106-436: Alison Brie Schermerhorn (born December 29, 1982) is an American actress. Her breakthrough came with the role of Trudy Campbell in the drama series Mad Men (2007–2015), which earned her a Screen Actors Guild Award . She gained recognition for her role as Annie Edison in the sitcom Community (2009–2015) and voicing Diane Nguyen in the animated comedy series BoJack Horseman (2014–2020). For playing Ruth Wilder in
212-515: A Comedy Series and won an Entertainment Weekly Award from two nominations. In April 2010, she co-hosted an episode of Attack of the Show! (and again in March 2011) and appeared in a segment on Web Soup . She appeared in the 2010 comedy film Montana Amazon . Brie made Maxim magazine 's 2010 Hot 100 list at number 99 and appeared at number 49 in their 2011 list. She was voted the 57th Sexiest Woman in
318-503: A bit of insight during a late-night drive. Cooper is presumed to be a widowed between the first and second season as he is seen as wearing a wedding ring in only the first and refers to how the late Mrs. Cooper introduced Roger Sterling and his first wife Mona in Season 2. Cooper is also childless most likely due to an unnecessary orchiectomy by Dr. Lyle Evans during the "height of his sexual prime". However, he does have sister Alice Cooper who
424-808: A character in an episode of the animated series American Dad! , which aired during their eighth season . In June 2014, Brie joined the cast of the Netflix series BoJack Horseman , which debuted on August 22. She has since voiced a variety of characters, including main character Diane Nguyen and recurring character Vincent Adultman. She appeared on Lip Sync Battle and won against Will Arnett with performances of " Shoop " by Salt-N-Pepa and " Bang Bang " by Jessie J , Ariana Grande , and Nicki Minaj . In 2015, she starred with Jason Sudeikis in Leslye Headland 's romantic comedy film Sleeping with Other People , and played Will Ferrell 's character's fiancée in
530-466: A client on their own. Ken doesn't mind working on the account since it was acquired without his help but in exchange for feigning ignorance to Cynthia, Ken demands that Pete be excluded from the proceedings, likely a result of his lingering resentment for Pete telling Roger about his freelance writing. In Season 6, Ken has been given a spacious office on SCDP's second floor, and appears to be on somewhat friendlier terms with Pete, even giving him advice when
636-505: A drink of brandy or elderflower liqueur . He is a member of the Republican Party and a devotee of Ayn Rand . He gets Sterling Cooper involved with the 1960 Nixon campaign, providing advertising services to the campaign gratis . His conservative ideology can be seen to clash with some of the younger characters as the series progresses through the 1960s as he states, “Civil rights is a slippery slope to socialism.” and his support of
742-489: A father. When Don persists, Rachel realizes he hasn't thought through this decision and tells him that he doesn't want to run away with her; he just wants to run away. She calls him a coward and ends their affair. Cooper later mentions that she went on an extended "ocean cruise," presumably to heal from her affair with Don. Don encounters her again in Season 2, while he is dining out with Bobbie Barrett. Rachel introduces them to her husband, Tilden Katz. Though it appears that Don
848-451: A friend's house. Her behavioral problems lead Betty to have her see a child psychiatrist in Season 4. Sally appears to be closer to her father than her mother, and in the Season 4 episode " The Beautiful Girls ", she unexpectedly shows up at Don's office, because she wants to live with him instead of Betty and Henry Francis. Don sometimes affectionately calls Sally "Salamander." She develops a friendship with slightly older neighbor boy Glen, who
954-716: A gift of golf clubs as a client. The same day, Roger, under pressure by McCann executives who are still angry at Ken leaving and taking the Birdseye account with him, fires him and gives his accounts to Pete. Ken, never really enamored of his job, was about to quit advertising and pursue Cynthia's suggestion to be a full-time writer, but being fired infuriates him so much that he takes a job as the head of advertising with Dow Chemical. In light of Ken's new position, Roger and Pete attempt to mend fences with him, especially when SC&P seeks to retain some autonomy from McCann-Erickson by proposing to move operations to Los Angeles. Instead of becoming
1060-444: A given that he will soon be made partner. Bert, at the meeting of Harry's outburst, assures Joan that will never happen. During Season 7, Jim Cutler takes a dualistic view of Harry: on the one hand he says that Harry's TV work is hugely successful and will be a major part of SC&P in the future, but he also bluntly tells Harry "you may be the most dishonest man I have ever worked with." Jim decides that Harry should finally be offered
1166-442: A homosexual advance and becomes wary of him. During the season 5 premiere, Megan mentions to Peggy that Don really doesn't like Harry, and thus wouldn't want him to attend his birthday party. Nonetheless, Harry is invited and attends. Given his mild social awkwardness, he is seemingly unaware of Don's opinion of him. The next day at the office, Megan catches Harry making lewd comments about her performance of " Zou Bisou Bisou " and he
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#17328760271851272-406: A knack—similar to Draper's—for understanding the consumer's mind. Don promotes her to copywriter, and she eventually accepts a copy chief position with Ted Chaough's firm, CGC, only to find herself once again working for Don following a merger. Peggy's first campaign is for Bell Jolie lipstick; she's promoted to junior copywriter on the same day that she goes into labor. Peggy either hid or
1378-410: A lot of identities for himself throughout the series, never seeming to feel comfortable where he belongs. In addition to his creative duties at Sterling Cooper, Paul is a writer, and in the Season 1 episode "Nixon vs. Kennedy", his drunken co-workers find a play he wrote and act it out, although it is not very good, and it seems to ridicule a lot of his co-workers. Paul dated Joan prior to the beginning of
1484-449: A maternal figure to her brothers. It is also implied that she will press for Henry to raise the boys after Betty's death, since she tells Don they should not be uprooted. The final image of Sally is of her washing dishes while Betty smokes at the kitchen table. Bertram "Bert" Cooper ( Robert Morse ) is the senior partner of Sterling Cooper Advertising Agency at beginning of the series. Although portrayed as elderly and eccentric, he can be
1590-541: A member of the younger set of junior account men and copywriters at Sterling Cooper, seeming to spend more office time drinking, flirting and gossiping than working. Ken has literary aspirations and has been published in The Atlantic Monthly , which excites the envy of Pete Campbell and Paul Kinsey. In Season 2, it is revealed that Ken makes considerably more money than his co-worker Harry Crane ($ 300/week vs. $ 200/week). In Season 3, Ken and Pete are promoted, sharing
1696-516: A notably Kennedy-era fascination with space. As opposed to other characters who smoke cigarettes, Paul smokes a pipe . Kinsey is a moderate drinker and says he likes to get high "whenever [he] can". In Season 2, Kinsey grows an Orson Welles beard and later quotes passages from Welles' War of the Worlds radio broadcast. He initially encourages Peggy to pursue copywriting, noting, "There are female copywriters", but it immediately becomes clear this
1802-460: A partner, Bert observing that Harry's outspoken criticism of their decision is the only genuinely impressive thing he's ever done. Don and Roger both despise Harry. When Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated, Pete is outraged by Harry's fretting over the ad time lost to news coverage, which leads to a brief but intense shouting match in which Pete accuses Harry of being a racist. Harry takes it as
1908-404: A partners' meeting, displaying considerable anger over the fact that Joan was promoted to partner when he had been passed over several times, particularly as his accomplishments happened "in broad daylight." Bert and Roger later give him a generous commission on "Broadway Joe on Broadway", a last-minute musical special he created to improve Dow Chemical's image, but flatly reject his demand to become
2014-535: A partnership and the senior partners agree, though Joan and Roger are outspoken in their opposition. Harry is surprised to run into Don when they both end up at a Los Angeles party for one of Megan's actress friends. The two men are uncomfortable at the event and go to a bar, where Harry says he wishes Don was back (which Don barely notices) before stating that Jim and Lou Avery are planning a major cigarette-company account bid because that will allow them to get rid of Don (which Don very much notices, and uses when he crashes
2120-459: A payphone located in a park, a group of men nearby. He does not tell her he has been fired, only that he will be arriving home late. Paul Kinsey ( Michael Gladis ) is a copywriter at Sterling Cooper. Kinsey initially features as part of the group of unmarried or childless young ad men in the Sterling Cooper office, who spend a lot of their time drinking, flirting, and gossiping. Paul tries out
2226-560: A ruthless businessman and is a keen operator behind the scenes with many connections in New York high society. Cooper came up through the advertising industry as a media buyer and founded Sterling Cooper with Roger Sterling's late father, Roger Sterling Sr., in 1923. Considering Sterling Cooper his life's work, he was hesitant to sell the majority interest in the agency in 1962 to the British advertising agency Putnam Powell, & Lowe (PPL). After
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#17328760271852332-438: A strong connection to Don, but acknowledges a future with him is probably impossible. When Roger has a heart attack, Don goes to Rachel's apartment and asks to come in; he has been highly affected by Roger's condition. She keeps her distance, while trying to console him. Don tries to kiss her, telling her she knows everything about him. She stops him and urges him to go to his wife. At this point Don kisses her again, saying, "This
2438-472: A three-year contract with the agency. In Season 4 in the new office at the Time Life Building , Cooper does not have an office and can be seen lounging around the office's sitting areas reading the newspaper and working on crossword puzzles with his long-time secretary, Ida Blankenship . Later in the Season 4 episode " Blowing Smoke ", when the agency is forced to radically downsize its staff following
2544-399: A time. Harry and Jennifer appear to have resolved that issue by Season 2, and they have a daughter named Beatrice. In Season 6 it is mentioned that they also now have twin sons, Nathan and Steven. Harry is initially a bit of a pushover, accepting far less in pay in negotiations than he could have asked for, and his non-confrontational attitude causes him to mishandle a situation that leads to
2650-414: A troublemaker, smoking constantly, sneaking alcohol onto campus, and dueling with golf clubs with her friends. By the end of the sixth season, Don decides to be more honest with his children, starting with showing them the now dilapidated whorehouse where he grew up. The choice to be truthful makes an impact on Sally and she begins to forgive her father for his transgressions by the beginning of Season 7. In
2756-505: A very beautiful girl," Don responds. "It's up to you to be more than that." When the series begins to draw to a close, Sally faces further complications of growing up. Glen decides to join the army and fight in Vietnam , causing a frustrated Sally to yell at Glen and express disdain over the possibility of his killing of innocent children and bystanders. Sally later expresses regret over her outburst and, through tears, tells Glen's mother that she
2862-426: A writer, Ken sees an opportunity to get revenge on them. Rather than drop SC&P as Dow's agency, he informs them he will retain them but make their life difficult. He is last seen in the final episode having lunch with Joan (proposing an opportunity for her to coordinate a promotional film for Dow), confident in his new position, and glad to be no longer with his former company. Harold "Harry" Crane ( Rich Sommer )
