Betty Draper | |
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Mad Men character | |
First appearance | "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" (2007) |
Last appearance | "Person to Person" (2015) |
Created by | Matthew Weiner |
Portrayed by | January Jones |
In-universe information | |
Full name | Elizabeth Hofstadt Francis |
Alias | Elizabeth Hofstadt (maiden name) Elizabeth Draper (first married name) Elizabeth Francis (Second married name) |
Nickname | Betty Betts Birdie |
Gender | Female |
Occupation | Housewife Ex-model |
Family | Gene Hofstadt (deceased father) Ruth Hofstadt (deceased mother) William Hofstadt (brother) Gloria Hofstadt (step-mother) |
Spouse | |
Children | Sally Draper (daughter with Don Draper) Robert Draper (son with Don Draper) Eugene Draper (son with Don Draper) Eleanor Francis (step-daughter from Henry Francis) |
Relatives | Judy Hofstadt (sister-in-law) Herman (deceased grandfather) Emma (deceased aunt) |
Nationality | American |
Elizabeth "Betty" Draper Francis[1] (formerly Draper, née Hofstadt) is a fictional character played by January Jones on AMC's television series Mad Men. She begins the show married to protagonist Don Draper (Jon Hamm); following a separation in the third season, the two remain divorced for the remainder of the series, but continue to share custody of their three children.
Blonde and beautiful but emotionally distant and immature, Betty spends the bulk of Mad Men slowly growing as a person amid the social and political turmoil of the 1960s. The character's appearance is often compared to that of Grace Kelly,[2][3][4] with the similarities between the two also drawn during the first season of the series.
Jones received two Golden Globe nominations and a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for her performance. She also won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series twice along with the cast of Mad Men.[5]