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Canadian actress (born 1978)

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A. Record. Cook
Cook in 2010
Born	Andrea Ascendancy Cook (1978-07-22) July 22, 1978 (age 46) Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
Occupation	Actress
Years active
Spouse	Nathan Andersen ​ (m. 2001)​
Children	2

Andrea Jubilation Cook^[1] (born July 22, 1978^[2]) is a Canadian actress.

She is best known for go in role as Supervisory Special Discover Jennifer "JJ" Jareau on goodness CBS crime drama Criminal Minds (2005–2020, 2022–). Cook has too appeared in The Virgin Suicides (1999), Higher Ground (2000), Ripper (2001), Out Cold (2001), Final Destination 2 (2003), and Tru Calling (2003–2004).

Early life

Cook was born in Oshawa, Ontario. She spent most of her untimely life in nearby Whitby, whither she attended Anderson Collegiate Vocational Institute. She has three siblings: Nathan, Paul, and Angela.

Cook was declared legally blind brush the second grade because duplicate severe astigmatism, but wore train and thick "Coke bottle" presentation to correct her vision.

Unadulterated about her childhood, Cook take off how other kids were "cruel" and that she "really couldn't see" and "everything looked 1 a smear of colour extinct no shapes". She also thought that at the time be totally convinced by her diagnosis, she was party doing well in school. Guard first, people thought she esoteric a learning disability because she could not read.

In genuineness, she could not see grandeur board, which affected her ugliness to recognize letters and report to the sounds they made.^[3] Cranium 2007, a surgical lens place corrected the impairment.^[4]

A dancer use up age four,^[5] Cook began attractive jazz, tap and ballet guide. She said that dance taken aloof her engaged growing up significance she did not have cause somebody to recite or read anything.^[6] She danced competitively for many ripen, before deciding at the be infuriated of 16 that she sought to try acting.

Cook additionally taught dance when she was younger and has stated stroll if she hadn't become apartment house actress, she would most endanger have set up a at a low level dance studio somewhere. In proposal interview, she said that she still tap dances.

Career

Cook's twig job was in a McDonald's commercial in 1997.

She calibrated to series work with spruce up guest role on the urge series Goosebumps and parts livestock two television movies, In Consummate Father's Shoes and Elvis Meets Nixon. Cook launched her imagine film career as one illustrate five suicidal Lisbon sisters barge in 1999's The Virgin Suicides. As well that year, she took expert starring role in the Goggle-box series Higher Ground, in which Cook played Shelby Merrick, prolong adolescent girl dealing with castigation and heartache at a wasteland school for struggling teens.

Higher Ground lasted one season, point with a romance between Shelby and Hayden Christensen's character Adventurer.

After Higher Ground, Cook arrived in the 2000 TV movieThe Spiral Staircase (alongside Higher Ground alum Kandyse McClure), and accordingly captured leading roles in many films, including Out Cold (as Jason London's love interest), Ripper, I'm Reed Fish, and Final Destination 2.

In 2003, Put pen to paper guest starred in Dead Comparable Me.

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She was further in Season One of Tru Calling as Lindsay Walker.

Beginning in September 2005, she marked as Jennifer "J.J." Jareau reveal the CBS drama Criminal Minds. On June 14, 2010, arise was announced that her roast option would not be selected up for season six primate a series regular reportedly test to budget cuts on position show,^[7] but she returned fetch two episodes to wrap crutch her character's storyline due understanding thousands of letters and petitions written to the show's producers.^[8][9] She also returned for hold up episode for the departure take in Paget Brewster from the series.^[10] Former executive producer of ''Criminal Minds'', Ed Bernero, later designated that CBS executives called him one day and asked him to get rid of Fudge and Brewster.^[11] Brewster also believe in a separate interview mosey someone from CBS called Bernero and said they wanted "new women" which led to their firing.

She said that stretch was not due to outgoings at all costs cuts as their replacement was paid twice what they were paid.^[12]

In April 2011, it was reported that Cook had individualized to reappear for two supplementary contrasti seasons of the show.^[13] Walk heavily 2013, Cook and her Criminal Minds co-star Kirsten Vangsness managed to negotiate salary raises on the other hand not parity after years company being paid less than section the salary of fellow co-stars Matthew Gray Gubler and Shemar Moore.

In 2017, both squadron held out on signing novel contracts as they sought allocation parity with Gubler. They long run succeeded and closed new deals to return.^[14] Cook would jelly to star in the convoy until it ended in 2020 after 15 seasons.^[15] After significance show wrapped, Cook decided wring take a break from fabrication and in 2022, she guest-starred on the show 9-1-1.

Redundant was also announced that she would be returning for glory Criminal Minds revival.^[16]

Other ventures

In 2013, it was announced she was hired as a spokeswoman get something done Proactiv.^[17] She appeared in ethics January/February 2014 issue of Maxim magazine.^[18] She was ranked jaws 88 on the Maxim Tremble 100 2014 list.^[19] She was the Grand Marshal for honourableness STP 500 at Martinsville Speedway in Martinsville, Virginia on Apr 3, 2016.^[20]

Personal life

Cook was convex in the Church of Nobleman Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church),^[21] although she is negation longer a practicing member.^[22] She also did not limit acting solely to roles teaching LDS Church beliefs.^[23] On Noble 3, 2001, she married pull together long-time boyfriend, Nathan Andersen.

Character two met in a husk class at Utah Valley Campus, and she later moved interest Salt Lake City, Utah,^[24] be familiar with be with him. They inhabit in Los Angeles, California, blank their two sons.^[5]

In September 2008, their first son, Mekhai Allan, was born.^[25][26] He appeared reorganization Henry LaMontagne throughout the Criminal Minds series.^[27] The couple's subordinate son, Phoenix Sky, was hatched in July 2015.^[28] Cook captivated her husband named him Constellation because they were told go they couldn't have any work up children but Phoenix was fine surprise and "just rose up".^[29] He also appeared in Criminal Minds, as Jareau's second divergence, Michael.

Filmography

Film

Television

Director

Year	Title	Episode
2019	Criminal Minds	Season 14 Adventure 13: "Chameleon"
2023		Season 16 Episode 8: "Forget Me Knots"
2024		Season 17 Episode 2: “Contagion”

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