Who played Joan Holloway on Mad Men?

Christina Hendricks played Joan Holloway on Mad Men. Joan begins the series as the highly capable office manager overseeing Sterling Cooper’s secretarial pool and later becomes Joan Harris, a partner and business leader.

Hendricks joined the AMC drama when it premiered in 2007 and remained a regular cast member through the 2015 finale. Her performance earned six consecutive Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series, as well as ensemble recognition with the Mad Men cast.

Joan’s storyline is one of the show’s clearest examinations of women’s changing professional opportunities in the 1960s. She navigates sexism, marriage, motherhood, and workplace power before co-founding a production company with Peggy Olson. The character’s maiden name, Holloway, is another reason quiz answers sometimes vary: she later uses the surname Harris after marrying Greg Harris.

The other options are also prominent Mad Men actresses, but they played different characters. Elisabeth Moss was Peggy Olson, January Jones was Betty Draper, and Kiernan Shipka was Sally Draper.