Screen Actors Guild Foundation and Backstage have partnered for a filmed Conversations series in celebration of this year’s Emmy nominees. Please join us on August 17th with Christina Hendricks, Emmy Nominee for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her performance in Mad Men.  We'll be screening episode 712, "Lost Horizon," followed by a Q&A.

Moderated by Mark Peikert, Editor-in-Chief, Backstage.

SYNOPSIS
Don finds that his role at McCann isn’t the triumph that he had wanted it to be, while Roger struggles with the end of an era.

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Christina Hendricks is best known for her portrayal of ‘Joan Holloway’ on AMC’s critically acclaimed series Mad Men. Hendricks’ portrayal of ‘Joan’ has earned the actress six Emmy nominations in the category of ‘Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series.’ Mad Men won the 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 Emmy Award for outstanding drama series, the 2009 Golden Globe for Best Television Series – Drama as well as the 2009 and 2010 Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series. Hendricks is a two time Critics Choice Television Award winner for her role as ‘Joan’ for “Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series.” Mad Men’s seventh and final season concluded on May 17th.

Hendricks can currently be seen in Comedy Central’s Another Period. The series is a historical satire that follows the lives of the obscenely rich Bellacourt family and their many servants in turn-of-the-century Rhode Island. Hendricks plays the overworked servant Celine alongside Paget Brewster, Natasha Leggero, Jason Ritter and Michael Ian Black.

Hendricks is recently finished filming the series Hap and Leonard for SundanceTV to premiere in early 2016. The series is based on the characters in author Joe Lansdale’s novels, novellas and short stories and centers on friends Hap Collins and Leonard Pine played by James Purefoy and Michael Kenneth Williams respectively. Hendricks will play Hap’s ex-wife Trudy, who resurfaces after two years to make Hap an offer he can’t refuse.

Hendricks can soon be seen in the Gilles Paquet-Brenner thriller, Dark Places. The film also stars Chloe Moretz and Charlize Theron, who is also a producer, and will be released on August 7th for A24. In addition, Hendricks will appear in Nicolas Winding Refn’s thriller The Neon Demon with Keanu Reeves and Abby Lee in March 2016.

On the big screen, Christina has appeared in Ryan Gosling’s directorial debut, Lost River, John Slattery’s directorial debut, God’s Pocket, Sally Potter’s Ginger & Rosa, in which she starred opposite Annette Bening, Elle Fanning and Alessandro Nivola. Ginger & Rosa earned rave reviews at the 2012 Toronto Film Festival. Hendricks was also seen in the critically acclaimed feature from Film District, Drive. Drive, a joint production between OddLot Entertainment and Bold Films, for producer Marc Platt, also starred Ryan Gosling and Carey Mulligan. Drive received numerous award nominations including: National Board of Review, Independent Spirit Awards and BAFTA Awards; the film won Best Action Movie at the BFCA Critics Choice Awards.

Hendricks’ additional film credits include Disney’s animated film The Pirate Fairy, the independent drama, Struck By Lightning, Tribeca thriller, Detachment, I Don’t Know How She Does It, Leoni, Warner Bros’ Life As We Know It, La Cucina, South of Pico and Driving Lessons. Her television credits include Showtime’s Beggars and Choosers, TNT’s The Big Time, NBC’s ER, ABC’s The Court, UPN’s Kevin Hill, CBS’s Without a Trace and Cold Case, and recurring roles on Joss Whedon's Firefly, Notes From the Underbelly, and Life.

In 2011, Hendricks earned rave reviews on stage while seen in Stephen Sondheim’s production of Company for the New York Philharmonic at Lincoln Center. She received rave reviews for her performance as flight attendant, ‘April.’ The New York Daily News stated, “The big yearning question: when can we get Christina Hendricks on Broadway? As the sex kitten ‘April,’ she proved herself a natural on stage.”

Christina currently resides in both New York City and Los Angeles with her husband, Geoffrey Arend.