A.J. Cook is a Canadian actress who was born on 22nd July, 1978 at Oshawa, Ontario, Canada. She was born to Michael and Sandra Cook.Her father, Mike, is a teacher and her mother, Sandra, works for a psychiatrist. Cook was declared legally blind in the second grade because of a severe astigmatism, but wore contacts and thick glasses to correct her vision. In 2007 she underwent surgery during which a lens implant corrected the impairment. Andrea Joy Cook began acting at the age of 17. She has appeared in nearly a dozen films and several TV shows before the age of 25. She is well known for her role as agent Jenifer Jareau in Criminal Minds. She has also acted in The Virgin Suicides in 1999 , Out Cold in 2001 and Final Destination 2 in 2003.
A.J. Cook Religion
Cook is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. But does not limit her acting solely to roles reflecting her beliefs. She is strong believer of Christianity and follows beliefs of LSD Church. Apart from that she respects all religions and have never commented aggressively on any controversies regarding religions.
A.J. Cook Political Views
Cook is non-political. She has not supported any of the political part publicly and never been involved in any campaign of any political party. Maybe she doesn't like politics so much or she wanna keep her beliefs a secret about politics.
Who is she dating?
In 2001 she married her long time boyfriend Nathan Andersen. She met her husband in film class at UVU (Utah Valley University, formerly UVSC, Utah Valley State College).She gave birth to her 1st child at age 30, a son named Mekhai Allan Andersen on September 13, 2008. He weighed 7 lbs, 10 oz and was 20 inches long. She Gave birth to her 2nd at age 37, a son named Phoenix Sky Andersen on July 23, 2015 at 5:49 a.m., weighed 7 lbs., 6 oz., and measured 20.5 inches.
A.J. Cook Hobbies
She loves dancing. Before taking up acting, she was a dancer, having started dancing competitively at age 4 in the styles of tap, jazz, and ballet. She is a great dancer. If she wont be an actress then definitely she would be a professional dancer. She is a huge fan of the LA Kings. In her spare time she watches ice hockey tournament.
Interesting Facts
Her first acting job was in a McDonald's commercial in 1997.
She has three siblings, Nathan, Paul and Angela.
At a young age, she suffered from extreme astigmatism (which caused her to have been previously declared "legally blind"). She ultimately obtained an eye-implant called "Visian ICL", which drastically improved her vision.
She was ranked 88 in Maxim Magazine's Hot 100 list in 2014.
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._J._Cook
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0176882/
