Known for movies
Signs (2002)
as Officer Paski
The Village (2004)
as Mrs. Clack
The Perfect Storm (2000)
as Edie Bailey
The Beaver (2011)
as Vice President
Short Info
| Spouse | Sophie Huber |
| Fact | She was nominated for a 1994 Joseph Jefferson Award for Actress in a Principal Role in a Play for "The Night of the Iguana" at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago, Illinois. |
Cherry Jones (born November 21, 1956) is an American actress. A five-time Tony Award nominee for her work on Broadway, she won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for the 1995 revival of The Heiress and for the 2005 original production of Doubt. She is also a three-time Emmy Award winner, winning Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her role as Allison Taylor on the FOX drama series 24 and Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for her role as President Allison Taylor on the NBC drama series 24: Live Another Day.
Born in Paris, Tennessee, Jones began her acting career in regional theatre after graduating from Carnegie Mellon University in 1979. She made her Broadway debut in the 1985 original production of Biloxi Blues and went on to receive Tony Award nominations for her roles in Our Town (1988), The Glass Menagerie (1994), Angels in America (1993), and Doubt (2005). Her film credits include The Horse Whisperer (1998), Erin Brockovich (2000), Signs (2002), The Village (2004), Amelia (2009), and The Help (2011).
Jones has been married to actor and director Tim Burton since 2001. They have two children: a son, Billy, and a daughter, Nell.
Early Life
Cherry Jones was born on November 21, 1956, in Paris, Tennessee, to parents Mary Frances (née English) and Herman Melvin Jones. She has two older brothers, Frank and Robert. Her father was an Air Force officer and her mother was a homemaker.
Jones was raised in Clarksville, Tennessee, where she attended Clarksville High School. She graduated from Carnegie Mellon University in 1979 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in drama.
Career
Jones made her professional acting debut in the 1985 original production of Biloxi Blues on Broadway. She received Tony Award nominations for her roles in Our Town (1988), The Glass Menagerie (1994), Angels in America (1993), and Doubt (2005).
Her film credits include The Horse Whisperer (1998), Erin Brockovich (2000), Signs (2002), The Village (2004), Amelia (2009), and The Help (2011).
Jones has been married to actor and director Tim Burton since 2001. They have two children: a son, Billy, and a daughter, Nell.
General Info
| Full Name | Cherry Jones |
| Height | 5ft 8in |
| Profession | Actor |
| Education | Carnegie Mellon University, Carnegie Mellon School of Drama |
| Nationality | American |
Family
| Spouse | Sophie Huber |
| Siblings | Susan Jones |
| Partner | Sarah Paulson |
Accomplishments
| Awards | Tony Award for Best Lead Actress in a Play, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play, GLAAD Media Vito Russo Award, Obie Award for Performance, Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress, Non-Resident Productio... |
| Nominations | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series, Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film, Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Guest Performer in a Comedy Series, Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress |
| Movies | I Saw the Light, Signs, The Village, Cradle Will Rock, The Perfect Storm, Erin Brockovich, The Beaver, The Horse Whisperer, Ocean's Twelve, Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, 24: Redemption, New Year's Eve, Housesitter, Mother and Child, Julian Po, Light of Day, What Makes a Family, The Big Tow... |
| TV Shows | 11.22.63, Awake, 24, Adam's Apple |
Social profile links
Facts
| # | Fact |
|---|---|
| 1 | She was awarded the 1999 Back Stage Garland Award for Performance for "Tongue of a Bird" at the Mark Taper Forum Theatre in Los Angeles, California. |
| 2 | She was awarded the 2006 Back Stage Garland Award for Performance in a Play for "Doubt" at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles, California. |
| 3 | She was awarded the 1996 Drama Logue Award for Performance for "The Heiress" at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles, California. |
