Cherry Jones
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Acting Credits
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
Filmography
National Theatre at Home: The Grapes of Wrath
2024
as Ma Joad
Obsessed with Light
2023
as Loïe Fuller (voice)
Extrapolations
2023
as President Elizabeth Burdick
Velma
2023
as Victoria (voice)
Poker Face
2023
as Laura
The Sky Is Everywhere
2022
as Fiona
Five Days at Memorial
2022
as Susan Mulderick
Becoming Helen Keller
2021
as Helen Keller (voice)
The Eyes of Tammy Faye
2021
as Rachel Grover
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021
as Self
Foundation
2021
as Ambassador Quent
Hacks
2021
as Kelly Kilpatrick
Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens
2020
as Nancy
Defending Jacob
2020
as Joanna Klein
A Rainy Day in New York
2019
as Mrs. Welles
Motherless Brooklyn
2019
as Gabby Horowitz
Wine Country
2019
as Lady Sunshine
Our Friend
2019
as Faith Pruett
Transparent: Musicale Finale
2019
as Leslie Mackinaw
Chimerica
2019
as Mel Kincaid
Boy Erased
2018
as Dr. Muldoon
Succession
2018
as Nan Pierce
The Party
2017
as Martha
The Handmaid's Tale
2017
as Holly Maddox
I Saw the Light
2016
as Lillie Williams
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
2016
as Geri Taub
11.22.63
2016
as Marquerite Oswald
Knight of Cups
2015
as Ruth
Days and Nights
2014
as Mary
Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey
2014
as Self
Transparent
2014
as Leslie Mackinaw
Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me
2013
as Herself
Awake
2012
as Dr. Judith Evans
New Year's Eve
2011
as Mrs Rose Ahern
The Beaver
2011
as Vice President
Black Mirror
2011
as Susan Taylor
Portlandia
2011
as Bridge Manager / New Mayor
Amelia
2009
as Eleanor Roosevelt
Mother and Child
2009
as Sister Joanne
Swimmers
2005
as Julia Tyler
Deconstructing 'The Village'
2005
as Self
Ocean's Twelve
2004
as Molly Star / Mrs. Caldwell
The Village
2004
as Mrs. Clack
Clubhouse
2004
Making 'Signs'
2003
as Self - 'Officer Paski'
Working Shakespeare
2003
Signs
2002
as Officer Paski
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
2002
as Buggy
Miss America
2002
as Narrator
What Makes a Family
2001
as Sandy Cataldi
24
2001
as Allison Taylor
Erin Brockovich
2000
as Pamela Duncan
The Perfect Storm
2000
as Edie Bailey
Cora Unashamed
2000
as Lizbeth Studevant
Murder in a Small Town
1999
as Mimi Barnes
Cradle Will Rock
1999
as Hallie Flanagan
The Lady in Question
1999
as Mimi Barnes
The West Wing
1999
as Barbara Layton
The Horse Whisperer
1998
as Liz Hammond
Out of the Past
1998
as Annie Adams Fields (voice)
Julian Po
1997
as Lucy
Frasier
1993
as Janet (voice)
Housesitter
1992
as Patty
American Experience
1988
as Narrator (voice)
Light of Day
1987
as Cindy Montgomery
The Big Town
1987
as Ginger McDonald
Alex: The Life of a Child
1986
as Tina Crawford
Sganarelle
1984
as Dorimène / Lucinde
O’Malley
1983
as Secretary