
Through four and a half seasons of “Mad Men,” the most remarkable thing to me about January Jones is not her bitch-face, nor is it Fat Betty. It’s that a character with as much screen time as Jones is so very seldom seen smiling. It’s not isolated to her Betty Draper-Francis character, either. If you’ve seen X-Men: First Class or Unknown, with Liam Neeson, you’ll begin to notice a pattern: She doesn’t smile. She plays glum, icy bitches that rarely ask her to part her lips.
It wasn’t always that way, however. Before “Mad Men,” January Jones was more likely to be seen playing giggly blondes. In fact, she’s been in three movies that many of you have probably seen, only you didn’t realize it because you didn’t know who January Jones was at the time, so you had no frame of reference.
Check out these three January Jones roles from $100 million movies that you probably don’t remember her from. What’s most remarkable about them all is that she ACTUALLY SMILES. Afterward, slide over to the Uproxx mothership and join this week’s “Mad Men” discussion.
Anger Management
American Wedding
Love, Actually (with Elisha Cuthbert, also before she was a star, which is to say: Before The Girl Next Door)



Never having seen the MadMen, these movies are sadly all I have to know January Jones by.
The Girl Next Door? Making Cuthbert a Star? What are you smoking? She had her fame pretty-well established by then, what with two seasons of 24 under her belt.
Girl Next Door came out when I was 15. Trust me, it made her a star.
Holy crap – you were a whole fifteen by then?!? Nevermind, I take it all back – must bow to experts.
Did anyone order an extra dish of sass today?
Hey Alvis, what is it about being 15 years old that would make someone an expert on this matter? That was Junker’s point.
@Taco_Jones
Asturbationmay.
Well played. I expected to see Pirate Radio on here for the lingerie scene alone.
Hey, I knew she was in American Wedding! Thought she looked absolutely incredible in it, must’ve been the strawberry blonde thing.
Though I forgot she was just as bad an actress then as she is now. By far the worst part of First Class.
Does…not…compute.
Blam ba lam… Whoo’oa fat betty.. blam ba lam
Seriously, I can’t see her face without hearing that in my head.
Ditto. That’ll be in my head all day now and there is nothing wrong with that.
Should be more like late February/early March Jones
No “Dude, Where’s My Car”? Is this $100m dollar movies only?
Since she plays an unlikeable c*** in Pirate Radio and X-Men: First Class, there must be something about the 60′s that really brings out her bitchiness.
She’s happy in “Anger Management” because she knows she’s going to lay the pipe to Luis Guzman at the wrap party.
John Turturro is the shit
Mmm Krista Allen
Again, my theory on Fat Betty is that Betty Draper is becoming Pam Poovey.
Sploosh.