| 4 | She was awarded the 2006 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Lead Performance for "Doubt" at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles, California. |
| 5 | She was awarded the 1996 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Lead Performance in the play, "The Heiress" at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles, California. |
| 6 | In a partnership with actress Sarah Paulson (2004-2009). |
| 7 | Appearing in Nora Ephron's "Imaginary Friends", at the Globe Theatres in San Diego. [August 2002] |
| 8 | Can be seen in the television movie 24 (2008), as well as the upcoming seventh season of 24 (2001), portraying the first female President of the United States, "Allison Taylor". [November 2008] |
| 9 | Appearing on Broadway in the 2005 Pulitzer Prize Winner for Drama. She is playing a nun in John Patrick Shanley's play "Doubt, a parable". [March 2005] |
| 10 | She was nominated for a 1994 Joseph Jefferson Award for Actress in a Principal Role in a Play for "The Night of the Iguana" at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago, Illinois. |
| 11 | She was awarded the 1992 Joseph Jefferson Award for Actress in a Principal Role in a Play for "The Good Person of Setzuan" at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago, Illinois. |
| 12 | Jones decided to become an actress after seeing Colleen Dewhurst's portrayal of Josie Hogan in the 1972 production of "A Moon for the Misbegotten", a role she would later play in 2001, for which she received a Tony nomination. |
| 13 | She won her 2nd Tony in 2005. She won for Leading Actress in a Play for her role as "Sister Aloysius" in John Patrick Shanley's hit play, "Doubt, a parable". |
| 14 | Won Broadway's 1995 Tony Award as Best Actress (Play) for a revival of "The Heiress." She was nominated in the same category two other times: in 1991 for "Our Country's Good," and in 2000 for a revival of Eugene O'Neill's "A Moon for the Misbegotten.". |
| 15 | A frequent reader of stories on NPR's Selected Shorts radio program. |
| 16 | Out of the closet since the beginning of her professional career in 1980, Cherry has been an outspoken advocate for gay rights ever since. She made theatre history on the Tony awards show when she thanked her partner after accepting the 'Best Actress' trophy for "The Heiress." Others have since followed suit. |
| 17 | Graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with a BFA in Drama. |
| 18 | Won Best Actress Tony Award for The Heiress |
Pictures
Movies
Actress
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Party | 2017 | post-production | |
| Black Mirror | 2016 | TV Series | Truck Driver |
| Transparent | 2015-2016 | TV Series | Leslie |
| 11.22.63 | 2016 | TV Mini-Series | Marguerite Oswald |
| Whiskey Tango Foxtrot | 2016 | Geri Taub | |
| Mercy Street | 2016 | TV Series | Dorothea Dix |
| I Saw the Light | 2015 | Lillie Williams | |
| Knight of Cups | 2015 | Ruth | |
| Days and Nights | 2014 | Mary | |
| Awake | 2012 | TV Series | Dr. Judith Evans |
| New Year's Eve | 2011 | Mrs. Rose Ahern - Ahern Party | |
| The Beaver | 2011 | Vice President | |
| 24 | 2009-2010 | TV Series | President Allison Taylor |
| Amelia | 2009 | Eleanor Roosevelt | |
| Mother and Child | 2009 | Sister Joanne | |
| 24 | 2008 | TV Movie | President-Elect Allison Taylor |
| Blood Never Dry: Child Soldiers in Africa | 2008 | Video short | |
| The Breakfast. | 2007 | Short | Woman |
| The Jogger | 2007 | Short | Liz |
| Clubhouse | 2004-2005 | TV Series | Sister Marie |
| Swimmers | 2005 | Julia Tyler | |
| Ocean's Twelve | 2004 | Molly Star Mrs. Caldwell | |
| The Village | 2004 | Mrs. Clack | |
| The West Wing | 2004 | TV Series | Barbara Layton |
| Signs | 2002 | Officer Paski | |
| Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood | 2002 | Buggy | |
| American Experience | 2002 | TV Series documentary | Narrator |
| Frasier | 2001 | TV Series | Janet |
| What Makes a Family | 2001 | TV Movie | Sandy Cataldi |
| Cora Unashamed | 2000 | TV Movie | Lizbeth Studevant |
| The Perfect Storm | 2000 | Edie Bailey | |
| Erin Brockovich | 2000 | Pamela Duncan | |
| The Lady in Question | 1999 | TV Movie | Mimi Barnes |
