Christina Hendricks on screen and stage

Christina Hendricks is an American actress of film, stage, television and video games, whose accolades include six Primetime Emmy Award nominations, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. Hendricks began her career as a model in the early 1990s before transitioning into acting in commercials. Her first substantial role was on the MTV series Undressed (1999), after which she was cast in the series Beggars and Choosers (1999–2001). After appearances on Firefly (2002–03) and several other series, she was cast as Joan Holloway on the AMC series Mad Men (2007–15), which earned her a total of six Emmy Award nominations over its seven-season run, as well as two Screen Actors Guild Awards for Best Ensemble.

Hendricks in 2008

While on Mad Men, Hendricks ventured into film, appearing in several independent features before being cast in a supporting part in Nicolas Winding Refn's thriller Drive (2011). Other film credits during this period include Sally Potter's Ginger & Rosa (2012), and Ryan Gosling's directorial debut Lost River (2014), in which she played the lead. Following Mad Men's conclusion, Hendricks reunited with Refn for a minor role in his horror film The Neon Demon (2016), as well as starring on the Comedy Central series Another Period (2015–16). Subsequent film credits include the horror slasher film The Strangers: Prey at Night (2018), the drama American Woman (2019), and the Disney animated sequel Toy Story 4 (2019). Hendricks has also appeared on television with roles in the anthology series The Romanoffs (2018), the crime drama series Tin Star (2017–19), and the NBC comedy series Good Girls (2018–21).

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2007	La Cucina	Lily		[1]
	South of Pico	Angela		[2]
2010	Leonie	Catherine		[3]
	Life as We Know It	Alison Novack		[3]
2011	All-Star Superman	Lois Lane/Superwoman	Voice; direct-to-DVD	[4]
	Detachment	Ms. Sarah Madison		[3]
	Drive	Blanche		[3]
	Company	April	Filmed production	[5]
	From Up on Poppy Hill	Saori Makimura	Voice; English dub	[6]
	The Family Tree	Alicia		[7]
	I Don't Know How She Does It	Allison		[3]
2012	Struck By Lightning	April		[3]
	Ginger & Rosa	Natalie		[8]
2014	God's Pocket	Jeannie Scarpato		[3]
	The Pirate Fairy	Zarina	Voice	[3]
	Lost River	Billy		[3]
2015	Dark Places	Patty Day		[3]
2016	Zoolander 2	Seductress		[9]
	The Neon Demon	Roberta Hoffman		[10]
	Bad Santa 2	Diane Hastings		[11]
2017	Fist Fight	Miss Monet		[12]
	Crooked House	Brenda Leonides		[13]
	Pottersville	Connie Greiger		[14]
2018	Westwood: Punk, Icon, Activist	Herself	Documentary	[15]
	The Strangers: Prey at Night	Cindy		[16]
	Egg	Karen		[17]
	Candy Jar	Amy Skinner		[18]
	American Woman	Katherine		[19]
2019	Toy Story 4	Gabby Gabby	Voice	[20]
2020	Scoob!	Officer Jaffe	Voice; Cameo	[21]
2022	The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry	Ismay Evans	Also executive producer	[22]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1999	Undressed	Rhiannon	4 episodes
	Sorority	Fawn	Pilot
2000	Angel	Bar maid	Episode: "The Prodigal"
2000–2001	Beggars and Choosers	Kelly Kramer	19 episodes
2001	Thieves	Sunday	Episode: "Casino"	[12]
2002	ER	Joyce Westlake	4 episodes
	The Court	Betsy Tyler	6 episodes	[12]
	The Big Time	Audrey Drummond	Television film
2002–03	Firefly	Saffron/Bridget/Yolanda	2 episodes	[12]
2003	Miss Match	Sarah	Episode: "The Price of Love"
	Presidio Med	Claire	Episode: "Suffer Unto Me the Children..."	[12]
	Hunger Point	Frannie Hunter	Television film
2004	Tru Calling	Alyssa	Episode: "Murder in the Morgue"	[12]
2004–05	Kevin Hill	Nicolette Raye	22 episodes	[12]
2005	Cold Case	Esther "Legs" Davis	Episode: "Colors"	[12]
2006	Jake in Progress	Tanya	4 episodes
	Las Vegas	Connie	Episode: "Chaos Theory"
	Without a Trace	Rachel Gibson	Episode: "Check Your Head"	[12]
2007	Notes from the Underbelly	Holly	Episode: "First Night Out"
2007–08	Life	Olivia Canton	4 episodes	[12]
2007–15	Mad Men	Joan Holloway	Main cast; 80 episodes	[12]
2011	Body of Proof	Karen Archer	Episode: "Dead Man Walking"
	American Dad!	Naydern (voice)	Episode: "Gorillas in the Mist"
2015–16	Another Period	Chair (formerly Celine)	17 episodes	[12]
2015, 2023	Rick and Morty	Unity (voice)	Episodes: "Auto Erotic Assimilation", "Air Force Wong"
2016	Hap and Leonard	Trudy	6 episodes	[12]
2017–19	Tin Star	Elizabeth Bradshaw	15 episodes	[12]
2018	Robot Chicken	Various voices	Episode: "Ext. Forest - Day"
	The Romanoffs	Olivia Rogers	Episode: "House of Special Purpose"	[12]
2018–21	Good Girls	Beth Boland	Main cast, also producer (season 4)
2020–24	Solar Opposites	Cherie (voice)	14 episodes	[23]
2023	Agent Elvis	Roxanne Ryder (voice)	2 episodes
	The Buccaneers	Patricia "Patti" St. George	4 episodes	[24]
2024	Grimsburg	Anna (voice)	Episode: "And the Winner is… Murder!"
	Hacks	Gay Republican	Episode: "Par for the Course"
2025	Small Town, Big Story	Wendy Patterson	Main cast; also executive producer
	Good American Family	Cynthia Mans	Recurring role

Video games

Year	Title	Role
2011	Need for Speed: The Run	Sam Harper (voice)

Stage

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2011	Company	April	Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts	[25]