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Why January Jones never became the star Hollywood wanted her to be

posted 5 years ago by TMC-4 (19418)
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With the debut of Mad Men in 2007, January Jones was flung into the spotlight. Thanks to her role as Betty Draper, the long suffering wife of Jon Hamm's leading man Don Draper, Jones became a household name. But her part in Matthew Weiner's iconic series was far from her first acting role, and she's continued to bag parts ever since. However, Jones hasn't become the huge Hollywood name that most people expected. Instead, she's flown under the radar in recent years.
Having nabbed the role of Emma Frost in 2011's X-Men: First Class, it seemed as if Jones' career was about to go stratospheric. Instead, the actress has made a return to TV in recent years, securing regular roles in series such as The Last Man on Earth and Ryan Murphy's Netflix show, The Politician. From giving birth to her son, Xander, in September 2011, to the slew of dating rumors surrounding her love life, the former Mad Men star has continued to be a topic of conversation, but why exactly did January Jones never quite become the Hollywood star that everyone expected her to be?

[–] mobocracy (845) 5 years ago

She's had steady TV work which probably pays the bills better than a hit-or-miss movie career, especially for an actress at 41.

She's blonde bombshell material, but trading on that on the wrong side of 30-31 is a tough move for someone who hadn't set the stage for that in their 20s.

In theory, the Betty Draper role could have elevated her to the kind of serious roles that work for women in their late 30s, but it's a crapshoot and I'd be taking the regular TV checks if I were her.