Acting
Janelle James
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.
Filmography
Strip Law
Series · 2026
One of Them Days
Film · 2025
The Great American Baking Show: Celebrity Holiday 2025
Film · 2025
Super Duper Bunny League
Series · 2025
Hollywood Squares
Series · 2025
The Garfield Movie
Film · 2024
Kite Man: Hell Yeah!
Series · 2024
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Series · 2022
The Final Straw
Series · 2022
Sherri
Series · 2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Series · 2022
Abbott Elementary
Series · 2021
Teenage Euthanasia
Series · 2021
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
Series · 2021
Monsters at Work
Series · 2021
Sixteen Thousand Dollars
Film · 2020
Tom of Your Life
Film · 2020
Star Trek: Lower Decks
Series · 2020
Central Park
Series · 2020
Black Monday
Series · 2019
The Comedy Lineup
Series · 2018
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Series · 2014
@midnight with Chris Hardwick
Series · 2013
Gotham Comedy Live
Series · 2012
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
Series · 2012
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Series · 2009
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Series · 2005
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Series · 2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Series · 2003
The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA
Series · 1995
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Series · 1988
The Emmy Awards
Series · 1949
Golden Globe Awards
Series · 1944