Janelle James
Acting
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Acting Credits
Biography
Janelle James is an American comedian, actress, and writer. She is best known for her role as Ava Coleman in the ABC television series Abbott Elementary, for which she won a Screen Actors Guild Award, and an NAACP Image Award, in addition to nominations for three Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Golden Globe Award.
Known For
Filmography
Strip Law
2026
as Sheila Flambé (voice)
One of Them Days
2025
as Ruby
The Great American Baking Show: Celebrity Holiday 2025
2025
Super Duper Bunny League
2025
as Narrator (voice)
Hollywood Squares
2025
as Self
The Garfield Movie
2024
as Olivia (voice)
Kite Man: Hell Yeah!
2024
as Queen of Fables (voice)
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
The Final Straw
2022
as Self - Host
The Sherri Shepherd Show
2022
as Self - Guest
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
as Self
Abbott Elementary
2021
as Ava Coleman
Teenage Euthanasia
2021
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
2021
as Self - Contestant
Monsters at Work
2021
as Joy (voice)
Sixteen Thousand Dollars
2020
as Catherine
Tom of Your Life
2020
Star Trek: Lower Decks
2020
as Katrot (voice)
Central Park
2020
as Fran (voice)
Black Monday
2019
as Joyce
The Comedy Lineup
2018
as Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self
@midnight with Chris Hardwick
2013
as Self
Gotham Comedy Live
2012
as Self - Comic
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
2012
as Self - Guest Judge
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
2005
as Ava Coleman
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self - Guest
The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA
1995
as Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
as Self - Guest
The Emmy Awards
1949
as Self
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee