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Cherry Jones

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68 Years Old

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).

Born

Paris, Tennessee, USA on 21st November 1956

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The Handmaid's Tale
Holly Maddox
Black Mirror Image
Black Mirror
Susan Taylor
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Frasier
Janet (voice)
Portlandia Image
Portlandia
Bridge Manager / New Mayor
Poker Face Image
Poker Face
Laura
24 Image
24
Allison Taylor
Succession Image
Succession
Nan Pierce
American Experience Image
American Experience
Narrator (voice)
The West Wing Image
The West Wing
Barbara Layton
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11.22.63
Marquerite Oswald
Defending Jacob Image
Defending Jacob
Joanna Klein
Transparent Image
Transparent
Leslie Mackinaw
Extrapolations Image
Extrapolations
President Elizabeth Burdick
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Five Days at Memorial
Susan Mulderick
Velma Image
Velma
Victoria (voice)
Clubhouse Image
Clubhouse
Awake Image
Awake
Dr. Judith Evans
Chimerica Image
Chimerica
Mel Kincaid
The Perfect Storm Image
The Perfect Storm
Edie Bailey
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Ocean's Twelve
Molly Star / Mrs. Caldwell
Signs Image
Signs
Officer Paski
Erin Brockovich Image
Erin Brockovich
Pamela Duncan
The Village Image
The Village
Mrs. Clack
The Horse Whisperer Image
The Horse Whisperer
Liz Hammond
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New Year's Eve
Mrs Rose Ahern
Working Shakespeare Image
Working Shakespeare
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Knight of Cups
Ruth
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Motherless Brooklyn
Gabby Horowitz
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Boy Erased
Dr. Muldoon
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The Sky Is Everywhere
Fiona
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The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Rachel Grover
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Wine Country
Lady Sunshine
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Housesitter
Patty
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Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
Geri Taub
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Amelia
Eleanor Roosevelt
Our Friend Image
Our Friend
Faith Pruett
The Party Image
The Party
Martha
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Mother and Child
Sister Joanne
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The Beaver
Vice President
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The Big Town
Ginger McDonald
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I Saw the Light
Lillie Williams
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Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
Buggy Abbott
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Deconstructing 'The Village'
Self
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Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens
Nancy
Cradle Will Rock Image
Cradle Will Rock
Hallie Flanagan
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Light of Day
Cindy Montgomery
What Makes a Family Image
What Makes a Family
Sandy Cataldi
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Broadway: The Next Generation
Self
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age Image
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Self
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Murder in a Small Town
Mimi Barnes
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Days and Nights
Mary
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24: Redemption
Allison Taylor
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A Rainy Day in New York
Mrs. Welles
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Transparent: Musicale Finale
Leslie Mackinaw
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Julian Po
Lucy
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Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey
Self
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Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me
Herself
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Swimmers
Julia Tyler
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Out of the Past
Annie Adams Fields (voice)
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Obsessed with Light
Loïe Fuller (voice)
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The Lady in Question
Mimi Barnes
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National Theatre Live: The Grapes of Wrath
Ma Joad
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Making 'Signs'
Self - 'Officer Paski'
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Cora Unashamed
Lizbeth Studevant
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Miss America
Narrator
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Becoming Helen Keller
Helen Keller (voice)
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O’Malley
Secretary
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Alex: The Life of a Child
Tina Crawford
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Sganarelle
Dorimène / Lucinde