Christina Rene Hendricks (born May 3, 1975 in Knoxville, Tennessee) is a British-American actress.
She's known to geeks and tropers mostly for her two appearances on Firefly as Saffron. Since then, however, she's got considerably more mainstream exposure thanks to her role in Mad Men as Sexy Secretary Joan Holloway. She also appeared in Company opposite Neil Patrick Harris, Stephen Colbert, and Patti LuPone, and in Drive, directed by Nicholas Winding Refn, with Ryan Gosling. From 2018 to 2021, she plays the protagonist of Good Girls, a soccer mom turned criminal when her family goes broke.
Works on TV Tropes:
- Undressed (1999) as Rhiannon
- Angel, episode "The Prodigal" (2000) as barmaid
- ER (2002) as Joyce Westlake
- Firefly (2002-2003) as Saffron
- Tru Calling (2004) as Alyssa
- Without a Trace (2006) as Rachel Gibson
- Las Vegas (2006) as Connie
- Life (2007-2008) as Olivia
- Mad Men (2007-2015) as Joan P. Harris, née Holloway
- Body of Proof (2011) as Jessica / Karen Archer
- All-Star Superman (2011) as Lois Lane / Superwoman
- Drive (2011) as Blanche
- American Dad! (2011) as Naydern (voice)
- From Up on Poppy Hill (2011) as Saori Makimura (voice, English dub)
- Need for Speed: The Run (2011) as Sam Harper (voice)
- Struck by Lighting (2012) as April
- The Pirate Fairy (2014) as Zarina (voice)
- Lost River (2014) as Billy
- Rick and Morty, episode "Auto Erotic Assimilation" (2015) as Unity (voice)
- Zoolander 2 (2016) as Seductress
- Hap and Leonard (2016) as Trudy Fawst
- The Neon Demon (2016) as Roberta Hoffmann
- Another Period (2016) as Celine a.k.a. Chair
- Bad Santa 2 (2016) as Diane Hastings
- Fist Fight (2017) as Ms. Monet
- Crooked House (2017) as Brenda Leonides
- Candy Jar (2018) as Amy Skinner
- Robot Chicken (2018) as CVS cashier / Snake / Guess Who player
- The Strangers: Prey at Night (2018) as Cindy
- Good Girls (2018-2021) as Elizabeth "Beth" Boland
- Toy Story 4 (2019) as Gabby Gabby (voice)
- SCOOB! (2020) as Officer Jaffe (voice)
- Solar Opposites (2020-2021) as Cherie (voice)
- The Storied Life Of AJ Fikry (2022) as Ismay Evans
- Agent Elvis (2023) as Roxanne Ryder (voice)
- The Buccaneers (2023) as Mrs. St. George
Tropes associated with Christina Hendricks' roles:
- Dark Action Girl: As Saffron in her breakout role in Firefly.
- Fiery Redhead: Tends to get cast as the more spirited variation of this trope, and is known for having red hair. Ironic considering that her natural hair color is actually strawberry blonde, with her famous red hair being dyed.
- Ms. Fanservice: Is known for her voluptuous figure, and many of her characters' outfits have a tendency to emphasize it.
- Sexy Secretary: Her best-known role is Joan Halloway from Mad Men. She also plays one in a skit
as a supposedly Brainless Beauty who is revealed to be Obfuscating Stupidity.