| Cradle Will Rock | 1999 | Hallie Flanagan | |
| Murder in a Small Town | 1999 | TV Movie | Mimi |
| The Horse Whisperer | 1998 | Liz Hammond | |
| Julian Po | 1997 | Lucy | |
| Polio Water | 1995 | Short | Virginia |
| Tribeca | 1993 | TV Series | Tough Woman |
| HouseSitter | 1992 | Patty | |
| Spenser: For Hire | 1987 | TV Series | Tracy Kincaid |
| The Big Town | 1987 | Ginger McDonald | |
| Light of Day | 1987 | Cindy Montgomery | |
| Adam's Apple | 1986 | TV Movie | Janice Eaton |
| Alex: The Life of a Child | 1986 | TV Movie | Tina Crawford |
| Loving | 1983 | TV Series | Frankie (1992) |
| O'Malley | 1983 | TV Movie | Secretary |
Thanks
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doubt | 2008/I | special thanks |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Broadway: The Next Generation | 2018 | Documentary filming | Herself |
| Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age | 2017 | Documentary post-production | Herself |
| A Roundabout Road to Broadway | 2016 | TV Movie | Herself |
| Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey | 2014 | Documentary | Herself |
| The Broadway.com Show | 2013-2014 | TV Series | Herself |
| The 68th Annual Tony Awards | 2014 | TV Special | Herself - Nominee: Best Leading Actress in a Play |
| Charlie Rose | 2013 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me | 2013 | Documentary | Herself |
| An American Salute: The Pops at 125 | 2010 | TV Movie documentary | Narrator |
| Made Here | 2010 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| Entertainment Tonight | 2009-2010 | TV Series | Herself |
| The 61st Primetime Emmy Awards | 2009 | TV Special | Herself - Winner: Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series |
| 24 in 24 | 2009 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| Chaos and Order: Making American Theater | 2005 | Documentary | Herself (voice) |
| RSC Meets USA: Working Shakespeare | 2005 | Video documentary | Herself |
| The 59th Annual Tony Awards | 2005 | TV Special | Herself - Winner: Best Leading Actress in a Play |
| 50th Annual Drama Desk Awards | 2005 | TV Special | Herself - Winner: Outstanding Actress in a Play |
| Working in the Theatre | 1995-2005 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| Deconstructing 'The Village' | 2005 | Video documentary short | Herself |
| Making 'Signs' | 2003 | Video documentary | Herself - 'Officer Paski' |
| The 55th Annual Tony Awards | 2001 | TV Special | Herself - Presenter: Jane Eyre |
| In the Life | 2001 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| The 54th Annual Tony Awards | 2000 | TV Special | Herself - Nominee: Best Leading Actress in a Play |
| The Rosie O'Donnell Show | 1999-2000 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| Margaret Sanger | 1999 | TV Movie documentary voice | |
| Out of the Past | 1998 | Documentary | Annie Adams Fields (voice) |
| Frontline | 1997 | TV Series documentary | |
| The West | 1996 | TV Series documentary | |
| The 49th Annual Tony Awards | 1995 | TV Special | Herself - Winner: Best Leading Actress in a Play |
| The 45th Annual Tony Awards | 1991 | TV Special | Herself - Nominee: Best Leading Actress in a Play |
Archive Footage
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The 65th Annual Tony Awards | 2011 | TV Special | Mrs. Kitty Warren |
Awards
Won Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | 24 (2001) |
| 2009 | OFTA Television Award | Online Film & Television Association | Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | 24 (2001) |
| 2004 | Vito Russo Award | GLAAD Media Awards |
Nominated Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Critics' Choice TV Award | Critics Choice Television Awards | Best Guest Actor/Actress in a Comedy Series | Transparent (2014) |
| 2016 | Actor | Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series | Transparent (2014) |
| 2010 | Gold Derby TV Award | Gold Derby Awards | Drama Supporting Actress | 24 (2001) |
| 2009 | Satellite Award | Satellite Awards | Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television | 24 (2001) |
| 2000 | Chlotrudis Award | Chlotrudis Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Cradle Will Rock (1999) |
Source: IMDb, Wikipedia
