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January Jones, born 5 January 1978 in
Brookings South Dakota USA, is a former model and
actress best known for her role as 'Cadence Flaherty' in
the 2003 movie American Wedding (aka American Pie: The
Wedding outside the US) which was the third movie in the
American Pie comedy film series.
Best known for her role as Alyson Hannigan’s sister in
“American Wedding” (2003), the third installment in
the “American Pie” comedy film series, pouty-lipped
head-turner January Jones became almost as famous for
her choice of notable beaus, as for her choice in movie
roles.
The 5’ 7” beauty was born, fittingly, on Jan. 5,
1978 in Sioux Falls, SD. However, her parents came up
with the name after reading a Jacqueline Susann book
called Once is Not Enough, featuring a character named
January Wayne. While attending Roosevelt High School,
Jones spent her pre-modeling, pre-Hollywood time toiling
away at a local Dairy Queen.
At age 18, she moved to New York City and made her first
mark as a stunning model for hip suburban clothier
Abercrombie & Fitch. After making the requisite move
to Los Angeles, Jones made her acting debut with a small
role in the independent film “All the Rage” (1999),
starring Jeff Daniels and Anna Paquin.
Jones followed this with a guest
appearance in the Fox TV pilot, “Get Real” (1999).
Two years later, she had her biggest break to date when
she landed a role in her first major motion picture, the
teen-oriented thriller “Glass House” (2001),
starring Leelee Sobieski.
Like all young and beautiful starlets on the cusp of
fame, Jones quickly became a fixture on the young
Hollywood scene. Her blonde beauty attracted a variety
of male admirers, including a relatively unknown
pre-Demi stud named Ashton Kutcher. The couple, who
reportedly met in 1998 at an Abercrombie & Fitch
shoot, dated for three years – until Kutcher became
enchanted with the older actress Demi Moore. Jones moved
on to funnyman extraordinaire Jim Carey and “American
Wedding” co-star Sean William Scott before meeting and
falling for pop-classical singer and favorite
“Oprah” guest, Josh Groban in 2003.
Jones continued to hone her acting chops, landing roles
in a variety of high-profile projects: as a bank robber
in the Bruce Willis-Billy Bob Thorton crime comedy
“Bandits” (2001); as a memorable lesbian sexpot with
temperament issues in the Adam Sandler-Jack Nicholson
hit comedy, “Anger Management” (2003); and as an
British tourist in the hit romantic comedy, "Love
Actually" (2003). At the same time, Jones was
featured as #82 in Maxim magazine's "Hot 100 of
2002" supplement.
Next up was the star-making role of Cadence Flaherty,
the beautiful sister and maid of honor to the
not-so-blushing bride, Michelle (Alyson Hannigan) as
well as the love interest of the obnoxious hound,
Stiffler (Sean William Scott) in “American Wedding”
(2003). While the film tanked, Jones had received her
first major coverage for a role that she had won from
literally thousands of on-the-brink ingenues.
Looking for further challenges, Jones learned to 50's
swing dance for her role in “Dirty Dancing: Havana
Nights” (2004), the critically maligned sequel to the
1987 dance classic. She journeyed back to the small
screen, appearing in the recurring role of Marissa Wells
on the Showtime comedy series, "Huff" in 2004.
The actress continued to expand her range as a dramatic
actress by portraying Barry Pepper’s repressed wife in
Oscar-winning actor Tommy Lee Jones’ directorial
debut, “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada”
(2005). The prestigious film – a first for Jones –
won Best Screenplay and Best Actor awards at the 2005
Cannes Film Festival.
She has also had supporting roles in Anger Management
(2003) and Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights (also known as
Dirty Dancing 2). She had a small role in Love Actually
as Jeannie 'the American Angel'. In 2005 she appeared in
the film The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
directed by and starring Tommy Lee Jones.
In 2006 in We Are Marshall she played the role of Carol
Dawson, wife of William 'Red' Dawson, a former coach of
the Marshall football program who was on the staff of
the 1970 team as well as assistant coach to Jack Lengyel
for the 1971 season. In 2007 she was cast in the
critically acclaimed AMC original television drama
series 'Mad Men' as young suburban housewife and mother
Betty Draper.
She was ranked #82 on the Maxim Hot 100 Women of 2002.
Prior to her acting Jones worked as an Abercrombie &
Fitch model. |
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