Acting · Paris, Tennessee, USA · Born November 21, 1956
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).
MovieNational Theatre Live: The Grapes of Wrath
2024
as Ma Joad
MovieObsessed with Light
2023
as Loïe Fuller (voice)
TVExtrapolations
2023
as President Elizabeth Burdick
TVPoker Face
2023
as Laura
TVVelma
2023
as Victoria (voice)
TVFive Days at Memorial
2022
as Susan Mulderick
MovieThe Sky Is Everywhere
2022
as Fiona
MovieBecoming Helen Keller
2021
as Helen Keller (voice)
TVFoundation
2021
as Ambassador Quent
MovieThe Eyes of Tammy Faye
2021
as Rachel Grover
MovieBroadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021
as Self
TVHacks
2021
as Kelly Kilpatrick
MovieElegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens
2020
as Nancy
TVDefending Jacob
2020
as Joanna Klein
MovieMotherless Brooklyn
2019
as Gabby Horowitz
MovieTransparent: Musicale Finale
2019
as Leslie Mackinaw
MovieOur Friend
2019
as Faith Pruett
MovieA Rainy Day in New York
2019
as Mrs. Welles
MovieWine Country
2019
as Lady Sunshine
TVChimerica
2019
as Mel Kincaid
MovieBoy Erased
2018
as Dr. Muldoon
TVSuccession
2018
as Nan Pierce
MovieThe Party
2017
as Martha
TVThe Handmaid's Tale
2017
as Holly Maddox
MovieWhiskey Tango Foxtrot
2016
as Geri Taub
TV11.22.63
2016
as Marquerite Oswald
MovieI Saw the Light
2016
as Lillie Williams
MovieKnight of Cups
2015
as Ruth
MovieDays and Nights
2014
as Mary
TVTransparent
2014
as Leslie Mackinaw
MovieHolbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey
2014
as Self
MovieElaine Stritch: Shoot Me
2013
as Herself
TVAwake
2012
as Dr. Judith Evans
MovieNew Year's Eve
2011
as Mrs Rose Ahern
TVBlack Mirror
2011
as Susan Taylor
MovieThe Beaver
2011
as Vice President
TVPortlandia
2011
as Bridge Manager / New Mayor
MovieMother and Child
2009
as Sister Joanne
MovieAmelia
2009
as Eleanor Roosevelt
Movie24: Redemption
2008
as Allison Taylor
MovieSwimmers
2005
as Julia Tyler
MovieDeconstructing 'The Village'
2005
as Self
MovieOcean's Twelve
2004
as Molly Star / Mrs. Caldwell
TVClubhouse
2004
MovieThe Village
2004
as Mrs. Clack
TVWorking Shakespeare
2003
Making 'Signs'
2003
as Self - 'Officer Paski'
MovieSigns
2002
as Officer Paski
MovieDivine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
2002
as Buggy
MovieMiss America
2002
as Narrator
TV24
2001
as Allison Taylor
MovieWhat Makes a Family
2001
as Sandy Cataldi
MovieCora Unashamed
2000
as Lizbeth Studevant
MovieThe Perfect Storm
2000
as Edie Bailey
MovieErin Brockovich
2000
as Pamela Duncan
MovieThe Lady in Question
1999
as Mimi Barnes
MovieCradle Will Rock
1999
as Hallie Flanagan
TVThe West Wing
1999
as Barbara Layton
MovieMurder in a Small Town
1999
as Mimi Barnes
MovieOut of the Past
1998
as Annie Adams Fields (voice)
MovieThe Horse Whisperer
1998
as Liz Hammond
MovieJulian Po
1997
as Lucy
TVFrasier
1993
as Janet (voice)
MovieHousesitter
1992
as Patty
TVAmerican Experience
1988
as Narrator (voice)
MovieThe Big Town
1987
as Ginger McDonald
MovieLight of Day
1987
as Cindy Montgomery
MovieAlex: The Life of a Child
1986
as Tina Crawford
MovieSganarelle
1984
as Dorimène / Lucinde
MovieO’Malley
1983
as Secretary
MovieBroadway: The Next Generation
as Self
The Steel Harp
MovieFonda