2968-501: Is Jewish . Her father was raised Catholic, and has Dutch, English and Scottish ancestry. While being raised by her divorced parents, she occasionally attended a " Christian - Hindu hybrid church" called the Self-Realization Fellowship with her father. She graduated from South Pasadena High School in 2001. The summer between high school and college, she worked as a clown at children's birthday parties. She graduated from
3074-543: Is Don and Betty Draper's oldest child. The series' third episode, " Marriage of Figaro ," depicts a party for her 6th birthday in May 1960. She becomes a more central character in the Seasons 3 and 4 (according to the time line of the series, she would turn nine years old in season 3 and 11 in season 4); from Season 4, she is promoted to a starring role. The death of her grandfather, Gene Hofstadt , affected Sally significantly and deepened
3180-415: Is a list of fictional characters in the television series Mad Men , all of whom have appeared in multiple episodes. * ^1 Maxwell Huckabee and Aaron Hart have split the role of Bobby Draper in the first season, while Hart takes over for the second season. Jared Gilmore plays Bobby throughout the third and fourth seasons. Donald " Don " Draper (né Dick Whitman ; Jon Hamm ) born in 1926,
3286-476: Is about 12 or 13, in Season 4. This infuriates Betty because, in prior years, Betty and Glen reached out and comforted each other when they were both feeling sad, lonely, and neglected. Betty forbids Sally to see Glen, and proves to be very volatile whenever Sally sees him. Sally continues to surreptitiously communicate with Glen, calling him frequently at his boarding school. As Sally progresses into young adulthood, she witnesses several disturbing events, such as in
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3392-550: Is an ambitious young account executive whose father-in-law controls the advertising for Clearasil , a Sterling Cooper account. Born with a silver spoon in his mouth, he becomes more competitive with Don as the series progresses, and ultimately becomes the partner of Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce. Elizabeth "Betty" Francis (née Hofstadt , formerly Draper ; January Jones ) is the ex-wife of Don Draper (who affectionately called her "Betts," or on occasion "Birdy") and mother of their three children, Sally, Bobby, and Gene. Her family home
3498-486: Is briefly concerned that he could lose his job. Also in Season 5, he is approached by former close friend Paul Kinsey, who is now a Hare Krishna and is floundering. He has sex with Paul's Hare Krishna girlfriend without Paul's knowledge. Immediately afterwards, she tells Harry that he disgusts her and she only had sex with him so that he would no longer try to rescue Paul from the Krishnas. Indeed, later, Paul, wanting to escape
3604-628: Is decorated in a Japanese motif with shōji dividers, the erotic illustration The Dream of the Fisherman's Wife , among other items such as a late period red painting by Mark Rothko . Also, inspired by Japanese customs, he requires visitors to remove their shoes before entering his office and also walks around the rest of the Sterling Cooper offices in his socks. In contrast with many of his colleagues Cooper abstains from smoking and even lectures Roger about being dependent on smoking. Cooper also isn't much of drinker, but will occasionally celebrate with
3710-560: Is elsewhere due to pressures at work. Illustrations popular in magazine advertisements in the 1950s and early 1960s are going out of style in favor of photographs, so he fears he will lose his job as an illustrator. Later in the scene, Kitty is in bed and Sal vividly demonstrates how the Ann-Margret look-alike will dance and sing " Bye Bye Birdie " in his commercial, with lyrics changed for Pepsi 's new diet drink Patio . Kitty nods but appears uncomfortable with Sal's flamboyant performance. In
3816-530: Is first depicted as an office manager at Sterling Cooper, who acts as a professional and social mentor, as well as an occasional rival, to Peggy Olson, much as Don Draper is to Pete Campbell. Throughout the course of the series, Joan has a long-standing affair with Roger Sterling, which results in their conceiving a son. She ascribes the boy's fatherhood to her husband, a physician serving as a military officer in Vietnam, whom she later divorces. Joan eventually rises up to
3922-410: Is having dinner with his fiancée, Cynthia and future in-laws when he learns that Lucky Strike , SCDP's biggest client by far, is taking their business to another agency. In the Season 5 premiere he is happily married, and he and his new wife attend Don's surprise birthday party. Ken is still writing in his off-hours and has published science fiction stories using the pseudonym of Ben Hargrove, which
4028-546: Is heavyset and works as a nurse at a state hospital. He attended Columbia University , and before getting married lived in Murray Hill . He is easygoing, confident, and generally happy, with a genuine artist's skills. He writes as a hobby and took a job in advertising because he heard there was money in it. In the early seasons, he gives the impression of being successful at his job while not caring much about it, not seeming as ambitious as Pete Campbell and Harry Crane. He appears as
4134-470: Is injured by the Chevy car executives while engaging in leisure activities with them. In " The Crash ", while under the influence of a "mild stimulant" that is intended to help SCDP employees to work the extra hours needed on the Chevy account, Ken demonstrates that he is a talented tap dancer , but can't remember clearly whether he learned the skill from his mother or his first girlfriend. In "Quality of Mercy", Ken
4240-465: Is it. This is all there is." She consents, and they have sex. Afterward, he confides in her that his mother was a prostitute who died giving birth to him. Don and Rachel continue their affair for several weeks. When Pete Campbell blackmails Don, he comes to Rachel with the suggestion that they run away together to Los Angeles. She reminds him of his duty to his children and questions whether he would want to abandon his children after having grown up without
