Cherry Jones

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1956-11-21 (69 years old)

Place of Birth

Paris, Tennessee, USA

Cherry Jones

Biography

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...

Acting

2004

Ocean's Twelve

as Molly Star / Mrs. Caldwell

2000

Erin Brockovich

as Pamela Duncan

1998

The Horse Whisperer

as Liz Hammond

1987

Light of Day

as Cindy Montgomery

2000

The Perfect Storm

as Edie Bailey

2002

Signs

as Officer Paski

1992

Housesitter

as Patty

2021

Becoming Helen Keller

as Helen Keller (voice)

2004

The Village

as Mrs. Clack

2009

Amelia

as Eleanor Roosevelt

2009

Mother and Child

as Sister Joanne

2001

What Makes a Family

as Sandy Cataldi

1997

Julian Po

as Lucy

1998

Out of the Past

as Annie Adams Fields (voice)

1999

2005

Swimmers

as Julia Tyler

2014

2000

Cora Unashamed

as Lizbeth Studevant

2016

I Saw the Light

as Lillie Williams

2011

New Year's Eve

as Mrs Rose Ahern

1999

Cradle Will Rock

as Hallie Flanagan

2015

2017

The Party

as Martha

1999

The Lady in Question

as Mimi Barnes

2018

Boy Erased

as Dr. Muldoon

2019

2019

Motherless Brooklyn

as Gabby Horowitz

2019

Wine Country

as Lady Sunshine

2011

The Beaver

as Vice President

2019

Our Friend

as Faith Pruett

2019

2021

The Eyes of Tammy Faye

as Rachel Grover

2002

Miss America

as Narrator

2003

Making 'Signs'

as Self - 'Officer Paski'

1987

The Big Town

as Ginger McDonald

2023

Obsessed with Light

as Loïe Fuller (voice)

2008

24: Redemption

as Allison Taylor

1983

O’Malley

as Secretary

1984

Sganarelle

as Dorimène / Lucinde

1986

2016

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