January Jones Biography

Fast Facts

• Named after January Wayne, a character in Jacqueline Susann's novel Once Is Not Enough
• Worked at a Dairy Queen while attending high school
• At 16, took on extra course work and graduated from high school early in order to embark on a modeling career
• Like ex-boyfriend Ashton Kutcher, she is a former Abercrombie & Fitch model
• Originally auditioned for Peggy Olson on Mad Men, a role that went to Elisabeth Moss, until series creator Matthew Weiner quickly wrote a bigger part for Betty Draper especially for her
• In 2009, became a spokesperson for Oceana, an international organization dedicated to protecting the world's oceans, and their campaign to save sharks