January Jones (Role)      : Betty Draper

Birthday                               : January-5-1978

Birthplace                            : Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA

Birth Name                          : January Jones

Recent Role                         : Betty Draper on Mad Men

Gender                         : Female

January Jones, an American actress, is very well known and popular name among the American audience because of her excellent performances on several shows and movies etc. She graduated from Roosevelt High School in Sioux Falls.

As of now, she’s appearing on the AMC original television drama series ‘Mad Men’ portraying a young suburban housewife and mother, Betty Draper. In 2003, she portrayed the role of Cadence Flaherty in ‘American Wedding’, an American Pie comedy film. On the movie ‘Love’s Enduring Promise’, she appeared as the lead female character that falls in love with the man who saves her father’s life. In the very same year, she was also seen in ‘Anger Management’, ‘Love Actually’, and ‘Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights’ etc. In 2005, January Jones portrayed the character of a U.S. border guard’s frustrated wife in ‘The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada’. In 2006, she was seen on ‘We Are Marshall’ (2006), playing the role of Carol Dawson.

January Jones also appeared in the season 18 of ‘Law & Order’ in the episode entitled ‘Quit Claim’. Among her upcoming projects is ‘The Boat That Rocked’, to be released in 2009.

In 2002, January Jones was listed on #82 on the Maxim’s Hot 100 Women of the year.

From 1998-2001, January Jones dated Ashton Kutcher and from 2003 to 2006, she dated singer Josh Groban.

Her acting skills and brilliant performances on TV shows and movies led her to get nominated and won innumerous awards. Being very precise- In 2005, Jones won a Camie (Character and Morality in Entertainment Awards) for ‘Love’s Enduring Promise’. In 2006, James won the Bronze Wrangler at the Western Heritage Awards for Outstanding Theatrical Motion Picture for ‘The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada’ and shared the award with her co-stars.

In 2008, she received nomination for the Actor award at the ‘Screen Actors Guild Awards/14th Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series for Mad Men.

Her other acting credits include ‘Sorority’, ‘Get Real’, ‘It’s the Rage’, ‘The Glass House’ ‘Bandits’ , ‘In My Life’ ,‘Taboo’, ‘Full Frontal’, ‘Anger Management’, ‘My Buddy Jack’, ‘Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights’, ‘Huff’, ‘Swedish Auto’, and ‘We Are Marshall’ etc.

Role on ‘Mad Men’

On ‘Mad Men‘, January Jones portrays the character of Betty Draper.