Cherry Jones
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).
Acting
Movie
Ocean's Twelve
as Molly Star / Mrs. Caldwell
2004
Movie
Signs
as Officer Paski
2002
TV
Black Mirror
as Susan Taylor
2011
Movie
The Village
as Mrs. Clack
2004
Movie
Erin Brockovich
as Pamela Duncan
2000
TV
The Handmaid's Tale
as Holly Maddox
2017
Movie
The Perfect Storm
as Edie Bailey
2000
Movie
A Rainy Day in New York
as Mrs. Welles
2019
Movie
New Year's Eve
as Mrs Rose Ahern
2011
TV
24
as Allison Taylor
2001
TV
11.22.63
as Marquerite Oswald
2016
TV
Foundation
as Ambassador Quent
2021
TV
Succession
as Nan Pierce
2018
Movie
Motherless Brooklyn
as Gabby Horowitz
2019
TV
Defending Jacob
as Joanna Klein
2020
Movie
Boy Erased
as Dr. Muldoon
2018
Movie
The Horse Whisperer
as Liz Hammond
1998
Movie
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
as Geri Taub
2016
Movie
The Beaver
as Vice President
2011
TV
Frasier
as Janet (voice)
1993
Movie
Knight of Cups
as Ruth
2015
Movie
The Eyes of Tammy Faye
as Rachel Grover
2021
Movie
The Party
as Martha
2017
TV
The West Wing
as Barbara Layton
1999