Can't act worth a damn
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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. -
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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csjintn — 13 years ago(January 05, 2013 03:40 PM)
She is a good actress and she is very easy on the eyes, HOWEVER when she boasted that she ate her own placenta after she gave birth to her child I was totally grossed out. First, I could not believe she (or anyone) would do that and secondly, that she (or anyone) would admit to it. She said that it was full of vitamins, yadda yadda. I would be like, "Can we take vitamins and skip the placenta?" Other than that I have no opinion on this subject.
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goer_le_renard — 14 years ago(June 05, 2011 06:34 AM)
same style in every movie/show : "the girl who is bored", and because i saw 5+ of her films, i can say that : this is not a role of composition (has such a level of perfection that even boring the spectators) and shes really bored in the real life.
So hard to say she can act or not finaly, maybe a new "a really boring grace kelly" is born. -
ashton241 — 14 years ago(June 05, 2011 01:03 PM)
While she is definitely good eye candyJanuary Jones can't act worth a damn.
And to the person who mentioned she got an Emmy nominationlet those people who nominated her watch X-Men: First Class then they'll realize that how she plays Betty Draper isn't amazing but is just how she portrays every role she is in.
I'm a huge Mad Men fan and I hope they eventually just phase her out totally. Don Draper doesn't need that crazy/boring person. -
Stephen_in_Elkhorn — 14 years ago(June 05, 2011 07:07 PM)
I have not seen X-Men: First 2000Class yet, but if you look at her "work" in "Unknown" then it's quite predictable she's terrible at acting. She completely took me out of "Unknown" and I was so happy when she had her last scene.
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manipool — 13 years ago(June 02, 2012 04:15 PM)
Yeah, she's pretty dead in some of her roles and she interviews poorly, but on Actor's Studio she mentioned she was shy and maybe that's why she doesn't exude personality plus. I like her in Mad Men, but in 'Unknown' and 'X-Men First Class' her quiet, cold, nonperson demeanor doesn't work for the parts. She's like Keanu Reeves, she must be placed in the right role or it falls flat. In both Keanu and January's cases they need to be in the correct parts to be successful.
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goer_le_renard — 14 years ago(June 06, 2011 06:56 PM)
of course i saw all Mad men episodes, but the first time i saw her i was thinking its just a "madame bovary style" (check google, hard to explain but so obvious); and after many episodes it was clearly a lack of talent.
Im generaly nice with actors because i love movies and i think its a hard job, but i wish to mrs jones to have the click and find it to express feelings one day. -
olegb139 — 14 years ago(June 07, 2011 02:52 PM)
I just saw Unknown, had no idea who she is, and all I could think throughout the movie is "she's a horrible actress". Every single actor, including the extras, acted circles around her. How is she famous/getting roles?