Agreed! I even told my buddy after the movie "the blonde has a banging body - but jeez, she's a crappy actress."

LOLgreat as long as you mean greatness with every bit of sarcasm you can muster. She was horrible in 'Unknown' and butt numbing horrible in 'X-Men:First Class'. The only movie where I think she nails the part is 'Pirate Radio'. I think she is better in small dosages. She can't carry a movie in any way shape or form.

Well, hello there January. Thanks for joining the discussion.

She's a great actress. Poo on you.

The whole planking trend must've been inspired by January

I haven't seen x men so can't comment, but for all the movies I have seen her in she is as wooden as a plank in every movie 1354i have seen her in. I have just watched Unknown and it was painful watching her.
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Exactly my reaction. The movie came to a screeching halt whenever she opened her mouth. Whom did she blow to get that job?

That is so true (even though I can easily overlook Keanu's acting skills when watching The Matrix, one of my favorite films of all time).
I have to agree, she sucks at acting and has a very dull, lifeless presence. I had noticed this before, watching X-Men, but it became even more obvious with Unknown, and all the people who were watching it with me agreed.

Give the girl a break, she's not talentless she's misunderstood. She is a graduate of the Keanu Reeves School of minimalist acting. Like her guru the world will eventually learn to appreciate her skills.
Also there are worse things in life. This is what happens when you watch a Tom Cruise film:

I was really looking forward to "Unknown", but now not so much. Don't feel like cringing again that soon after First Class.

agreedespecially when they don't dress her up like they do in X-men. I thought she looked really plain in Unknown. She did look hot in X-men, I will give her that.

Agreed. It never occurred to me that she was supposed to be hot. She's an average looking chick.

I'm usually one that loves seeing a hot actress in a movie or tv show not wearing much, but with her in First Class I kept looking at her and thought that is not that good of a look, she has kind of this weird rectangular body.

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?

Good in Mad Men, blah in most other things, though I think her coldness sort of worked for Emma Frost.
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she was very bad in First Class., she seemed bored.
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I kinda have to agree
She is beautiful to look at, but she played the same role in Unknown

She was awful in Unknown. So completely wooden, I have no idea how she became an actress. Poor Liam Neeson must have been wondering what he did wrong to have this amateur starring alongside him.

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.

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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.

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.

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.

have to agree that she was awful in X Men, but have watched all of Mad Men and never noticed it in that.