Cherry Jones
Acting
Born: Nov 21, 1956
From: Paris, Tennessee, USA
Credits: 30 titles
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 …
Filmography
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Becoming Helen Keller | Helen Keller (voice) | 2021 | 8.0 |
| A Rainy Day in New York | Mrs. Welles | 2019 | 6.487 |
| Boy Erased | Dr. Muldoon | 2018 | 7.001 |
| The Party | Martha | 2017 | 6.346 |
| I Saw the Light | Lillie Williams | 2016 | 6.2 |
| Knight of Cups | Ruth | 2015 | 5.702 |
| Days and Nights | Mary | 2014 | 4.5 |
| Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey | Self | 2014 | 7.0 |
| Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me | Herself | 2013 | 7.5 |
| New Year's Eve | Mrs Rose Ahern | 2011 | 5.886 |
| Amelia | Eleanor Roosevelt | 2009 | 5.7 |
| Mother and Child | Sister Joanne | 2009 | 6.595 |
| Swimmers | Julia Tyler | 2005 | 6.833 |
| Ocean's Twelve | Molly Star / Mrs. Caldwell | 2004 | 6.566 |
| The Village | Mrs. Clack | 2004 | 6.482 |
| Signs | Officer Paski | 2002 | 6.698 |
| Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood | Buggy Abbott | 2002 | 6.106 |
| What Makes a Family | Sandy Cataldi | 2001 | 6.261 |
| Erin Brockovich | Pamela Duncan | 2000 | 7.435 |
| The Perfect Storm | Edie Bailey | 2000 | 6.481 |
| Cora Unashamed | Lizbeth Studevant | 2000 | 7.333 |
| Murder in a Small Town | Mimi Barnes | 1999 | 5.714 |
| Cradle Will Rock | Hallie Flanagan | 1999 | 6.484 |
| The Lady in Question | Mimi Barnes | 1999 | 6.0 |
| The Horse Whisperer | Liz Hammond | 1998 | 6.896 |
| Out of the Past | Annie Adams Fields (voice) | 1998 | 2.375 |
| Julian Po | Lucy | 1997 | 6.476 |
| Housesitter | Patty | 1992 | 6.146 |
| Light of Day | Cindy Montgomery | 1987 | 5.569 |
| Broadway: The Next Generation | Self | — | |
| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1956 |
| From | Paris, Tennessee, USA |