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