Cherry Jones

Cherry Jones

1956-11-21 Paris, Tennessee, USA 50 Credits

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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. S...

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National Theatre Live: The Grapes of Wrath

National Theatre Live: The Grapes of Wrath

2024

as Ma Joad

Acting

Forced to travel West in search of a promised land, the Joad family embark on an epic journey across America in the hope of finding work and a new lif...

Obsessed with Light

Obsessed with Light

2023

as Loïe Fuller (voice)

8.0
Acting

Loïe Fuller, stage name of Marie Louise Fuller: the American actress and dancer trained in burlesque, circuses and variety shows who, in the 1890s, si...

The Sky Is Everywhere

The Sky Is Everywhere

2022

as Fiona

5.7
Acting

Lennie is a teen musical prodigy grieving the death of her sister when she finds herself caught between a new guy at school and her sister's devastate...

Becoming Helen Keller

Becoming Helen Keller

2021

as Helen Keller (voice)

8.0
Acting

The life and legacy of Helen Keller, including how she used her celebrity to advocate for human rights and social justice for women, the poor and peop...

The Eyes of Tammy Faye

The Eyes of Tammy Faye

2021

as Rachel Grover

6.5
Acting

From the 1960s to the 1980s, evangelist Jim Baker and his ambitious wife, Tammy Faye, rose from humble beginnings to build an empire based on big-time...

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

2021

as Self

Acting

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age explores the world of Broadway from 1959 through the early 1980s as recounted by a diverse cast of Broadway stars who ...

Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens

Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens

2020

as Nancy

Acting

Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens is a celebration of the lives lost to AIDS told in free-verse monologues with a blues, jazz and rock score...

Motherless Brooklyn

Motherless Brooklyn

2019

as Gabby Horowitz

6.7
Acting

New York City, 1957. Lionel Essrog, a private detective living with Tourette syndrome, tries to solve the murder of his mentor and best friend, armed ...

Transparent: Musicale Finale

Transparent: Musicale Finale

2019

as Leslie Mackinaw

6.7
Acting

When the Pfeffermans face a life-changing loss, they begin a journey hilarious and melancholy, brazen and bold. As they face this new transition, they...

Our Friend

Our Friend

2019

as Faith Pruett

7.2
Acting

After learning that his terminally ill wife has six months to live, a man welcomes the support of his best friend who moves into their home to help ou...

A Rainy Day in New York

A Rainy Day in New York

2019

as Mrs. Welles

6.5
Acting

Two young people arrive in New York to spend a weekend, but once they arrive they're met with bad weather and a series of adventures.

Wine Country

Wine Country

2019

as Lady Sunshine

5.5
Acting

A group of friends head to the land of oaky Chardonnays and big, bold Cabernet Sauvignons for one member of the squad’s 50th birthday party.

Boy Erased

Boy Erased

2018

as Dr. Muldoon

7.0
Acting

Jared, the son of a Baptist pastor in a small American town, is outed to his parents at age 19. Jared is faced with an ultimatum: attend a gay convers...

Broadway: The Next Generation

Broadway: The Next Generation

2017

as Self

10.0
Acting

A look at the past, present and future of the Great White Way.

The Party

The Party

2017

as Martha

6.3
Acting

Various individuals think they’re coming together for a party in a private home, but a series of revelations results in a huge crisis that throws thei...

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot

2016

as Geri Taub

6.3
Acting

In 2002, cable news producer Kim Barker decides to shake up her routine by taking a daring new assignment in Kabul, Afghanistan. Dislodged from her co...

I Saw the Light

I Saw the Light

2016

as Lillie Williams

6.3
Acting

Singer and songwriter Hank Williams rises to fame in the 1940s, but alcohol abuse and infidelity take a toll on his career and marriage to fellow musi...

Knight of Cups

Knight of Cups

2015

as Ruth

5.7
Acting

Rick is a screenwriter living in Los Angeles. While successful in his career, his life feels empty. Haunted and confused, he finds temporary solace in...

Days and Nights

Days and Nights

2014

as Mary

4.5
Acting

Reckless desire wreaks havoc over Memorial Day weekend as a family confronts the volatile and fragile nature of love. A modern retelling of Anton Chek...

Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey

Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey

2014

as Self

7.0
Acting

Hal Holbrook's Mark Twain is an icon of American theater. Since first walking on stage in 1954, Holbrook has performed his one-man show Mark Twain Ton...

Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me

Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me

2013

as Herself

7.5
Acting

Broadway legend Elaine Stritch remains in the spotlight at eighty-seven years old. Join the uncompromising Tony and Emmy Award-winner both on and off ...

New Year's Eve

New Year's Eve

2011

as Mrs Rose Ahern

5.9
Acting

The lives of several couples and singles in New York intertwine over the course of New Year's Eve.

The Beaver

The Beaver

2011

as Vice President

6.4
Acting

Suffering from a severe case of depression, toy company CEO Walter Black begins using a beaver hand puppet to help him open up to his family. With his...

Mother and Child

Mother and Child

2009

as Sister Joanne

6.6
Acting

The lives of three women have a commonality: adoption. Karen is a physical therapist who regrets that, as a teenager, she gave up her daughter for ado...

