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Cherry Jones
Known for: ActingCherry 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 36
The Perfect Storm
as Edie Bailey 
Five Days at Memorial
as Susan Mulderick 
Ocean's Twelve
as Molly Star / Mrs. Caldwell 
Defending Jacob
as Joanna Klein 
Signs
as Officer Paski 
The Village
as Mrs. Clack 
The Eyes of Tammy Faye
as Rachel Grover 
Erin Brockovich
as Pamela Duncan 
Boy Erased
as Dr. Muldoon 
Our Friend
as Faith Pruett 
The Horse Whisperer
as Liz Hammond 
The Beaver
as Vice President 
Awake
as Dr. Judith Evans 
The Sky Is Everywhere
as Fiona 
Knight of Cups
as Ruth 
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
as Geri Taub 
Motherless Brooklyn
as Gabby Horowitz 
Housesitter
as Patty 
Mother and Child
as Sister Joanne 
I Saw the Light
as Lillie Williams 
The Party
as Martha 
Cradle Will Rock
as Hallie Flanagan 
Wine Country
as Lady Sunshine 
Chimerica
as Mel Kincaid 
Amelia
as Eleanor Roosevelt 
Light of Day
as Cindy Montgomery 
The Big Town
as Ginger McDonald 
What Makes a Family
as Sandy Cataldi 
Days and Nights
as Mary 
Swimmers
as Julia Tyler 
Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me
as Self 
Miss America
as Narrator 
Julian Po
as Lucy 
Obsessed with Light
as Loïe Fuller (voice)