4346-492: Is key to the story from the outset. Salvatore "Sal" Romano ( Bryan Batt ) is the Italian-American art director at Sterling Cooper, from Baltimore . Sal turned down a proposition from a male employee of Belle Jolie Cosmetics midway through the first season, admitting that though he has thought about having relationships with men, he has never acted on this impulse. He joins the other men of Sterling Cooper in flirting with
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4452-416: Is merely an attempt to seduce her. He later becomes jealous and pettily competitive when her skill becomes indisputable. He realizes Peggy and Don have creative "magic" together when it comes to advertising ideas and slogans and is annoyed, especially as his own contributions become less favored by Don and, as a result, diminish his importance at the firm. Paul expresses considerable anger when he realizes Peggy
4558-450: Is only momentarily shaken by the news of Rachel's marriage, four episodes later, after drinking heavily with Roger and Freddy Rumsen, he gives his name as "Tilden Katz" to a bouncer outside an underground club Roger is trying to get them into, showing that Rachel was clearly still on his mind. In Season 7, Don has a vision of Rachel attending a casting call for aspiring models. When he tries to contact her, Don discovers that Rachel had died
4664-644: Is seeing her only to appear interesting. At their first meeting, Joan microaggressively tells Sheila that she never "took Paul to be open-minded". Sheila dumps Paul while they are registering black voters in the South , after he whines and frets about his safety in the region over hers. He is "slumming" by living in a run-down neighborhood popular among beatniks in Montclair, New Jersey , and espouses more Bohemian ideas and attitudes than his fellow young copywriters. Joan, however, mocks him for this lifestyle, proclaiming that he
4770-456: Is sharing the position with him. When he gets married he becomes the only one of the central characters on the show to never be shown cheating on his wife. He maintains a healthy separation between his personal and professional lives, refusing to use family connections to succeed. Because Pete Campbell was approached first and agreed to join SCDP, Ken is not asked to join the new firm and is not seen in
4876-424: Is simply pretentious and wants to believe he is better than the people he works with. He steals an IBM Selectric typewriter from the Sterling Cooper offices because he says as a writer, he needs it. This leads to a secretary being blamed and almost fired. He is originally from New Jersey and attended Princeton on a scholarship, two facts he is eager to hide. A fan of science fiction and The Twilight Zone , he has
4982-477: Is sorry and wants to say goodbye to Glen before he leaves for basic training. Later, Sally learns from Henry that her mother Betty is dying from lung cancer , something Betty had not wanted Sally to know at that stage of her illness. On a surprise visit to the Francis household, Betty gives Sally a letter that she tells Sally to read after her death. Shortly afterward, at her dorm room, Sally goes against orders and reads
5088-518: Is terrible, but Harry, feeling guilty because he has had sex with Paul's Hare Krishna girlfriend, and not wanting to deal with Paul's problems, praises the script and gives Paul $ 500 and a ticket to Los Angeles so he can start afresh. He advises Paul not to submit the script to the Star Trek production team due to "studio politics," and instead recommends that he write his own original stories. Paul expresses considerable gratitude toward Harry, telling him he
5194-486: Is the creative director at Sterling Cooper Advertising Agency; he eventually rises to become a partner. He later becomes a founding partner at Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce. Draper is the series' protagonist , and more storylines focus on him than on other characters. Margaret "Peggy" Olson ( Elisabeth Moss ), upon introduction, is the ostensibly naïve "new girl" at Sterling Cooper. She was originally Draper's secretary, but showed surprising talent and initiative, including
5300-460: Is the first person to actually do something for him, completely unaware of Harry's lies. Kenneth "Ken" Cosgrove ( Aaron Staton ) is an account executive at Sterling Cooper. Pete says Ken is the son of a salesman from Burlington, Vermont , and Ken tells Fillmore Auto Parts he grew up in rural Vermont. In Season 6, Ken tells Pete Campbell that he went to high school in Cabot, Vermont . Ken says his mother
5406-420: Is the second character at Sterling Cooper to learn that Don Draper is actually Dick Whitman, after Pete Campbell informs him of the truth, but he reacts with nonchalance, remarking, "Mr. Campbell, who cares? " and urging him to forget about it. In a ruthless move he keeps silent about Don's identity but uses this knowledge two years later in the Season 3 episode "Seven Twenty Three" to pressure Don into signing
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#17328760271855512-576: Is wounded in a hunting accident by a pair of Chevy executives and loses an eye. Deciding that Chevy is too much for him, he returns to New York full-time to support the newly pregnant Cynthia. During Season 7, Ken reveals he has a son, Edward. Cynthia is growing frustrated with Ken facing increased pressure at work, and she encourages him to leave the advertising business and write the Great American Novel he has dreamed of doing. After his father-in-law retires from Dow Chemical , Ken presents him with
5618-539: Is wrong in their marriage. In the Season 3 premiere, Don Draper sees Sal alone with a partly-dressed, male hotel bellhop, but subtly assures Sal he will keep silent by drawing Sal's attention to the ad slogan they had been working on for raincoats: "Limit your exposure". Later in the third season, with Don's encouragement, Sal branches out into directing commercials for the company. Meanwhile, Sal and Kitty have not had sex in several months and Kitty tells Sal she needs "tending to". He assures her that he loves her, but his mind
