Christina Hendricks was born May 3, 1975, in Knoxville, Tennessee. At 19 she moved to New York and modeled professionally there and in London for the next three years, after which she moved to Los Angeles to transition from model to actress. In 1999, she landed her first acting roles, including a recurring role in the TV series Undressed. In 2009, she was cast in Mad Men, an AMC series. Hendricks has been married to Geoffrey Arend since 2009.