Acting
Cherry Jones
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).
Filmography
National Theatre at Home: The Grapes of Wrath
Film · 2024
Obsessed with Light
Film · 2023
Extrapolations
Series · 2023
Velma
Series · 2023
Poker Face
Series · 2023
The Sky Is Everywhere
Film · 2022
Five Days at Memorial
Series · 2022
Becoming Helen Keller
Film · 2021
The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Film · 2021
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Film · 2021
Foundation
Series · 2021
Hacks
Series · 2021
Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens
Film · 2020
Defending Jacob
Series · 2020
A Rainy Day in New York
Film · 2019
Motherless Brooklyn
Film · 2019
Wine Country
Film · 2019
Our Friend
Film · 2019
Transparent: Musicale Finale
Film · 2019
Chimerica
Series · 2019
Boy Erased
Film · 2018
Succession
Series · 2018
The Party
Film · 2017
The Handmaid's Tale
Series · 2017
I Saw the Light
Film · 2016
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
Film · 2016
11.22.63
Series · 2016
Knight of Cups
Film · 2015
Days and Nights
Film · 2014
Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey
Film · 2014
Transparent
Series · 2014
Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me
Film · 2013
Awake
Series · 2012
New Year's Eve
Film · 2011
The Beaver
Film · 2011
Black Mirror
Series · 2011
Portlandia
Series · 2011
Amelia
Film · 2009
Mother and Child
Film · 2009
Swimmers
Film · 2005
Deconstructing 'The Village'
Film · 2005
Ocean's Twelve
Film · 2004
The Village
Film · 2004
Clubhouse
Series · 2004
Making 'Signs'
Film · 2003
Working Shakespeare
Series · 2003
Signs
Film · 2002
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
Film · 2002
Miss America
Film · 2002
What Makes a Family
Film · 2001
24
Series · 2001
Erin Brockovich
Film · 2000
The Perfect Storm
Film · 2000
Cora Unashamed
Film · 2000
Murder in a Small Town
Film · 1999
Cradle Will Rock
Film · 1999
The Lady in Question
Film · 1999
The West Wing
Series · 1999
The Horse Whisperer
Film · 1998
Out of the Past
Film · 1998
Julian Po
Film · 1997
Frasier
Series · 1993
Housesitter
Film · 1992
American Experience
Series · 1988
Light of Day
Film · 1987
The Big Town
Film · 1987
Alex: The Life of a Child
Film · 1986
Sganarelle
Film · 1984
O’Malley
Film · 1983
Broadway: The Next Generation
Film
The Steel Harp
Film
Fonda
Film
Untitled The Secret of Secrets Series
Series