Cast & creator
Cherry Jones
Best known for 24, The West Wing, Frasier
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).
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film credits
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television credits
73
1983–2024 · acting roles
6.7
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (73)
Showing 73 of 73 credits
24
Allison Taylor
2001
The West Wing
Barbara Layton
1999
Frasier
Janet (voice)
1993
Black Mirror
Susan Taylor
2011
The Handmaid's Tale
Holly Maddox
2017
American Experience
Narrator (voice)
1988
Hacks
Kelly Kilpatrick
2021
Foundation
Ambassador Quent
2021
Succession
Nan Pierce
2018
Portlandia
Bridge Manager / New Mayor
2011
Poker Face
Laura
2023
Transparent
Leslie Mackinaw
2014
Velma
Victoria (voice)
2023
Extrapolations
President Elizabeth Burdick
2023
Ocean's Twelve
Molly Star / Mrs. Caldwell
2004
Defending Jacob
Joanna Klein
2020
11.22.63
Marquerite Oswald
2016
The Village
Mrs. Clack
2004
Five Days at Memorial
Susan Mulderick
2022
Erin Brockovich
Pamela Duncan
2000
Signs
Officer Paski
2002
New Year's Eve
Mrs Rose Ahern
2011
The Perfect Storm
Edie Bailey
2000
The Horse Whisperer
Liz Hammond
1998
Awake
Dr. Judith Evans
2012
Boy Erased
Dr. Muldoon
2018
Housesitter
Patty
1992
Clubhouse
2004
Our Friend
Faith Pruett
2019
Motherless Brooklyn
Gabby Horowitz
2019
The Beaver
Vice President
2011
The Sky Is Everywhere
Fiona
2022
Knight of Cups
Ruth
2015
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
Geri Taub
2016
Chimerica
Mel Kincaid
2019
Working Shakespeare
2003
I Saw the Light
Lillie Williams
2016
Mother and Child
Sister Joanne
2009
The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Rachel Grover
2021
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
Buggy
2002
Cradle Will Rock
Hallie Flanagan
1999
Amelia
Eleanor Roosevelt
2009
The Party
Martha
2017
Wine Country
Lady Sunshine
2019
National Theatre at Home: The Grapes of Wrath
Ma Joad
2024Untitled The Secret of Secrets Series
Heide Nagel
Broadway: The Next Generation
Self
Fonda
The Big Town
Ginger McDonald
1987
What Makes a Family
Sandy Cataldi
2001
Light of Day
Cindy Montgomery
1987
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Self
2021
Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me
Self
2013
Murder in a Small Town
Mimi Barnes
1999
Out of the Past
Annie Adams Fields (voice)
1998
Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey
Self
2014
Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens
Nancy
2020
Days and Nights
Mary
2014
Transparent: Musicale Finale
Leslie Mackinaw
2019
Sganarelle
Dorimène / Lucinde
1984
Swimmers
Julia Tyler
2005
Cora Unashamed
Lizbeth Studevant
2000
Julian Po
Lucy
1997
Alex: The Life of a Child
Tina Crawford
1986
Deconstructing 'The Village'
Self
2005
The Lady in Question
Mimi Barnes
1999
O’Malley
Secretary
1983
Obsessed with Light
Loïe Fuller (voice)
2023
Miss America
Narrator
2002Making 'Signs'
Self - 'Officer Paski'
2003The Steel Harp
Becoming Helen Keller
Helen Keller (voice)
2021
A Rainy Day in New York
Mrs. Welles
2019