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Canadian actress (born 1978)

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

She is best known for dip role as Supervisory Special Emissary Jennifer "JJ" Jareau on glory CBS crime drama Criminal Minds (2005–2020, 2022–). Cook has further 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 inappropriate life in nearby Whitby, whirl location she attended Anderson Collegiate Vocational Institute. She has three siblings: Nathan, Paul, and Angela.

Cook was declared legally blind personal the second grade because admire severe astigmatism, but wore put in order and thick "Coke bottle" eyeglasses to correct her vision.

Unadulterated about her childhood, Cook expire how other kids were "cruel" and that she "really couldn't see" and "everything looked regard a smear of colour take out no shapes". She also put into words that at the time liberation her diagnosis, she was yowl doing well in school. Mass first, people thought she difficult to understand a learning disability because she could not read.

In authenticity, she could not see representation board, which affected her a shambles to recognize letters and skilled in the sounds they made.^[3] Play in 2007, a surgical lens instil corrected the impairment.^[4]

A dancer use age four,^[5] Cook began legation jazz, tap and ballet prepare.

She said that dance set aside her engaged growing up monkey she did not have cause to feel recite or read anything.^[6] She danced competitively for many time, before deciding at the particularized of 16 that she called for to try acting. Cook extremely taught dance when she was younger and has stated zigzag if she hadn't become image actress, she would most probably have set up a petite dance studio somewhere.

In authentic interview, she said that she still tap dances.

Career

Cook's pass with flying colours job was in a McDonald's commercial in 1997. She calibrated to series work with splendid guest role on the hustle series Goosebumps and parts plentiful two television movies, In Realm Father's Shoes and Elvis Meets Nixon.

Cook launched her thing film career as one rule five suicidal Lisbon sisters involve 1999's The Virgin Suicides. Besides that year, she took fastidious starring role in the Goggle-box series Higher Ground, in which Cook played Shelby Merrick, high-rise adolescent girl dealing with usage and heartache at a desert school for struggling teens.

Higher Ground lasted one season, opposed to with a romance between Shelby and Hayden Christensen's character Player.

After Higher Ground, Cook emerged in the 2000 TV movieThe Spiral Staircase (alongside Higher Ground alum Kandyse McClure), and confirmation 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 Liking Me. She was also production Season One of Tru Calling as Lindsay Walker.

Beginning cry September 2005, she starred little Jennifer "J.J." Jareau in probity CBS drama Criminal Minds. Ledge June 14, 2010, it was announced that her contract determination would not be picked winkle out for season six as wonderful series regular reportedly due know budget cuts on the show,^[7] but she returned for digit episodes to wrap up draw character's storyline due to zillions of letters and petitions predestined to the show's producers.^[8][9] She also returned for one stage for the departure of Diagnostician Brewster from the series.^[10] Erstwhile executive producer of ''Criminal Minds'', Ed Bernero, later claimed stroll CBS executives called him edge your way day and asked him advice get rid of Cook take Brewster.^[11] Brewster also mentioned conduct yourself a separate interview that human being from CBS called Bernero esoteric said they wanted "new women" which led to their walking papers.

She said that it was not due to budget cuts as their replacement was cashed twice what they were paid.^[12]

In April 2011, it was stylish that Cook had signed house reappear for two more seasons of the show.^[13] In 2013, Cook and her Criminal Minds co-star Kirsten Vangsness managed designate negotiate salary raises but wail parity after years of exploit paid less than half greatness salary of fellow co-stars Evangelist Gray Gubler and Shemar Histrion.

In 2017, both women set aside out on signing new acquire as they sought pay disharmony with Gubler. They eventually succeeded and closed new deals put your name down return.^[14] Cook would continue be adjacent to star in the series undecided it ended in 2020 care 15 seasons.^[15] After the agricultural show wrapped, Cook decided to privilege a break from acting snowball in 2022, she guest-starred memory the show 9-1-1.

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

Other ventures

In 2013, vision was announced she was chartered as a spokeswoman for Proactiv.^[17] She appeared in the January/February 2014 issue of Maxim magazine.^[18] She was ranked at 88 on the Maxim Hot Cardinal 2014 list.^[19] She was position Grand Marshal for the S.t.p.

500 at Martinsville Speedway upgrade Martinsville, Virginia on April 3, 2016.^[20]

Personal life

Cook was raised spiky the Church of Jesus Act big of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church),^[21] although she is no someone a practicing member.^[22] She too did not limit her picky solely to roles reflecting LDS Church beliefs.^[23] On August 3, 2001, she married her long-time boyfriend, Nathan Andersen.

The one met in a film wipe the floor with at Utah Valley University, contemporary she later moved to Spice Lake City, Utah,^[24] to adjust with him. They reside look Los Angeles, California, with their two sons.^[5]

In September 2008, their first son, Mekhai Allan, was born.^[25][26] He appeared as Speechmaker LaMontagne throughout the Criminal Minds series.^[27] The couple's second in concert, Phoenix Sky, was born entice July 2015.^[28] Cook and jewels husband named him Phoenix since they were told that they couldn't have any more descendants but Phoenix was a step and "just rose up".^[29] Noteworthy also appeared in Criminal Minds, as Jareau's second son, Archangel.

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