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Aliases: 체리 존스 , چری جونز , شيري جونز

Gender: Female

Place of birth: Paris, Tennessee, USA

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Movie Involvements: 32

TV Involvements: 14


Most Famous Work

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).

Most Famous Work

The West Wing
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8

The West Wing

(1999) Barbara Layton
24
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8

24

(2001) Allison Taylor
The Handmaid's Tale
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8

The Handmaid's Tale

(2017) Holly Maddox
American Experience
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7

American Experience

(1988) Narrator (voice)
Black Mirror
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8

Black Mirror

(2011) Susan Taylor
Awake
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7

Awake

(2012) Dr. Judith Evans
American Crime
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7

American Crime

(2015) Laurie Ann Hesby
Five Days at Memorial
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8

Five Days at Memorial

(2022) Susan Mulderick

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2023 President Elizabeth Burdick
Laura
Victoria (voice)
2022 Susan Mulderick
Fiona
2021 Helen Keller (voice)
Rachel Grover
Self
2020 Nancy
Joanna Klein
2019 Gabby Horowitz
Leslie Mackinaw
Faith Pruett
Mrs. Welles
Lady Sunshine
Mel Kincaid
2018 Dr. Muldoon
Nan Pierce
2017 Martha
Holly Maddox
2016 Marquerite Oswald
Lillie Williams
2015 Laurie Ann Hesby
Ruth
2014 Leslie Mackinaw
Mary
N/A
2013 Herself
2012 Dr. Judith Evans
2011 Mrs Rose Ahern
Susan Taylor
Vice President
Bridge Manager / New Mayor
2009 Sister Joanne
Eleanor Roosevelt
2005 Julia Tyler
Self
2004 Molly Star / Mrs. Caldwell
N/A
Mrs. Clack
2003 Herself - 'Officer Paski'
2002 Officer Paski
Buggy Abbott
Narrator
2001 President Allison Taylor
Allison Taylor
Sandy Cataldi
2000 Lizbeth Studevant
Edie Bailey
Pamela Duncan
1999 Mimi Barnes
Hallie Flanagan
Barbara Layton
Mimi
1998 Annie Adams Fields (voice)
Liz Hammond
1997 Lucy
1993 Janet (voice)
1992 Patty
1988 Narrator (voice)
1987 Ginger McDonald
Cindy Montgomery
Year Character Movie/Tv

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