Acting
Cherry Jones
EN, FR cinema · 51 credits
Born
21 November 1956 (age 69)
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).
Known for
Filmography
Fonda
Actor
Obsessed with Light
as Loïe Fuller (voice)
Becoming Helen Keller
as Helen Keller (voice)
The Eyes of Tammy Faye
as Rachel Grover
A Rainy Day in New York
as Mrs. Welles
Motherless Brooklyn
as Gabby Horowitz
Wine Country
as Lady Sunshine
Our Friend
as Faith Pruett
Transparent: Musicale Finale
as Leslie Mackinaw
Boy Erased
as Dr. Muldoon
The Party
as Martha
I Saw the Light
as Lillie Williams
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
as Geri Taub
Knight of Cups
as Ruth
Days and Nights
as Mary
New Year's Eve
as Mrs Rose Ahern
The Beaver
as Vice President
Amelia
as Eleanor Roosevelt
Mother and Child
as Sister Joanne
Swimmers
as Julia Tyler
Ocean's Twelve
as Molly Star / Mrs. Caldwell
The Village
as Mrs. Clack
Making 'Signs'
2003
Making 'Signs'
as Self - 'Officer Paski'
Signs
as Officer Paski
Miss America
as Narrator
What Makes a Family
as Sandy Cataldi
Erin Brockovich
as Pamela Duncan
The Perfect Storm
as Edie Bailey
Cora Unashamed
as Lizbeth Studevant
Murder in a Small Town
as Mimi Barnes
Cradle Will Rock
as Hallie Flanagan
The Lady in Question
as Mimi Barnes
The Horse Whisperer
as Liz Hammond
Out of the Past
as Annie Adams Fields (voice)
Julian Po
as Lucy
Housesitter
as Patty
Light of Day
as Cindy Montgomery
The Big Town
as Ginger McDonald
Alex: The Life of a Child
as Tina Crawford
Sganarelle
as Dorimène / Lucinde
O’Malley
as Secretary