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A.J. Cook

Age: 31
Height: 5' 6 1/2"

Birth Place: Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
Born: Jul. 22nd, 1978

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A.J. Cook's Main TV Roles

Show	Character(s)
Criminal Minds	Jennifer "JJ"&hellip
Tru Calling	Lindsay Walker
Higher Ground	Shelby Merrick

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB

BIOGRAPHY:

Born on July 22, 1978, in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada, to Mike and Sandra Cook, Andrea Joy Cook is one of the rising young stars in Hollywood today. Though she didn't begin acting until age 17, Miss Cook has appeared in nearly a dozen films and several TV shows before the age of twenty-five. Before taking up acting, she was a dancer, having started dancing competitively at age 4 in the styles of tap, jazz, and ballet. Her first big role came in the 1999 film The Virgin Suicides (1999), directed by Sofia Coppola. Later that year she landed the role of Shelby Merrick in the TV series "Higher Ground" (2000), which also starred her good friend and fellow Canadian Jewel Staite.

TRIVIA:

AJ and her husband, Nathan Anderson, welcomed baby boy, Mekhai Allan Anderson, September 13, 2008. He weighed 7 lbs, 10 oz and was 20 inches long.
Met her husband in film class at UVSC
Is good friends with fellow _"Higher Ground" (2000)_ (qv) cast mate, 'Jewel Staite' (qv).
Before she got into acting, she was a competitive dancer and taught dance back home in Oshawa
She has three siblings, Nathan, Paul and Angela.
Was first "Higher Ground" cast member to know of Hayden Christensen's winning the role of Anakin Skywalker.
Her first acting job was in a McDonald's commercial in 1997
Expecting her first child in late September/early October 2008.