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