5724-651: The AMC period drama series Mad Men (2007–2015), which won her the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series . She went on to star in the web series My Alibi , which aired from 2008 to 2009. From 2009 to 2015, she portrayed Annie Edison on the NBC / Yahoo! View sitcom Community , for which she was nominated for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actress in
5830-454: The Apple TV+ anthology TV series ROAR , "The Woman Who Solved Her Own Murder". The series is based on the eponymous book by Cecelia Ahern . In 2022, it was also announced that Brie would reprise her role as Annie in a Community film. In 2023, Brie wrote and starred in the romantic comedy film Somebody I Used to Know with her husband Dave Franco , who also co-wrote and directed it. It
5936-848: The California Institute of the Arts with a bachelor's degree in theater in 2005. Her studies included a year at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow . Brie began acting onstage at the Jewish Community Center in Southern California . Her first television role came in 2006 as Nina, a novice hairdresser , on the Disney Channel sitcom Hannah Montana . She received further recognition as Trudy Campbell in
6042-528: The G4 cable network. The show premiered on June 7, 2009, and was hosted by Chris Hardwick . The series focused on commenting on the latest viral videos , and had a very similar style as its sister network E! 's series The Soup . During the first two seasons, this show was taped in front of a green screen like The Soup . In the third season, the program taped on the set usually utilized by E! News with added studio audience seating. Chris Hardwick confirmed via
6148-473: The Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series , and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy . In 2018, she co-starred in the music video for Beck 's "Colors". In 2019, she reprised her voice role as Princess Unikitty in the animated comedy sequel film The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part and provided an English dub for
6254-515: The Vietnam War to contain communism in South East Asia. Cooper also seems to harbor some racist feelings, as evidenced in the Season 7 episode "A Day's Work" when, after, Joan has reassigned Dawn Chambers to the reception desk, Cooper complains that visitors to the agency are greeted by someone who is black. Web Soup Web Soup was an American weekly infotainment series that aired on
6360-580: The series finale , Harry is last seen wearing a fur coat and eating cookies as he awaits a final lunch with Pete and Peggy. Sommer reprised the role in the 2018 film A Futile and Stupid Gesture , where Harry can be seen in the background of one scene. Rachel Katz (née Menken ; Maggie Siff ) is the Jewish head of a department store who becomes romantically involved with Draper after she comes to Sterling Cooper in search of an advertising agency to revamp her business' image. Don's first encounter with Rachel, in
6466-505: The "stress" of work over the comforts of married life. Rachel confidently replies that business is a thrill and adds that she's never been in love. Don mocks this addition, asserting that love doesn't exist; it was invented by ad men. He goes on to say that everyone is essentially alone – that people live alone and die alone. Rachel responds that she knows what it is like to be disconnected and feel out of place, and she sees that in Don. Something about
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#17328760271856572-410: The 5% stake Joan had is worth at least $ 1,500,000. Later, Megan contacts Harry to see if he can help her with her acting career. Harry just assumes this means she will have sex with him in exchange. When she refuses and leaves in disgust, he quickly goes to see Don, who is unaware of the proposition, to assure him that his soon-to-be-ex-wife Megan is "crazy" and Don shouldn't believe anything she says. By
6678-505: The Japanese animated romantic fantasy film Weathering with You . In 2020, Brie starred in the acclaimed drama thriller film Promising Young Woman , directed by Emerald Fennell . Also that year, she wrote, produced and starred as Sarah in the Netflix drama film Horse Girl , which was directed by Jeff Baena . Brie then starred opposite Dan Stevens in the horror film The Rental , which
6784-431: The Krishnas, approaches Harry for help—he has written a spec script for Star Trek and wants to know if it will be successful. Harry lies to Paul and assures him it's a great script (when in truth he and Peggy agree it is not only terrible but borderline racist), and urges him to leave immediately for California, giving him $ 500 (nearly $ 4000 in 2016 dollars) and a first class plane ticket on American Airlines for
6890-462: The Netflix comedy-drama series GLOW , which was inspired by the 1980s female professional wrestling promotion Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling . Brie noted that since appearing in GLOW and receiving critical praise for it, she has become more focused on taking "meaningful" roles. For her performance, she earned multiple nominations for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Comedy Series ,
6996-571: The Season 3 episode "Wee Small Hours", Sal rejects the advances of Lee Garner, Jr., a married Lucky Strike executive who, in retaliation, calls Harry Crane and demands Sal's removal from the account. When Harry fails to pass this on, Garner walks out of a subsequent meeting. Roger fires Sal on the spot. Don supports Roger's decision on the basis that the company can afford to lose him rather than Lucky Strike and regards Sal with disdain, implying that he should have just given Garner what he wanted. In Sal's last appearance, he calls his wife late at night from
7102-503: The Season 5 episode " At the Codfish Ball " when she sees Marie Calvet, her stepmother Megan's mother, fellating Roger Sterling during a business dinner, and, most disturbingly, her own father having sex with his neighbor Sylvia in the Season 6 episode "Favors". Don's outright denial of the reality of the encounter alienates him from Sally, and, resentful of her parents, Sally decides to attend boarding school. While at school, Sally becomes
