Cherry Jones
Biography
Cherry Jones is an American actress born on November 21, 1956, in Paris, Tennessee. She began her career in theatre in 1980 as a founding member of the American Repertory Theatre before transitioning into film and television. Jones made her Broadway debut in the 1987 play Stepping Out. Celebrated for her roles on stage and screen, she has received numerous accolades, including three Primetime Emmy Awards and two Tony Awards, alongside nominations for an Olivier Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award. She won Tony Awards for Best Actress in a Play for The Heiress in 1995 and Doubt in 2005, and earned additional Tony nominations for Our Country's Good in 1991 and A Moon for the Misbegotten.
Career overview
Cherry Jones is an American actress born on November 21, 1956, in Paris, Tennessee. She began her career in theatre as a founding member of the American Repertory Theatre in 1980 before eventually transitioning into film and television. Throughout her career, Jones has been celebrated for dynamic roles on both stage and screen.
Her theatrical work includes her Broadway debut in the 1987 play Stepping Out. She received Tony Awards for Best Actress in a Play for her performances in The Heiress in 1995 and Doubt in 2005. Additionally, Jones earned Tony nominations for her roles in Our Country's Good in 1991 and A Moon for the Misbegotten.
In total, Jones has received various accolades throughout her career, including three Primetime Emmy Awards and two Tony Awards. She has also received nominations for an Olivier Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award, accumulating a total of 72 known credits in her acting career on stage and screen.
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- National Theatre Live: The Grapes of Wrath (2024) as Ma Joad
- Poker Face (2023) as Laura
- Extrapolations (2023) as President Elizabeth Burdick
- Velma (2023) as Victoria (voice)
- Obsessed with Light (2023) as Loïe Fuller (voice)
- The Sky Is Everywhere (2022) as Fiona
- Five Days at Memorial (2022) as Susan Mulderick
- Hacks (2021) as Kelly Kilpatrick
- Foundation (2021) as Ambassador Quent
- The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021) as Rachel Grover
- Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age (2021) as Self
- Becoming Helen Keller (2021) as Helen Keller (voice)
- Defending Jacob (2020) as Joanna Klein
- Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens (2020) as Nancy
- Motherless Brooklyn (2019) as Gabby Horowitz
- Our Friend (2019) as Faith Pruett
- Wine Country (2019) as Lady Sunshine
- Chimerica (2019) as Mel Kincaid
- Transparent: Musicale Finale (2019) as Leslie Mackinaw
- A Rainy Day in New York (2019) as Mrs. Welles
- Succession (2018) as Nan Pierce
- Boy Erased (2018) as Dr. Muldoon
- The Handmaid's Tale (2017) as Holly Maddox
- The Party (2017) as Martha
- 11.22.63 (2016) as Marquerite Oswald
- Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (2016) as Geri Taub
- I Saw the Light (2016) as Lillie Williams
- Knight of Cups (2015) as Ruth
- Transparent (2014) as Leslie Mackinaw
- Days and Nights (2014) as Mary
- Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey (2014) as Self
- Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me (2013) as Herself
- Awake (2012) as Dr. Judith Evans
- Black Mirror (2011) as Susan Taylor
- Portlandia (2011) as Bridge Manager / New Mayor
- New Year's Eve (2011) as Mrs Rose Ahern
- The Beaver (2011) as Vice President
- Mother and Child (2009) as Sister Joanne
- Amelia (2009) as Eleanor Roosevelt
- 24: Redemption (2008) as Allison Taylor
- Deconstructing 'The Village' (2005) as Self
- Swimmers (2005) as Julia Tyler
- Ocean's Twelve (2004) as Molly Star / Mrs. Caldwell
- The Village (2004) as Mrs. Clack
- Clubhouse (2004)
- Working Shakespeare (2003)
- Making 'Signs' (2003) as Self - 'Officer Paski'
- Signs (2002) as Officer Paski
- Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002) as Buggy
- Miss America (2002) as Narrator
- 24 (2001) as Allison Taylor
- What Makes a Family (2001) as Sandy Cataldi
- Erin Brockovich (2000) as Pamela Duncan
- The Perfect Storm (2000) as Edie Bailey
- Cora Unashamed (2000) as Lizbeth Studevant
- The West Wing (1999) as Barbara Layton
- Murder in a Small Town (1999) as Mimi Barnes
- The Lady in Question (1999) as Mimi Barnes
- Cradle Will Rock (1999) as Hallie Flanagan
- The Horse Whisperer (1998) as Liz Hammond
- Out of the Past (1998) as Annie Adams Fields (voice)
- Julian Po (1997) as Lucy
- Frasier (1993) as Janet (voice)
- Housesitter (1992) as Patty
- American Experience (1988) as Narrator (voice)
- The Big Town (1987) as Ginger McDonald
- Light of Day (1987) as Cindy Montgomery
- Alex: The Life of a Child (1986) as Tina Crawford
- Sganarelle (1984) as Dorimène / Lucinde
- O’Malley (1983) as Secretary
- Fonda
- Broadway: The Next Generation as Self
- The Steel Harp