A. J. Cook Net Worth 2022 - Bio, Salary, Biggest Awards -

Last Updated on April 21, 2022

A.J. Cook is a Canadian actress whose filmography consists mainly of feature films has a net worth of $4 000 000(1). She’s most often involved in thrillers or horror movies. The longest multi-episode project for the creative biography of the artist was the series “Criminal Minds ” which was filmed from 2005 to 2020.

Net Worth	000 000 $
Born	July 22, 1978 Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
Residence	–
Occupation	Actress

Childhood and youth

The full name of the actress is Andrea Joy Cook(2). She was born in Oshawa, Ontario, but most of the time she lived in Whitby. My father worked as a school teacher, and my mother worked as a psychiatrist. AJ grew up with two brothers and a sister. The girl showed creative inclinations from an early age. At 4, she became interested in dancing and began to learn to dance jazz, beat tap dance and do ballet pas.

For a long time, A.J. thought he’d link the biography to the choreography. But by the time she was 16, she realized that she was much more attracted to her acting career. That decision was inspired by the movie Dirty Dancing. Becoming famous, Cook said that she even began to teach dancing and, if she did not prefer to work in the cinema, would probably open a small dance studio.

The girl graduated from the University of Utah Valley, and after moving to Salt Lake City and then to Los Angeles, she began shooting.

Personal life

A.J Cook with her family photo:instagram.com/ajcook/

A.J. Cook is married. The wedding with musician Nathan Andersen took place in August 2001(3). The artist’s personal life was a success, her husband an old friend. The couple met while they were still studying at university for one of her lectures. After graduation, the young people moved to another city together. Now the couple are raising two children, the sons of Mekhai Allan, who was born in 2008, and Phoenix Sky, who was born in 2015.

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Movies

A.J. Cook made her camera debut in an ad for “McDonald’s” in 1997. The girl was invited to work on episodic roles in the projects “Star Heroes” and “In Place of Father. This was followed by participation in the creation of the series “Goosebumps”. A larger scale was “Psi Factor: Chronicles of Paranormal Events.

1999 brought the actress a cherished chance of success in the movie “Suicide Virgins” directed by Sophia Coppola. In the frame Cook portrayed Mary Lisbon. A year later, the girl was on the set of the series “Above the Earth,” but his ratings were very low.

In 2003, viewers watched A.J. in the sinister thriller “Final Destination – 2”. In the film, the performer played the main character. Portfolio of the artist gradually filled with images from horror films and thrillers. Cook was invited to participate in the creation of the series “To Return from the Dead. The actress starred in season 1, but the project was unsuccessful. After the premiere and shooting a short 2nd season work was completed.

2005 was a turning point in the career of Canadians: she was chosen to shoot the series Criminal Minds(6). The actress was entrusted with the embodiment of the image of Special Agent Jennifer Jareau. Partners on the set were Shemar Moore, Josh Stewart, Matthew Grey Gabler.

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The work on the series was long. During the filming of AJ had to first hide the pregnancy, and then share sons with his heroine: children actress starred in the series Criminal Minds. Mekhay became a guest guest of several episodes, and Phoenix embodied in the frame of the second son of heroine.

In parallel with employment in the project actress managed to act in the feature films. On the screen, she appeared in the movie “I’m Reed Fish”(4) and “Night Sky.(5)

In 2020, the shooting of the final episode of “Criminal Minds” was completed. AJ was able to try himself as a director of episodes of the series, about which the actress informed the followers in a separate post on Instagram.