Can't act worth a damn

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RockmSockM09 — 14 years ago(June 13, 2011 08:50 PM)

Don't worry, he is wrong. Can't say I felt the same thing.

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SmokeyTee — 14 years ago(July 13, 2011 03:03 AM)

We just watched Unknown and it has been a long time since I saw such a rubbish actor.

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grillmasterj — 13 years ago(October 20, 2012 11:21 PM)

She has about as much acting ability as a piece of wood. she's a bit better in Mad Men, but only marginally so.

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mmitsos-1 — 10 years ago(May 15, 2015 05:51 PM)

She's OK as stone-cold Betty Draper. But she truly is a flat actress.she has absolutely no emotion at all in her readings.

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ronineditor — 14 years ago(June 02, 2011 10:12 PM)

I just saw the film and came on here to start the same topic, haha yeah, you're totally right. And I've never even heard of her, never having seen Mad Men my peers, with whom I saw the screening, said she's equally as bad in Mad Men. I heard she's a total 'bitty' too.
But hey, she looks good in the film at least.

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douces — 14 years ago(June 03, 2011 02:14 PM)

I'd say she's actually very good in Mad Men, but only because her bland238, lifeless acting suits her character perfectly. Unfortunately she uses that same style of acting in every other role she takes on.

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ToddWebb — 14 years ago(September 13, 2011 09:18 PM)

^^ Bingo. Spot on. I was about to post a "beautiful but can't act" thread, but got here and found forty thousand people beat me to it. Your succinct post is very accurate.

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tellerofthetruth — 13 years ago(August 21, 2012 05:04 AM)

Agreed. Great in Mad Men, but a really one-dimensional actor. Her voice is so monotone!
"I am not worried, HarryI am with you."

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rainynightinsoho — 14 years ago(June 03, 2011 07:53 PM)

Yes, she's so bad that she got an Emmy nomination last year.
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Her?

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elcabio — 14 years ago(June 04, 2011 11:00 PM)

I have never seen Mad Men, but I came here to say that her acting was atrocious in X-Men: First Class. I still give the movie high marks, she did not ruin it, but damn, her character needed someone with more gravitas. She was just wrong for the role. She wasn't the cool type of cold the Emma Frost character needed. She had no sex appeal. She was just wrong.

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dakotashearer — 14 years ago(June 05, 2011 12:01 PM)

She had no sex appeal. She was just wrong

of a person who has plenty of SEX APPEAL. CHEERS!!

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arppis — 14 years ago(June 06, 2011 07:30 AM)

I have to agree, she didn't have much "sex appeal" she has pretty face, but her mannerism wasn't THAT sexy, nor she had curves. She looks like model = really thin. That's not so pretty for me.

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SmoothGrooves — 14 years ago(June 05, 2011 01:51 AM)

I think her Emmy nom came because January Jones was largely unheard of before Mad Men. People assumed her acting prowess allowed her to fit Betty Draper, when in actuality, she plays Betty Draper in every movie she acts in, including X-Men

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rainynightinsoho — 14 years ago(June 05, 2011 02:50 AM)

I think her Emmy nom came because January Jones was largely unheard of before Mad Men.
Huh? She got nominated because Emmy members voted for her. That's how award nominations work.

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Verdoux-1 — 14 years ago(June 07, 2011 01:19 AM)

Somebody has some comprehension problems.

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quangtran65 — 14 years ago(June 09, 2011 07:37 AM)

Huh? She got nominated because Emmy members voted for her. That's how award nominations work.
Yeah, but people thought Michelle Rodriguez was great actress for her debut role in GirlFight, then realized she was an actress of limited range when she kept playing the same role again and again. The same thing is happening with Jones.

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mista005 — 14 years ago(September 15, 2011 11:06 PM)

You can easily get an acting nomination for playing yourself. So, as she plays a pretty but blank character on Mad Men, she's apparently playing herself. She was AWFUL in Unknown and X-Men: First Class. Casting directors need to stop thinking with their boners. Hopefully she'll go away soon.

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ikke_for_let — 10 years ago(May 15, 2015 10:33 AM)

Casting directors in Hollywood are usually women. But they are even worse than men. They cast pretty much exclusively based on looks.

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leonthesleepy — 13 years ago(April 12, 2012 04:21 AM)

Just like wentworth miller getting a golden globe, because he fits the character well, but in other shows, hes mediocre.
But Jan Jones? Cant act AT ALL.