January Jones Biography
January Jones, whose full name is January Kristen Jones, is a well-known American actress and model recognized for her role as Betty Draper on Mad Men (2007–2015). For her performance, she received two Golden Globe nominations for Best Actress in a Television Series – Drama, as well as a Primetime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series.
January Jones Age
Jones was born on January 5, 1978, in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, in the United States. She is 45 years old as of 2024. January celebrates her birthday on January 5, every year.
January Jones Height
Jones stands at an approximate height of 5 feet and 7 inches.
January Jones Family
Jones was Born in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and is the daughter of store manager Karen Cox and exercise physiologist Marvin Jones. She was named after January Wayne, a character from Jacqueline Susann’s 1973 novel Once Is Not Enough. January has two siblings, Jina and Jacey. In 1979, her family relocated to Hecla, South Dakota, but returned to Sioux Falls in 1996.
January Jones Husband
Jones is currently not married. She was previously in a relationship with actor Jason Sudeikis in 2010, but they split, as reported by People in January 2011. In September 2011, she had a son named Xander, with the father’s identity remaining undisclosed. In 2017, she began dating Nick Viall, a former Bachelor star. According to Page Six, their relationship started around November 2017, and Nick was with January as she celebrated her 40th birthday.
In the late 1990s, January dated Ashton Kutcher while they were both models for Abercrombie & Fitch. During her 2002 relationship with Jim Carrey, he gave her an autograph of Stack as a birthday gift. January was also in a relationship with singer Josh Groban from 2003 to 2006. In June 2010, she made headlines when she was involved in a car accident and called a celebrity chef to the scene. Although they never publicly confirmed their relationship, she was reportedly one of the women who dated Bobby Flay while he was still married to his third wife, actress Stephanie March.
January Jones Net Worth
Jones has an estimated net worth of $10 Million which she has earned through her successful career as an actress and model.
January Jones Career
Jones is widely recognized for her role as Betty Draper on AMC’s Mad Men from 2007 to 2015, a performance that earned her an Emmy nomination in 2010. She has also appeared on Fox’s The Last Man on Earth and Netflix’s Spinning Out. Additionally, she was featured in the music video for “Love is Blind” from David Coverdale’s 2000 album Into the Light, and had supporting roles in Anger Management (2003), Love Actually (2003), and Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights (2004).
In 2005, she played the wife of a U.S. border guard in The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, a film directed by and starring Tommy Lee Jones. January has described her experience working on The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada as one of the most creatively fulfilling of her career. In We Are Marshall (2006), she portrayed Carol Dawson, the wife of football coach William “Red” Dawson.
Jones also starred in Good Kill (2014) alongside Ethan Hawke. From 2015 to 2018, she played Melissa Chartres on the Fox comedy series The Last Man on Earth. In 2019, she joined Netflix’s The Politician as Lizbeth Sloan, a wealthy and disenchanted housewife. In 2020, she appeared in Netflix’s Spinning Out as Carol Baker, a former figure skater and single mother battling bipolar disorder; the series was canceled after its first season. Jones attended and graduated from Roosevelt High School.
January Jones Movies And TV Shows
- X-Men: First Class (2011).
- Unknown (2011).
- Get Real (1999) as Jane Cohen.
- Love’s Enduring Promise (2004).
- Sorority (1999) as Number One.
- Mad Men (2007-2015).
- Saturday Night Live (2009).
- Law & Order (2008) as Kim Brody.
- Return of the Mac (2017) as herself.
- Project Runway (2010).
January Jones Mad Man
From 2007 to 2015, January Jones portrayed Betty Draper on the period drama television series Mad Men, created by Matthew Weiner and produced by Lionsgate Television. The show aired on AMC from July 19, 2007, to May 17, 2015, spanning seven seasons and 92 episodes. Set between March 1960 and November 1970, Mad Men begins at the fictional Sterling Cooper advertising agency on Madison Avenue in Manhattan, New York City, and later moves to the new firm Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce (which was eventually renamed Sterling Cooper & Partners) near the Time-Life Building at 1271 Sixth Avenue.
January Jones X Man
Jones played the role of Emma Frost in the 2011 superhero film X-Men: First Class, which is based on the X-Men characters from Marvel Comics. The film had its premiere at the Ziegfeld Theatre on May 25, 2011, and was released in the United States on June 3, 2011.
January Jones Unknown
In 2011, Jones starred in the thriller Unknown, alongside Liam Neeson and Diane Kruger, directed by Jaume Collet-Serra. The film is based on the 2003 French novel by Didier Van Cauwelaert, which was published in English as Out of My Head and adapted into a screenplay by Oliver Butcher and Stephen Cornwell. Unknown received mixed reviews from critics and earned $136 million at the box office against a $30 million budget.
January Jones Love Actually | Movie
January played Jeannie in the 2003 Christmas romantic comedy Love Actually, which was written and directed by Richard Curtis. The film boasts an ensemble cast, mainly consisting of British actors, many of whom had previously collaborated with Curtis on other film and television projects.
January Jones Social Media Platforms
She is active on her social media accounts and often posts on her Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.