Los Angeles Benefit at The Rooftop Of The Lot on October 22, 2012 in West Hollywood, California.
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24th October 2012, 06:37
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27th October 2012, 20:59
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41st annual Peace Over Violence Humanitarian Awards at Beverly Hills Hotel - October 26, 2012
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28th October 2012, 05:52
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18th March 2013, 01:51
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3rd June 2013, 18:14
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Elite Prospect
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14th June 2013, 15:04
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2013 Women In Film's Crystal + Lucy Awards at The Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills - June 12, 2013
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11th November 2013, 18:16
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January Jones - Who Mag Sexiest People 2012
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22nd March 2014, 23:06
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