
Cherry Jones
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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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Ocean's Twelve (2004)
as Molly Star / Mrs. Caldwell

Signs (2002)
as Officer Paski

The Village (2004)
as Mrs. Clack

Erin Brockovich (2000)
as Pamela Duncan

The Perfect Storm (2000)
as Edie Bailey

The Sky Is Everywhere (2022)
as Fiona

Motherless Brooklyn (2019)
as Gabby Horowitz

Boy Erased (2018)
as Dr. Muldoon

New Year's Eve (2011)
as Mrs Rose Ahern

The Beaver (2011)
as Vice President

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (2016)
as Geri Taub

The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021)
as Rachel Grover

The Horse Whisperer (1998)
as Liz Hammond

Our Friend (2019)
as Faith Pruett

Housesitter (1992)
as Patty

Knight of Cups (2015)
as Ruth

Wine Country (2019)
as Lady Sunshine

Amelia (2009)
as Eleanor Roosevelt

Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002)
as Buggy

Mother and Child (2009)
as Sister Joanne

The Party (2017)
as Martha

Cradle Will Rock (1999)
as Hallie Flanagan

I Saw the Light (2016)
as Lillie Williams

Fonda (—)
Actor

National Theatre at Home: The Grapes of Wrath (2024)
as Ma Joad

The Big Town (1987)
as Ginger McDonald

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age (2021)
as Self

Light of Day (1987)
as Cindy Montgomery

Swimmers (2005)
as Julia Tyler

Broadway: The Next Generation (—)
as Self

What Makes a Family (2001)
as Sandy Cataldi

Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens (2020)
as Nancy

Murder in a Small Town (1999)
as Mimi Barnes

Julian Po (1997)
as Lucy

Deconstructing 'The Village' (2005)
as Self

Sganarelle (1984)
as Dorimène / Lucinde

Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me (2013)
as Herself

Days and Nights (2014)
as Mary

Miss America (2002)
as Narrator
Making 'Signs' (2003)
as Self - 'Officer Paski'

Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey (2014)
as Self

Transparent: Musicale Finale (2019)
as Leslie Mackinaw

O’Malley (1983)
as Secretary

Alex: The Life of a Child (1986)
as Tina Crawford

Obsessed with Light (2023)
as Loïe Fuller (voice)

The Lady in Question (1999)
as Mimi Barnes

Out of the Past (1998)
as Annie Adams Fields (voice)

Cora Unashamed (2000)
as Lizbeth Studevant

Becoming Helen Keller (2021)
as Helen Keller (voice)

A Rainy Day in New York (2019)
as Mrs. Welles
The Steel Harp (—)
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