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.
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).
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IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/nm0427728
Wikipedia: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q239046
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Filmography (Movies)
National Theatre Live: The Grapes of Wrath
Character:Ma Joad
Release Date:06/12/2024
Obsessed with Light
Character:Loïe Fuller (voice)
Release Date:21/11/2023
The Sky Is Everywhere
Character:Fiona
Release Date:11/02/2022
Becoming Helen Keller
Character:Helen Keller (voice)
Release Date:19/10/2021
The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Character:Rachel Grover
Release Date:17/09/2021
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Character:Self
Release Date:14/08/2021
Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens
Character:Nancy
Release Date:01/12/2020
Motherless Brooklyn
Character:Gabby Horowitz
Release Date:31/10/2019
Transparent: Musicale Finale
Character:Leslie Mackinaw
Release Date:27/09/2019
Our Friend
Character:Faith Pruett
Release Date:04/09/2019
A Rainy Day in New York
Character:Mrs. Welles
Release Date:26/07/2019
Wine Country
Character:Lady Sunshine
Release Date:08/05/2019
Boy Erased
Character:Dr. Muldoon
Release Date:24/09/2018
Broadway: The Next Generation
Character:Self
Release Date:16/11/2017
The Party
Character:Martha
Release Date:27/07/2017
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
Character:Geri Taub
Release Date:04/03/2016
I Saw the Light
Character:Lillie Williams
Release Date:05/02/2016
Knight of Cups
Character:Ruth
Release Date:10/09/2015
Days and Nights
Character:Mary
Release Date:26/09/2014
Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey
Character:Self
Release Date:15/06/2014
Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me
Character:Herself
Release Date:09/04/2013
New Year's Eve
Character:Mrs Rose Ahern
Release Date:08/12/2011
The Beaver
Character:Vice President
Release Date:05/05/2011
Mother and Child
Character:Sister Joanne
Release Date:07/11/2009
Amelia
Character:Eleanor Roosevelt
Release Date:22/10/2009
24: Redemption
Character:Allison Taylor
Release Date:28/11/2008
Swimmers
Character:Julia Tyler
Release Date:22/01/2005
Deconstructing 'The Village'
Character:Self
Release Date:11/01/2005
Ocean's Twelve
Character:Molly Star / Mrs. Caldwell
Release Date:09/12/2004
The Village
Character:Mrs. Clack
Release Date:30/07/2004
Making 'Signs'
Character:Self - 'Officer Paski'
Release Date:07/01/2003
Signs
Character:Officer Paski
Release Date:02/08/2002
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
Character:Buggy Abbott
Release Date:07/06/2002
Miss America
Character:Narrator
Release Date:27/01/2002
What Makes a Family
Character:Sandy Cataldi
Release Date:22/01/2001
Cora Unashamed
Character:Lizbeth Studevant
Release Date:24/10/2000
The Perfect Storm
Character:Edie Bailey
Release Date:29/06/2000
Erin Brockovich
Character:Pamela Duncan
Release Date:17/03/2000
The Lady in Question
Character:Mimi Barnes
Release Date:12/12/1999
Cradle Will Rock
Character:Hallie Flanagan
Release Date:10/12/1999
Murder in a Small Town
Character:Mimi Barnes
Release Date:10/01/1999
Out of the Past
Character:Annie Adams Fields (voice)
Release Date:31/07/1998
The Horse Whisperer
Character:Liz Hammond
Release Date:01/02/1998
Julian Po
Character:Lucy
Release Date:05/09/1997
Housesitter
Character:Patty
Release Date:12/06/1992
The Big Town
Character:Ginger McDonald
Release Date:25/09/1987
Light of Day
Character:Cindy Montgomery
Release Date:06/02/1987
Alex: The Life of a Child
Character:Tina Crawford
Release Date:23/04/1986
Sganarelle
Character:Dorimène / Lucinde
Release Date:28/08/1984
O’Malley
Character:Secretary
Release Date:08/01/1983
Television Appearances
Extrapolations
Character:President Elizabeth Burdick
Poker Face
Character:Laura
Velma
Character:Victoria (voice)
Five Days at Memorial
Character:Susan Mulderick
Foundation
Character:Ambassador Quent
Defending Jacob
Character:Joanna Klein
Chimerica
Character:Mel Kincaid
Succession
Character:Nan Pierce
The Handmaid's Tale
Character:Holly Maddox
11.22.63
Character:Marquerite Oswald
Transparent
Character:Leslie Mackinaw
Awake
Character:Dr. Judith Evans
Black Mirror
Character:Susan Taylor
Portlandia
Character:Bridge Manager / New Mayor
Clubhouse
Character:
Working Shakespeare
Character:
24
Character:Allison Taylor
The West Wing
Character:Barbara Layton
Frasier
Character:Janet (voice)
American Experience
Character:Narrator (voice)
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