Cherry Jones

Birthday: 1956-11-21
Birthplace: Paris, Tennessee, USA
Gender: Female
Drafted: 667
Drafted By: Hangin with Mr. Cooper
Owned By: Hangin with Mr. Cooper
Owned Wins: 0
Owned Noms: 0
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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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Transaction History

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Credits

Year Title Character
2022-02-11 The Sky Is Everywhere Fiona
2021-10-19 Becoming Helen Keller Helen Keller (voice)
2021-09-17 The Eyes of Tammy Faye Rachel Grover
2020-12-01 Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens Nancy
2019-10-31 Motherless Brooklyn Gabby Horowitz
2019-09-27 Transparent: Musicale Finale Leslie Mackinaw
2019-09-04 Our Friend Faith Pruett
2019-07-26 A Rainy Day in New York Mrs. Welles
2019-05-08 Wine Country Lady Sunshine
2018-09-24 Boy Erased Dr. Muldoon
2017-07-27 The Party Martha
2016-02-05 I Saw the Light Lillie Williams
2015-09-10 Knight of Cups Ruth
2014-09-26 Days and Nights Mary
2011-12-08 New Year's Eve Mrs Rose Ahern
2011-05-05 The Beaver Vice President
2009-11-07 Mother and Child Sister Joanne
2009-10-22 Amelia Eleanor Roosevelt
2008-11-23 24: Redemption President-Elect Allison Taylor
2005-01-22 Swimmers Julia Tyler
2004-12-09 Ocean's Twelve Molly Star / Mrs. Caldwell
2004-07-30 The Village Mrs. Clack
2002-08-02 Signs Officer Paski
2002-06-07 Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood Buggy Abbott
2001-01-22 What Makes a Family Sandy Cataldi
2000-10-24 Cora Unashamed Lizbeth Studevant
2000-06-29 The Perfect Storm Edie Bailey
2000-03-17 Erin Brockovich Pamela Duncan
1999-12-12 The Lady in Question Mimi Barnes
1999-12-10 Cradle Will Rock Hallie Flanagan
1999-01-10 Murder in a Small Town Mimi
1998-07-31 Out of the Past Annie Adams Fields (voice)
1998-02-01 The Horse Whisperer Liz Hammond
1997-09-05 Julian Po Lucy
1992-06-12 Housesitter Patty
1987-09-25 The Big Town Ginger McDonald
1987-02-06 Light of Day Cindy Montgomery