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Cherry Jones

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Cherry Jones

Born November 21, 1956 in Paris, Tennessee, USA41 films

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.

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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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Erin Brockovich posterFirst watchErin Brockovich20007.4as Pamela DuncanA twice-divorced mother of three who sees an injustice, takes on the bad guy and wins -- with a little help from her push-up bra.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Signs poster6.7Signs2002Ocean's Twelve poster6.6Ocean's Twelve2004The Village poster6.5The Village2004The Perfect Storm poster6.5The Perfect Storm2000Boy Erased poster7.0Boy Erased2018A Rainy Day in New York poster6.5A Rainy Day in New York2019Motherless Brooklyn poster6.7Motherless Brooklyn2019The Horse Whisperer poster6.9The Horse Whisperer1998

Filmography

41 films as actor
  1. TBAThe Steel Harp
  2. TBAFonda
  3. 2024National Theatre at Home: The Grapes of WrathMa Joad
  4. 2022The Sky Is EverywhereFiona
  5. 2021The Eyes of Tammy FayeRachel Grover
  6. 2020Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging QueensNancy
  7. 2019Motherless BrooklynGabby Horowitz
  8. 2019Transparent: Musicale FinaleLeslie Mackinaw
  9. 2019Our FriendFaith Pruett
  10. 2019A Rainy Day in New YorkMrs. Welles
  11. 2019Wine CountryLady Sunshine
  12. 2018Boy ErasedDr. Muldoon
  13. 2017The PartyMartha
  14. 2016Whiskey Tango FoxtrotGeri Taub
  15. 2016I Saw the LightLillie Williams
  16. 2015Knight of CupsRuth
  17. 2014Days and NightsMary
  18. 2011New Year's EveMrs Rose Ahern
  19. 2011The BeaverVice President
  20. 2009Mother and ChildSister Joanne
  21. 2009AmeliaEleanor Roosevelt
  22. 2005SwimmersJulia Tyler
  23. 2004Ocean's TwelveMolly Star / Mrs. Caldwell
  24. 2004The VillageMrs. Clack
  25. 2002SignsOfficer Paski
  26. 2002Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya SisterhoodBuggy
  27. 2001What Makes a FamilySandy Cataldi
  28. 2000Cora UnashamedLizbeth Studevant
  29. 2000The Perfect StormEdie Bailey
  30. 2000Erin BrockovichPamela Duncan
  31. 1999The Lady in QuestionMimi Barnes
  32. 1999Cradle Will RockHallie Flanagan
  33. 1999Murder in a Small TownMimi Barnes
  34. 1998The Horse WhispererLiz Hammond
  35. 1997Julian PoLucy
  36. 1992HousesitterPatty
  37. 1987The Big TownGinger McDonald
  38. 1987Light of DayCindy Montgomery
  39. 1986Alex: The Life of a ChildTina Crawford
  40. 1984SganarelleDorimène / Lucinde
  41. 1983O’MalleySecretary