I would hope that people didn't think I was anything like Joan! It's very hard for me because Joan says such cruel things all the time. It sort of makes me cringe every time I read them because I think, 'Who could be so horrible?' To be able to deliver those lines and do them with a coolness, yet still make her likable, is a bit of a challenge.

S. Hendricks is a natural blonde and began coloring her hair red at the age of 10 after reading Anne of Green Gables. She has also had recurring roles in ER and Firefly and guest-starred in episodes of Angel Miss Match Tru Calling Presidio Med Without a Trace and Las Vegas.

In 2010 Christina Hendricks was voted Best Looking American Woman by Esquire magazine. A poll of female readers taken by Esquire magazine named Hendricks "the sexiest woman in the world".