7208-446: The Season 7 episode, "A Day's Work" Sally goes to a dorm mate's mother's funeral, but ditches with her friends to go shopping. However, while at a café, she leaves her purse behind. Realizing this on the train back, she has no choice but to go to Don's work and ask him for a ride. She goes to his work to discover Lou Avery in what used to be his office. Now suspicious, Sally goes back to his apartment. Eventually, Don arrives and she he uses
7314-503: The World by FHM readers in 2013. She was voted the 2nd most desirable woman in the world by AskMen readers in 2014. Brie starred in several major film roles, including as Rebecca Walters, Sidney Prescott 's assistant, in the slasher horror film Scream 4 (2011), and Suzie Barnes in the romantic comedy film The Five-Year Engagement (2012). She voiced Princess Unikitty in the animated comedy film The Lego Movie (2014), and voiced
7420-595: The agency under strict stipulations. He dies while watching the 1969 Apollo 11 Moon landing on television with his maid. At the end of the first half of Season 7, Bert appears to Don as an apparition in the SC&;P lobby, and goes into a song and dance of " The Best Things in Life Are Free ", surrounded by smiling, dancing secretaries instead of showgirls, before disappearing. Later, during Season 7's "Lost Horizon", Cooper's ghost appears to Don in his car, chatting and giving him
7526-513: The comedy film Get Hard . In 2016, she starred as Lucy in the romantic comedy film How to Be Single , and as Martha Dunstable in Julian Fellowes' adaptation of Anthony Trollope's Dr. Thorne for television. In 2017, she co-starred in several films, including the historical comedy The Little Hours , the biographical comedy-drama The Disaster Artist , and the historical drama The Post . From 2017 to 2019, she starred as Ruth Wilder in
7632-513: The comedy-drama series GLOW (2017–2019), she received nominations for two Golden Globe Awards and two Critics' Choice Awards . In addition to her television work, Brie has starred in films such as Scream 4 (2011), The Five-Year Engagement (2012), The Lego Movie film series (2014–2019), Get Hard (2015), How to Be Single (2016), The Post (2017), The Little Hours (2017), Promising Young Woman (2020), and Happiest Season (2020). She also wrote, produced, and starred in
7738-412: The company's along with those of the recently deceased partners, but gleefully accepts Cutler's proposal to name the firm "Sterling Cooper & Partners." On Thanksgiving Day, 1968, Cooper leads Roger, Jim and Joan in confronting Don over his recent behavior and placing the errant creative director on an indefinite leave of absence. In Season 7, after Roger's urging, Cooper is willing to let Don return to
7844-593: The earlier episodes in Season 4. It turns out that he leaves Sterling Cooper and goes to McCann Erickson. He eventually leaves for Geyer and later tells Pete that McCann was the worst agency he had ever seen. Ken admits to being unhappy and bored at Geyer and later joins SCDP, bringing Birds Eye and other clients with him, and agrees to serve under Pete. There are limits to what Ken will do, he refuses to try to bring his father-in-law's business over to SCDP because he does not want to mix his personal and professional lives, about which Pete has no scruples. Later in Season 4, Ken
7950-493: The excuse 'I wasn't feeling well.' He writes her a note and drives her back to the school. Mid-way, they confront each other about their lies. They stop for food and he drives her back to the school. Sally gets out of the car and while she shuts the door, she says, "Happy Valentines Day. I love you." Which hasn't been said to each other since Season 4. However, she still objects to Don's decisions in life, telling her father that she does not want to be anything like her parents. "You're
8056-624: The films Horse Girl (2020), Spin Me Round (2022), and Somebody I Used to Know (2023). Alison Brie Schermerhorn was born on December 29, 1982, in the Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles , California . Her father, Charles Terry Schermerhorn, is a musician and freelance entertainment reporter. Her mother, Joanne Brenner, works at Para los Niños ("For the Children"), a non-profit childcare agency. She has an older sister named Lauren. Brie's mother
8162-421: The firing of his friend and co-worker, Sal Romano. Despite these flaws, Harry is the only member of the firm to recognize the importance of television to the firm, and he subsequently creates and puts himself in charge of Sterling Cooper's television department. Later, when Sterling Cooper is in the process of being sold, Harry mistakenly thinks they are considering opening a West Coast office and believes he will be
8268-565: The firm. It is later shown that Paul Kinsey replaced Don on the Menken's account when Rachel exchanges brief pleasantries with Don while on her way to a meeting at Sterling Cooper. She appears to still be stung by their romantic encounter. While doing research for a campaign for the Israeli Tourist Board, Don invites Rachel to lunch so he can pick her brain about Jewish cultural identity. Afterward Rachel calls her sister and admits to feeling
8374-511: The latter finds himself in a very awkward situation. He dislikes the obsequious new employee Bob Benson. After the acquisition of the new Chevy account and the subsequent merger with CGC, Ken is assigned to deal with the account and has to be in Detroit more often. Ken's happy-go-lucky attitude begins to fade, and the number of things he has to do for work that he does not like, increase. He is forced to spend time away from his family in Detroit, and he
8480-553: The letter anyway. In the letter, Betty gives Sally a picture of Betty to show the embalmers how to dress and style her for the viewing, and tells Sally that she loves her, and that while in the past she was worried because Sally always wanted to go her own way, now she admires her independent nature, resulting in Sally breaking down in tears. Later, upon learning Betty wants to send Bobby and Gene to stay with her uncle after her death, Sally decides to cancel her planned trip to Madrid and serve as
