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# Getting to know A.J. Cook
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/getting-to-know-a-j-cook/
- Published: 2003-02-07T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T01:31:05.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Education, Santa Monica, #archive-import

By now you probably know that A.J. Cook stars in the second biggest movie of the week, the new teen thriller “Final Destination 2.” But here’s a few things you might not know about the Whitby, Ontario native: she’s 24, married her college sweetheart in September, 2001, and is a devout Mormon. So religious, in fact that Cook, who recently moved to a small beach community south of Los Angeles, refuses to take any roles that go against her faith.

“I will not do nudity and I will not do a sex scene,” she tells us. “There are just certain things I will not do. I have certain morals.” Otherwise, Cook says, “I am just your everyday, average girl. I live by the beach. I wear flip-flops. I don’t wear makeup. My husband (college student Nathan Anderson) and I are just really laid back people. We hang out on the beach and go to the gym. It’s like me and my husband are in our little world.”

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on February 7, 2003.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/020703.pdf?ref=smdp.com)