1956-11-21 Paris, Tennessee, USA
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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National Theatre Live: The Grapes of Wrath | Ma Joad | 2024-12-06 |
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Obsessed with Light | Loïe Fuller (voice) | 2023-11-21 |
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The Sky Is Everywhere | Fiona | 2022-02-11 |
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Becoming Helen Keller | Helen Keller (voice) | 2021-10-19 |
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Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age | Self | 2021-08-14 |
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The Eyes of Tammy Faye | Rachel Grover | 2021-09-17 |
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Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens | Nancy | 2020-12-01 |
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Motherless Brooklyn | Gabby Horowitz | 2019-10-31 |
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A Rainy Day in New York | Mrs. Welles | 2019-07-26 |
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Transparent: Musicale Finale | Leslie Mackinaw | 2019-09-27 |
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Wine Country | Lady Sunshine | 2019-05-08 |
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Our Friend | Faith Pruett | 2019-09-04 |
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Boy Erased | Dr. Muldoon | 2018-09-24 |
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The Party | Martha | 2017-07-27 |
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Broadway: The Next Generation | Self | 2017-11-16 |
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I Saw the Light | Lillie Williams | 2016-02-05 |
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Whiskey Tango Foxtrot | Geri Taub | 2016-03-04 |
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Knight of Cups | Ruth | 2015-09-10 |
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Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey | Self | 2014-06-15 |
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Days and Nights | Mary | 2014-09-26 |
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Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me | Herself | 2013-04-09 |
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New Year's Eve | Mrs Rose Ahern | 2011-12-08 |
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The Beaver | Vice President | 2011-05-05 |
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Mother and Child | Sister Joanne | 2009-11-07 |
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Amelia | Eleanor Roosevelt | 2009-10-22 |
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24: Redemption | Allison Taylor | 2008-11-28 |
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Deconstructing 'The Village' | Self | 2005-01-11 |
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Swimmers | Julia Tyler | 2005-01-22 |
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Ocean's Twelve | Molly Star / Mrs. Caldwell | 2004-12-09 |
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The Village | Mrs. Clack | 2004-07-30 |
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Making 'Signs' | Self - 'Officer Paski' | 2003-01-07 |
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Miss America | Narrator | 2002-01-27 |
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Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood | Buggy Abbott | 2002-06-07 |
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Signs | Officer Paski | 2002-08-02 |
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What Makes a Family | Sandy Cataldi | 2001-01-22 |
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Cora Unashamed | Lizbeth Studevant | 2000-10-24 |
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Erin Brockovich | Pamela Duncan | 2000-03-17 |
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The Perfect Storm | Edie Bailey | 2000-06-29 |
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Cradle Will Rock | Hallie Flanagan | 1999-12-10 |
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The Lady in Question | Mimi Barnes | 1999-12-12 |
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Murder in a Small Town | Mimi Barnes | 1999-01-10 |
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The Horse Whisperer | Liz Hammond | 1998-02-01 |
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Out of the Past | Annie Adams Fields (voice) | 1998-07-31 |
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Julian Po | Lucy | 1997-09-05 |
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Housesitter | Patty | 1992-06-12 |
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Light of Day | Cindy Montgomery | 1987-02-06 |
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The Big Town | Ginger McDonald | 1987-09-25 |
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Alex: The Life of a Child | Tina Crawford | 1986-04-23 |
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Sganarelle | Dorimène / Lucinde | 1984-08-28 |
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O’Malley | Secretary | 1983-01-08 |