8586-416: The level of partner at Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce and the following SC&P, and chooses to create her own firm after SC&P is absorbed by McCann Erickson. Roger H. Sterling, Jr. ( John Slattery ), is one of the two managing partners of Sterling Cooper, and later a founding partner at Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce. Roger's relationship with Lucky Strike, one of Sterling Cooper's most lucrative accounts,
8692-623: The loss of the Lucky Strike account, an angered Cooper tells the other partners he is quitting, partially in response to Don Draper's ad in The New York Times , which he feels is a needlessly reckless career move, and he does not want to be associated with Draper's "stunt". However, as of the premiere of Season 5 , he is back with the agency. By Season 6, Cooper has been given his own office on SCDP's new second floor and starts going about his duties with more vigor and enjoyment than he has for
8798-504: The meeting and ultimately ruins the account bid). In "Waterloo", Harry has not yet signed his approved partnership deal because he is getting divorced and does not want Jennifer to end up with any of it. Roger tells him that he "missed the boat" and that the idea of his becoming partner is now off the table. Harry has once again failed to read a situation properly, and his boastful posturing thus results in him losing an enormous amount of money when McCann Erickson buys Sterling Cooper, where even
8904-463: The new agency's behalf. We see him flirting with Peggy's friends as well, and it is implied that he cheats on his wife but has learned to keep it from her. In typical awkward Harry fashion, he sees prostitutes while in California for work, but pays them in traveler's cheques . When he calls Joey Baird into his office and tells him that he has a particular look suited to television, Baird interprets it as
9010-498: The past two seasons, and more effectively than Roger and Don, the other senior partners. Cooper works in secret with Pete and Joan to prepare SCDP for becoming a publicly traded company, but his plans are derailed when Don loses the Jaguar account. Cooper's initial opinion on the subsequent merger with CGC is unclear, though he goes about his duties at the new agency with his usual aplomb. Cooper later volunteers to have his name removed from
9116-492: The person to move to California. In Season 3, he is the only Sterling Cooper executive who is promoted by the firm's British owner as part of a short-lived company reorganization. Harry later accepts an offer to join Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce as "Head of Media". By Season 4, a more confident and slimmer, if smarmier, Harry shows great progress at work, as he is often seen making deals with television networks on
9222-441: The phone company. In early seasons, they seem to have one of the happier and more egalitarian marriages on the show; Harry is honest with his wife and is shown asking her advice about his problems at work. He flirts with women but is faithful to his wife until he has too much to drink at an office party and has an one-night stand with Hildy, Pete's secretary. He confesses the infidelity to Jennifer, who kicks him out of their home for
9328-513: The pilot, is at a meeting where he pitches the idea of using coupons to attract more customers to the store. Rachel disagrees with the tactic, asserting that she would like to attract wealthier customers. Draper is unhappy with hearing a woman talk to him assertively at the business table. He storms out of the meeting, but Roger Sterling later asks him to reconcile with Rachel, as she is worth $ 3 million. At his dinner with Rachel, Don questions her desire to work in business, confused that she would choose
9434-436: The prestigious publishing house of Farrar Straus wants to publish, a fact he tries to keep secret from his co-workers. At the end of " Signal 30 ", Ken tells Peggy Olson that Roger Sterling is forcing him to abandon writing fiction as he feels it takes away time from his work for the firm. He continues to do so under the new pen name Dave Algonquin. In "Commissions and Fees" Don and Roger manage to secure Ken's father-in-law as
9540-457: The previous week. During a shiva conducted in her memory, Don learns that Rachel suffered from leukemia and that she had two children. Her sister, with whom Rachel was close and in whom she confided about her relationship with Don, is not happy to see him. She pointedly says that Rachel "had it all,” makes it clear her life was better for not having Don in it, and is curt until Don takes the hint and leaves. Sally Beth Draper ( Kiernan Shipka )
9646-558: The rift between her and her mother. When her youngest brother is named after their dead grandfather and given his room, Sally becomes convinced that the baby is her grandfather's reincarnation and becomes terrified of him, but is eventually calmed down by her father. Sally is adventurous, and she has been seen throughout the series making cocktails for her father, smoking one of her mother's cigarettes, asking Don's co-workers about sex, sneaking sips of their alcoholic beverages, being taught how to drive by her grandfather, and masturbating while at
9752-423: The role of Accounts Director, which infuriates Pete (who wanted the job) while Ken is unruffled. While not as outwardly ambitious as Pete, he has proven to be a competent executive and an exceptionally talented creative thinker, eclipsing Pete as a rising star at Sterling Cooper. Eventually, Ken is promoted above Pete, to the latter's fury, particularly when Ken is blasé about the promotion and about learning that Pete
9858-484: The sale, he begins to feel increasingly insignificant as they start to exert control, but accepts this as part of the terms of the buyout, from which he, his sister Alice, Roger, and Don profited handsomely. When informed of the potential sale PPL and Sterling Cooper to McCann Erickson and that he will be forced to retire as a result, Cooper goes on to start a new agency, Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce in December 1963. Cooper