Amelia

Amelia

2009

as Eleanor Roosevelt

5.7
Acting

A look at the life of legendary American pilot Amelia Earhart, who disappeared while flying over the Pacific Ocean in 1937 in an attempt to make a fli...

24: Redemption

24: Redemption

2008

as Allison Taylor

Acting

Jack Bauer confronts African general/aspiring dictator Benjamin Juma, whose forces have been ordered to capture the children Bauer oversees for malici...

Swimmers

Swimmers

2005

as Julia Tyler

7.3
Acting

After an accident in a small Maryland fishing town, 11-year-old Emma begins to question the nature of the adults around her.

Deconstructing 'The Village'

Deconstructing 'The Village'

2005

as Self

4.7
Acting

In this making-of documentary, we see movie snippets, shots from the set, and interviews. We get notes from the crew and cast. We learn about the movi...

Ocean's Twelve

Ocean's Twelve

2004

as Molly Star / Mrs. Caldwell

6.6
Acting

Despite pulling off one of the biggest heists in Las Vegas history and splitting the $160 million take, each of the infamous Ocean's crew have tried t...

The Village

The Village

2004

as Mrs. Clack

6.5
Acting

When a willful young man tries to venture beyond his sequestered Pennsylvania hamlet, his actions set off a chain of chilling incidents that will alte...

Making 'Signs'

2003

as Self - 'Officer Paski'

5.8
Acting

Nearly every possible aspect of fimmaking used to produce the motion picture Signs (2002) is closely examined here. This serves as a good companion to...

Signs

Signs

2002

as Officer Paski

6.7
Acting

A family living on a farm finds mysterious crop circles in their fields which suggests something more frightening to come.

Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood

Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood

2002

as Buggy Abbott

6.1
Acting

A mother and daughter dispute is resolved by the "Yaya sisterhood" - long time friends of the mother.

Miss America

Miss America

2002

as Narrator

Acting

Tracking the country’s oldest beauty contest—from its inception in 1921 as a local seaside pageant to its heyday as one of the country’s most popular ...

What Makes a Family

What Makes a Family

2001

as Sandy Cataldi

6.5
Acting

Janine and Sandy are a lesbian couple who decide to have a baby, but after a few years Sandy dies. This tragedy is exploited by Sandy's parents to sna...

Cora Unashamed

Cora Unashamed

2000

as Lizbeth Studevant

6.5
Acting

From the short story by Langston Hughes.

The Perfect Storm

The Perfect Storm

2000

as Edie Bailey

6.5
Acting

In October 1991, a confluence of weather conditions combined to form a killer storm in the North Atlantic. Caught in the storm was the sword-fishing b...

Erin Brockovich

Erin Brockovich

2000

as Pamela Duncan

7.4
Acting

A twice-divorced mother of three who sees an injustice, takes on the bad guy and wins -- with a little help from her push-up bra. Erin goes to work fo...

The Lady in Question

The Lady in Question

1999

as Mimi Barnes

4.0
Acting

In 1938, Jewish-rights activist Emma Sachs is targeted by the Nazis. When she dies, foul play is suspected. But was it the Nazis, or was it someone el...

Cradle Will Rock

Cradle Will Rock

1999

as Hallie Flanagan

6.5
Acting

A true story of politics and art in the 1930s USA, centered around a leftist musical drama and attempts to stop its production.

Murder in a Small Town

Murder in a Small Town

1999

as Mimi Barnes

5.2
Acting

A widowed theatre director moves to a small Connecticut town where he gets involved in solving the murder of a millionaire, who was the most despised ...

Out of the Past

Out of the Past

1998

as Annie Adams Fields (voice)

0.8
Acting

In 1995, Kelli Peterson started a gay and straight club at her Salt Lake City high school. The story of her ensuing battle with school authorities in ...

The Horse Whisperer

The Horse Whisperer

1998

as Liz Hammond

6.9
Acting

The mother of a severely traumatized daughter enlists the aid of a unique horse trainer to help the girl's equally injured horse.

Julian Po

Julian Po

1997

as Lucy

6.5
Acting

Christian Slater is a stranger who comes to a small town. The local citizens think he's up to no good. After bothering him for a while, he blurts out ...

Housesitter

Housesitter

1992

as Patty

6.1
Acting

After building his dream house, architect Newton Davis proposes marriage to his girlfriend, only to be summarily rejected. He seeks solace in a one-ni...

The Big Town

The Big Town

1987

as Ginger McDonald

5.5
Acting

It is 1957. J.C. Cullen is a young man from a small town, with a talent for winning at craps, who leaves for the big city to work as a professional ga...

Light of Day

Light of Day

1987

as Cindy Montgomery

5.5
Acting

Cleveland siblings rise with a rock band while coping with personal problems.

Alex: The Life of a Child

Alex: The Life of a Child

1986

as Tina Crawford

7.1
Acting

Based on true events, 'Alex: The Life of a Child' follows former 'Sports Illustrated' writer Frank Deford and his wife Carole when their happy, all-Am...

Sganarelle

Sganarelle

1984

as Dorimène / Lucinde

Acting

Sganarelle is the central character in four farces that were adapted for an evening's entertainment. In The Flying Doctor, Sganarelle tries to outwit ...

O’Malley

O’Malley

1983

as Secretary

Acting

An ex-New York detective becomes a poor man's private eye and gets involved in a high-stakes scam.