Cherry Jones

Actor Nov 21 (age 69) Paris, Tennessee, USA 1983–2024 (41 year career)

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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. S…

Known For

Film

Erin Brockovich

Pamela Duncan

Film

Defending Jacob

Joanna Klein

Film

Ocean's Twelve

Molly Star / Mrs. Caldwell

Film

Signs

Officer Paski

Film

24

Allison Taylor

Film

The Village

Mrs. Clack

Film

Boy Erased

Dr. Muldoon

Film

The Perfect Storm

Edie Bailey

Filmography

Acting (72)

Movies (51)

National Theatre Live: The Grapes of Wrath

2024

as Ma Joad

Obsessed with Light

2023

as Loïe Fuller (voice)

8.0

The Sky Is Everywhere

2022

as Fiona

5.8

The Eyes of Tammy Faye

2021

as Rachel Grover

6.5

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

2021

as Self

Becoming Helen Keller

2021

as Helen Keller (voice)

8.0

Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens

2020

as Nancy

Motherless Brooklyn

as Gabby Horowitz

Wine Country

as Lady Sunshine

Our Friend

as Faith Pruett

Transparent: Musicale Finale

2019

as Leslie Mackinaw

6.7

A Rainy Day in New York

as Mrs. Welles

Boy Erased

as Dr. Muldoon

The Party

as Martha

Broadway: The Next Generation

2017

as Self

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot

as Geri Taub

I Saw the Light

as Lillie Williams

Knight of Cups

as Ruth

Days and Nights

as Mary

Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey

2014

as Self

7.0

Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me

as Herself

New Year's Eve

as Mrs Rose Ahern

The Beaver

as Vice President

Mother and Child

as Sister Joanne

Amelia

as Eleanor Roosevelt

24: Redemption

as Allison Taylor

Swimmers

as Julia Tyler

Deconstructing 'The Village'

as Self

The Village

as Mrs. Clack

Ocean's Twelve

as Molly Star / Mrs. Caldwell

6.6

Making 'Signs'

2003

as Self - 'Officer Paski'

5.8

Signs

2002

as Officer Paski

6.7

Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood

2002

as Buggy Abbott

6.1

Miss America

2002

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

Cradle Will Rock

as Hallie Flanagan

Murder in a Small Town

as Mimi Barnes

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

1986

as Tina Crawford

7.1

Sganarelle

1984

as Dorimène / Lucinde

O’Malley

1983

as Secretary

The Steel Harp

Television (21)

Poker Face

as Laura

Velma

as Victoria (voice)

Extrapolations

as President Elizabeth Burdick

6.0

Five Days at Memorial

as Susan Mulderick

Foundation

as Ambassador Quent

Defending Jacob

as Joanna Klein

Chimerica

as Mel Kincaid

Succession

as Nan Pierce

The Handmaid's Tale

as Holly Maddox

11.22.63

as Marquerite Oswald

Transparent

as Leslie Mackinaw

Awake

as Dr. Judith Evans

Black Mirror

as Susan Taylor

Portlandia

as Bridge Manager / New Mayor

Clubhouse

Working Shakespeare

as Allison Taylor

as Allison Taylor

The West Wing

as Barbara Layton

Frasier

as Janet (voice)

American Experience

as Narrator (voice)