Cherry Jones
Known for: Acting
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
Series
24
Allison Taylor
2001
Series
The West Wing
Barbara Layton
1999
Series
Frasier
Janet (voice)
1993
Series
The Handmaid's Tale
Holly Maddox
2017
Series
Black Mirror
Susan Taylor
2011
Series
Hacks
Kelly Kilpatrick
2021
Series
Foundation
Ambassador Quent
2021
Series
Succession
Nan Pierce
2018
Series
American Experience
Narrator (voice)
1988
Series
Poker Face
Laura
2023
Series
Portlandia
Bridge Manager / New Mayor
2011
Film
Ocean's Twelve
Molly Star / Mrs. Caldwell
2004
Series
Extrapolations
President Elizabeth Burdick
2023
Film
The Village
Mrs. Clack
2004
Series
Transparent
Leslie Mackinaw
2014
Series
Defending Jacob
Joanna Klein
2020
Series
11.22.63
Marquerite Oswald
2016
Film
Signs
Officer Paski
2002
Series
Velma
Victoria (voice)
2023
Film
Erin Brockovich
Pamela Duncan
2000
Film
The Perfect Storm
Edie Bailey
2000
Series
Five Days at Memorial
Susan Mulderick
2022
Film
New Year's Eve
Mrs Rose Ahern
2011
Film
Boy Erased
Dr. Muldoon
2018
Film
The Beaver
Vice President
2011
Series
Awake
Dr. Judith Evans
2012
Film
Our Friend
Faith Pruett
2019
Film
The Horse Whisperer
Liz Hammond
1998
Film
Motherless Brooklyn
Gabby Horowitz
2019
Film
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
Geri Taub
2016
Film
Knight of Cups
Ruth
2015
Film
The Party
Martha
2017
Series
Clubhouse
2004
Series
Working Shakespeare
2003
Film
The Sky Is Everywhere
Fiona
2022
Film
Wine Country
Lady Sunshine
2019
Film
Housesitter
Patty
1992
Film
Deconstructing 'The Village'
Self
2005
Film
The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Rachel Grover
2021
Film
Mother and Child
Sister Joanne
2009
Film
Amelia
Eleanor Roosevelt
2009
Series
Chimerica
Mel Kincaid
2019
Film
Fonda
Film
Light of Day
Cindy Montgomery
1987
Film
Cradle Will Rock
Hallie Flanagan
1999
Film
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
Buggy
2002
Film
I Saw the Light
Lillie Williams
2016
Film
Broadway: The Next Generation
Self
Film
The Big Town
Ginger McDonald
1987
Film
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Self
2021
Film
Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me
Herself
2013
Film
Transparent: Musicale Finale
Leslie Mackinaw
2019
Making 'Signs'
Self - 'Officer Paski'
2003
Film
Swimmers
Julia Tyler
2005
Film
Days and Nights
Mary
2014
Film
National Theatre Live: The Grapes of Wrath
Ma Joad
2024
Film
Murder in a Small Town
Mimi Barnes
1999
Film
What Makes a Family
Sandy Cataldi
2001
Film
Obsessed with Light
Loïe Fuller (voice)
2023
Film
Sganarelle
Dorimène / Lucinde
1984
Film
Alex: The Life of a Child
Tina Crawford
1986
Film
Julian Po
Lucy
1997
Film
Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey
Self
2014
Film
Out of the Past
Annie Adams Fields (voice)
1998
Film
Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens
Nancy
2020
Film
Cora Unashamed
Lizbeth Studevant
2000
Film
The Lady in Question
Mimi Barnes
1999
Film
A Rainy Day in New York
Mrs. Welles
2019
Film
Miss America
Narrator
2002
The Steel Harp
Film
O’Malley
Secretary
1983
Film
Becoming Helen Keller
Helen Keller (voice)
2021
Film
24: Redemption
President-Elect Allison Taylor
2008