A. J. Cook

 Andrea Joy Cook, born July 22, 1978 is a Canadian actor from Canada. Her role as the Supervisory Special Agent Jennifer Jareau (2005-2020, 2022) is one of her most famous roles. Cook was born in Oshawa in Ontario. Cook grew up in Whitby, Ontario. She attended Anderson Collegiate Vocational Institute. She is the mother of Nathan, Paul, as along with Angela. Cook was legally blind in second grade due to severe astigmatism, but wore contacts and thick "coke bottle" glasses to improve her vision. In 2007, she had surgery in which an implanted lens corrected the impairment.Talking about her childhood, Cook recalled how other children were "cruel" and she "really could not see" and that "everything looked like a smear of color with no shapes". She also said that at the time of her diagnosis, she was not performing well at school. initially, it was believed that she had a learning disability because she could not read. However, in reality, she could not read the boards, which affected her ability to recognize letters and know their sounds.