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