Cherry Jones
46 movies · 22 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Nov 21, 1956 (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.
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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).
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Known for
Cherry Jones: movies and TV shows
Acting (68)
- Upcoming
- Upcoming
- Upcoming
- 2024
- 2023 Obsessed with Light
as Loïe Fuller (voice)
- 2023
- 2023
- 2023
- 2022
- 2022 The Sky Is Everywhere
as Fiona
- 2021 Becoming Helen Keller
as Helen Keller (voice)
- 2021
- 2021 The Eyes of Tammy Faye
as Rachel Grover
- 2021
- 2020
- 2020
- 2019 Motherless Brooklyn
as Gabby Horowitz
- 2019 Transparent: Musicale Finale
as Leslie Mackinaw
- 2019 Our Friend
as Faith Pruett
- 2019 A Rainy Day in New York
as Mrs. Welles
- 2019 Wine Country
as Lady Sunshine
- 2019
- 2018 Boy Erased
as Dr. Muldoon
- 2018
- 2017 The Party
as Martha
- 2017
- 2016 Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
as Geri Taub
- 2016
- 2016 I Saw the Light
as Lillie Williams
- 2015 Knight of Cups
as Ruth
- 2014 Days and Nights
as Mary
- 2014
- 2012
- 2011 New Year's Eve
as Mrs Rose Ahern
- 2011
- 2011 The Beaver
as Vice President
- 2011
- 2009 Mother and Child
as Sister Joanne
- 2009 Amelia
as Eleanor Roosevelt
- 2008 24 Redemption
as Allison Taylor
- 2005 Swimmers
as Julia Tyler
- 2004 Ocean's Twelve
as Molly Star / Mrs. Caldwell
- 2004
- 2004 The Village
as Mrs. Clack
- 2003
- 2002 Signs
as Officer Paski
- 2002
- 2002 Miss America
as Narrator
- 2001
- 2001 What Makes a Family
as Sandy Cataldi
- 2000 Cora Unashamed
as Lizbeth Studevant
- 2000 The Perfect Storm
as Edie Bailey
- 2000 Erin Brockovich
as Pamela Duncan
- 1999 The Lady in Question
as Mimi Barnes
- 1999 Cradle Will Rock
as Hallie Flanagan
- 1999
- 1999 Murder in a Small Town
as Mimi Barnes
- 1998 Out of the Past
as Annie Adams Fields (voice)
- 1998 The Horse Whisperer
as Liz Hammond
- 1997 Julian Po
as Lucy
- 1993
- 1992 Housesitter
as Patty
- 1988
- 1987 The Big Town
as Ginger McDonald
- 1987 Light of Day
as Cindy Montgomery
- 1986 Alex: The Life of a Child
as Tina Crawford
- 1984 Sganarelle
as Dorimène / Lucinde
- 1983 O’Malley
as Secretary
Talk shows and appearances (6)
- Upcoming
- 2021
- 2014
- 2013
- 2005
- 2003