Cherry Jones
Born November 21, 1956 (Age: 69)
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Paris, Tennessee, USA
Biography
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).
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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Filmography
The Eyes of Tammy Faye
2021
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as Rachel Grover
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Age: 64
Motherless Brooklyn
2019
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as Gabby Horowitz
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Age: 62
A Rainy Day in New York
2019
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as Mrs. Welles
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Age: 62
The Party
2017
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as Martha
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Age: 60
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
2016
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as Geri Taub
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Age: 59
I Saw the Light
2016
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as Lillie Williams
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Age: 59
Knight of Cups
2015
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as Ruth
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Age: 58
New Year's Eve
2011
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as Mrs Rose Ahern
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Age: 55
The Beaver
2011
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as Vice President
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Age: 54
Mother and Child
2009
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as Sister Joanne
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Age: 52
Amelia
2009
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as Eleanor Roosevelt
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Age: 52
Swimmers
2005
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as Julia Tyler
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Age: 48
Deconstructing 'The Village'
2005
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as Self
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Age: 48
Ocean's Twelve
2004
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as Molly Star / Mrs. Caldwell
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Age: 48
The Village
2004
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as Mrs. Clack
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Age: 47
Signs
2002
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as Officer Paski
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Age: 45
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
2002
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as Buggy Abbott
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Age: 45
Miss America
2002
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as Narrator
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Age: 45
Cora Unashamed
2000
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as Lizbeth Studevant
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Age: 43
The Perfect Storm
2000
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as Edie Bailey
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Age: 43
Erin Brockovich
2000
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as Pamela Duncan
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Age: 43
The Lady in Question
1999
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as Mimi Barnes
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Age: 43
Cradle Will Rock
1999
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as Hallie Flanagan
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Age: 43
Out of the Past
1998
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as Annie Adams Fields (voice)
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Age: 41
The Horse Whisperer
1998
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as Liz Hammond
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Age: 41
Julian Po
1997
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as Lucy
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Age: 40
Housesitter
1992
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as Patty
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Age: 35
The Big Town
1987
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as Ginger McDonald
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Age: 30
Light of Day
1987
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as Cindy Montgomery
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Age: 30
Sganarelle
1984
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as Dorimène / Lucinde
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Age: 27
O’Malley
1983
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as Secretary
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Age: 26