9964-633: The series, but Joan split up with him because he bragged about their relationship around the office; according to Joan, Paul "has a big mouth". When a then-naive Peggy begins to work at Sterling Cooper as Don's secretary, Paul hits on her, but Peggy rejects him, as she is secretly attracted to Pete. In Season 2, Paul dates Sheila, a black assistant manager in South Orange who is involved in the Civil Rights Movement . Joan initially makes fun of his relationship with his black girlfriend, as she believes he
10070-430: The statement seems to intrigue Don, but Rachel ends the meeting, promising to come back to Sterling Cooper for another meeting on Monday morning. At the second meeting, in the third episode, Rachel is irked that none of the admen on her team have been to her store. Don solves the problem by meeting her there that afternoon. While there she gives him a pair of medieval knight cuff links and takes him to her favorite place in
10176-427: The store, the roof - where the store keeps its patrol dogs. Rachel explains that she was always close to the dogs as a young girl because her father liked to work a lot. Other than her sister, the dogs were her only companions, as her mother died while giving birth to her. After her revelation, Don kisses her. He tells her he is married, which stuns her. She feels foolish and asks that he put someone else on her account at
10282-577: The trip. Paul expresses gratitude and feels Harry is a true friend, when in fact Harry's lies and desire to get Paul away from him are evidence of him simply not wanting to deal with Paul. In Season 6, Harry's personality has changed considerably from his days at Sterling Cooper; he has become arrogant and full of prideful boasting about the Media Department. His jealousy manifests itself when Joan fires his secretary, Scarlett, for falsifying her time card. He orders Scarlett back to work and then bursts into
10388-609: The women in the workplace. He speaks to his mother in Italian. Sal is shown to have a sarcastic side to his personality, mocking Pete after he nearly loses his job and laughing at Freddy Rumsen urinating himself. Between Seasons 1 and 2, Sal marries a childhood friend, Kitty ( Sarah Drew ). The two entertain Ken Cosgrove for dinner during the Season 2 episode "The Gold Violin", during which Sal seems taken with his guest. Kitty shows signs of frustration at being ignored, expressing that something
10494-464: Was a media buyer at Sterling Cooper. He initially is part of the group of young and unmarried or newly married members of the Creative and Accounts teams. Harry is from Wisconsin and a University of Wisconsin alumnus, the only one of Pete's close friends who did not attend an Ivy League school (Ken went to Columbia , Pete to Dartmouth , and Paul to Princeton ). He is married to Jennifer, who works at
10600-406: Was an early investor in Sterling Cooper and served as partner and Secretary-Treasurer. Also, Cooper's mother had a major influence in his life as describes that his mother made him who is today, despite his mother not living to see him to the success he was able to achieve. Cooper's most notable characteristics are his eccentricities and being an aficionado of Japanese art and culture . His office
10706-713: Was announced as Evil-Lyn for the upcoming live action movie reboot of Masters of the Universe . She stars as Macy’s Gift Guide in the American department store chain's Holiday 2024 advertising campaign . Brie is bisexual . She began dating Dave Franco in 2012 after meeting him at a 2011 Mardi Gras party in New Orleans . On August 25, 2015, it was reported that they were engaged. They married on March 13, 2017. In an interview with Larry King in 2017, she said that she did not want to have children. Trudy Campbell This
10812-570: Was chosen by Don to join the new agency Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce, while he was not. In the Season 5 episode " Christmas Waltz ", Kinsey reappears as a devotee of the Hare Krishna movement, which he has joined at least partly to win the affections of a girl. (His advertising career has apparently stalled, since he bounced between a few other agencies before becoming a Hare Krishna). He contacts Harry Crane to ask him to pass on his spec script for Star Trek to Harry's contacts at NBC. The script
10918-488: Was directed by her husband Dave Franco . Brie played Sloane in the romantic comedy film Happiest Season , directed by Clea DuVall . In 2021, she starred as a celebrity guest voice in the fifth season of the animated sitcom Rick and Morty . In 2022, Brie starred in and co-wrote the dark comedy film Spin Me Round with frequent collaborator and director Jeff Baena ; it was released in select theatres by IFC Films and streamed on AMC+ . She also starred in an episode of
11024-546: Was in Elkins Park, Pa., and she graduated from Bryn Mawr College . She speaks fluent Italian. She is the archetypal dissatisfied 1960s housewife, who dutifully turned her back on her education and professional career (as a model) to become a homemaker. After obtaining a divorce from Don, she marries Henry Francis and moves to Rye in late 1965. Despite no longer being married to Don, Betty is shown to harbor feelings for him. Joan P. Harris (née Holloway ; Christina Hendricks )
11130-429: Was in denial about her pregnancy; she gives birth to a boy conceived with Pete Campbell,with whom she had a couple of one night stands. After her return to Sterling Cooper, she continues to have success as a copy writer and eventually loses her little girl style, cuts her hair, and begins to dress more like an adult, but with subtle nods to her Catholic school girl upbringing. Peter "Pete" Campbell ( Vincent Kartheiser )
11236-626: Was released on Amazon Prime Video on February 10 and became the #1 film on the platform in the US and worldwide. In 2023, Brie also voiced the character of Aftershock in the Disney Channel animated series Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur . In February 2023, it was announced that Brie was cast in Peacock's limited TV series adaptation of the Liane Moriarty novel Apples Never Fall with Jake Lacy , Annette Bening and Sam Neill . On September 4, 2024, she
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