Full Name | Cherry Jones |
Net Worth | $12 Million |
Date Of Birth | November 21, 1956 |
Place Of Birth | Paris, Tennessee, USA |
Height | 5ft 8in |
Occupation | Actress |
Profession | Actor |
Work Position | Awards for Cherry Jones |
Education | Carnegie Mellon University, Carnegie Mellon School of Drama |
Nationality | American |
Spouse | Sophie Huber |
Siblings | Susan Jones |
Partner | Sarah Paulson |
Nicknames | Cherry Jones, Jones, Cherry |
IMDB | http://imdb.com/name/nm0427728 |
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 |
Star Sign | Scorpio |
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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 |
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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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 |
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