A.j. cook

This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 24 December 2022. For the British trade union leader, see A. For the entomologist, see Albert John A.j. cook. Cook was born in Oshawa, Ontario.

She spent most of her early life in nearby Whitby, where she attended Anderson Collegiate Vocational Institute. She has three siblings: Nathan, Paul, and Angela. A dancer from age four, Cook began taking jazz, tap and ballet lessons. She said that dance kept her engaged growing up as she did not have to recite or read anything. She graduated to series work with a guest role on the television series Goosebumps, and parts in two television movies, In His Father’s Shoes and Elvis Meets Nixon. Beginning in September 2005, she starred as Jennifer “J.

Jareau in the CBS drama Criminal Minds. On April 16, 2011, it was reported that Cook had signed to reappear for two more seasons of the show. In 2013, Cook and ”Criminal Minds” co-star Kirsten Vangsness managed to negotiate salary raises but not parity after years of being paid less than half the salary of fellow co-stars Matthew Gray Gubler and Shemar Moore. In 2017, both women held out on signing new contracts as they sought pay parity with Gubler. In 2013, it was announced she was hired as a spokeswoman for Proactiv. February 2014 issue of Maxim magazine.

She was ranked at 88 on the Maxim Hot 100 2014 list. Cook was raised in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, but she does not limit her acting solely to roles reflecting Mormon beliefs. On August 3, 2001, she married her long-time boyfriend, Nathan Andersen. In September 2008, their first son, Mekhai Allan, was born. The couple’s second son, Phoenix Sky, was born in July 2015.