Cherry Jones
Known for Acting · 72 credits
- Born
- 1956-11-21 (age 69)
- Place of birth
- Paris, Tennessee, USA
Biography
Cherry Jones (born November 21, 1956) is an American actress. Having started her career in theatre as a founding member of the American Repertory Theatre in 1980, she then transitioned into film and television. Celebrated for her dynamic roles on stage and screen, she has received various accolades, including three Primetime Emmy Awards and two Tony Awards, as well as nominations for an Olivier Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award.
Jones made her Broadway debut in the 1987 play Stepping Out. She went on to receive two Tony Awards for Best Actress in a Play for The Heiress in 1995 and Doubt in 2005. Her other Tony-nominated roles were in Our Country's Good in 1991, A Moon for the Misbegotten in 2000, and The Glass Menagerie in 2014. Her most recent Broadway performance was in The Lifespan of a Fact in 2018.
She is also known for her work on television with breakthrough roles as Barbara Layton in The West Wing and President Allison Taylor in 24 the latter of which won her the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 2009. She received a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for Transparent in 2015 and earned two Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for her roles in the Hulu drama series The Handmaid's Tale in 2019 and the HBO drama series Succession in 2020.
Her film appearances include The Horse Whisperer (1998), Erin Brockovich (2000), Signs (2002), The Village (2004), Amelia (2009), The Beaver (2011), A Rainy Day in New York (2019), and The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021).
Known For
TV Shows (21)
24
2001
as Allison Taylor
Frasier
1993
as Janet (voice)
The Handmaid's Tale
2017
as Holly Maddox
Black Mirror
2011
as Susan Taylor
The West Wing
1999
as Barbara Layton
Hacks
2021
as Kelly Kilpatrick
Foundation
2021
as Ambassador Quent
Succession
2018
as Nan Pierce
American Experience
1988
as Narrator (voice)
Poker Face
2023
as Laura
Portlandia
2011
as Bridge Manager / New Mayor
Transparent
2014
as Leslie Mackinaw
Velma
2023
as Victoria (voice)
Extrapolations
2023
as President Elizabeth Burdick
11.22.63
2016
as Marquerite Oswald
Defending Jacob
2020
as Joanna Klein
Five Days at Memorial
2022
as Susan Mulderick
Awake
2012
as Dr. Judith Evans
Clubhouse
2004
Working Shakespeare
2003
Chimerica
2019
as Mel Kincaid
Movies (51)
Signs
2002
as Officer Paski
Ocean's Twelve
2004
as Molly Star / Mrs. Caldwell
Erin Brockovich
2000
as Pamela Duncan
The Perfect Storm
2000
as Edie Bailey
The Village
2004
as Mrs. Clack
The Horse Whisperer
1998
as Liz Hammond
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
2016
as Geri Taub
New Year's Eve
2011
as Mrs Rose Ahern
Knight of Cups
2015
as Ruth
Motherless Brooklyn
2019
as Gabby Horowitz
The Eyes of Tammy Faye
2021
as Rachel Grover
Boy Erased
2018
as Dr. Muldoon
Our Friend
2019
as Faith Pruett
Cradle Will Rock
1999
as Hallie Flanagan
Mother and Child
2009
as Sister Joanne
I Saw the Light
2016
as Lillie Williams
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
2002
as Buggy
The Beaver
2011
as Vice President
The Party
2017
as Martha
Housesitter
1992
as Patty
The Big Town
1987
as Ginger McDonald
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021
as Self
Light of Day
1987
as Cindy Montgomery
The Sky Is Everywhere
2022
as Fiona
Wine Country
2019
as Lady Sunshine
Amelia
2009
as Eleanor Roosevelt
Broadway: The Next Generation
as Self
National Theatre Live: The Grapes of Wrath
2024
as Ma Joad
What Makes a Family
2001
as Sandy Cataldi
Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens
2020
as Nancy
Transparent: Musicale Finale
2019
as Leslie Mackinaw
Days and Nights
2014
as Mary
Making 'Signs'
2003
as Self - 'Officer Paski'
Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me
2013
as Herself
Julian Po
1997
as Lucy
Deconstructing 'The Village'
2005
as Self
Murder in a Small Town
1999
as Mimi Barnes
Out of the Past
1998
as Annie Adams Fields (voice)
The Lady in Question
1999
as Mimi Barnes
Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey
2014
as Self
Cora Unashamed
2000
as Lizbeth Studevant
Swimmers
2005
as Julia Tyler
Alex: The Life of a Child
1986
as Tina Crawford
Miss America
2002
as Narrator
Fonda
A Rainy Day in New York
2019
as Mrs. Welles
The Steel Harp
Sganarelle
1984
as Dorimène / Lucinde
O’Malley
1983
as Secretary
Becoming Helen Keller
2021
as Helen Keller (voice)
Obsessed with Light
2023
as Loïe Fuller (voice)
About Cherry Jones
Cherry Jones (born November 21, 1956) is an American actress. Having started her career in theatre as a founding member of the American Repertory Theatre in 1980, she then transitioned into film and television. Celebrated for her dynamic roles on stage and screen, she has received various accolades, including three Primetime Emmy Awards and two Tony Awards, as well as nominations for an Olivier Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Jones made her Broadway debut in the 1987 play Stepping Out. She went on to receive two Tony Awards for Best Act… With 72 credits spanning from 1983 to 2024, Cherry Jones has appeared in 51 films and 21 TV shows.
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Most Popular Cherry Jones Movies
- Signs (2002) — as Officer Paski
- Ocean's Twelve (2004) — as Molly Star / Mrs. Caldwell
- Erin Brockovich (2000) — as Pamela Duncan
- The Perfect Storm (2000) — as Edie Bailey
- The Village (2004) — as Mrs. Clack
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