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AJ Cook - Biography, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Filmography
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Born July 22, 1978, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada is a Canadian film and television actress.
Cook is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, that is, a Mormon. She danced from the age of 4, took ballet, tap and jazz dance lessons. She participated in competitions for many years until, at the age of 17, she decided to try her hand at acting. The film Dirty Dancing, starring Patrick Swayze, inspired her to become an actress. Selects only those roles that do not conflict with her faith and the teachings of the Mormon Church.
His first acting job was in a McDonalds commercial in 1997. This was followed by small roles in the films "Star Heroes" (Laserhawk) and "In His Father's Shoes", and the TV series "Goosebumps" and "Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal." In 1999, she was unexpectedly lucky, she got the role of one of the Lisbon sisters, the beautiful Mary, in Sofia Coppola's film "Virgin Suicides" with Josh Hartnett, Kirsten Dunst, James Woods and Kathleen Turner.
In 2000, the drama series “Higher Ground” about teenagers was released, where A.J. played the role of Shelby Merrick, but the series was canceled after the first season. 2003 was marked by the release of "Destination 2", where Cook played the role of the main character Kimberly Corman. And on the FOX channel began showing the series "Bring back from the dead", A.J. in the first season she played the role of Lindsay Walker, the best friend of Tru Davis (Eliza Dushku). The series was canceled after the first season, but later 6 episodes of the second season aired (where the heroine A.J. was no longer there).
In 2005 A.J. begins to appear in the crime drama "Criminal Minds". In 2006, films with her participation "My name is Reed Fish" and "Night Heaven" were released.
Currently filming JJ in Criminal Minds. On June 14, 2010, it was announced that under the contract, her character would not be a regular in season six. In the sixth season of the series, her character was transferred to Washington, but she was returned for two episodes due to numerous letters and requests from fans of the series to the producers of the show. She also returned in an episode of Paget Brewster's departure from the series. On April 16, 2011, it was announced that Cook had signed a new contract to film for the next two seasons.
