Biography
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
2024
as Ma Joad
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
2023
as Loïe Fuller (voice)
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
2022
as Fiona
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
2021
as Helen Keller (voice)
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
2021
as Rachel Grover
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
2021
as Self
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
2020
as Nancy
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
2019
as Gabby Horowitz
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
2019
as Leslie Mackinaw
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
2019
as Faith Pruett
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
2019
as Mrs. Welles
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
2019
as Lady Sunshine
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
2018
as Dr. Muldoon
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
2017
as Self
A look at the past, present and future of the Great White Way.

The Party
2017
as Martha
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
2016
as Geri Taub
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
2016
as Lillie Williams
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
2015
as Ruth
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
2014
as Mary
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
2014
as Self
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
2013
as Herself
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
2011
as Mrs Rose Ahern
The lives of several couples and singles in New York intertwine over the course of New Year's Eve.

The Beaver
2011
as Vice President
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
2009
as Sister Joanne
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
2009
as Eleanor Roosevelt
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
2008
as Allison Taylor
Jack Bauer confronts African general/aspiring dictator Benjamin Juma, whose forces have been ordered to capture the children Bauer oversees for malici...

Swimmers
2005
as Julia Tyler
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'
2005
as Self
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
2004
as Molly Star / Mrs. Caldwell
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
2004
as Mrs. Clack
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'
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
2002
as Officer Paski
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
2002
as Buggy Abbott
A mother and daughter dispute is resolved by the "Yaya sisterhood" - long time friends of the mother.

Miss America
2002
as Narrator
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
2001
as Sandy Cataldi
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
2000
as Lizbeth Studevant
From the short story by Langston Hughes.

The Perfect Storm
2000
as Edie Bailey
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
2000
as Pamela Duncan
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
1999
as Mimi Barnes
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
1999
as Hallie Flanagan
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
1999
as Mimi Barnes
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
1998
as Annie Adams Fields (voice)
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
1998
as Liz Hammond
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
1997
as Lucy
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
1992
as Patty
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
1987
as Ginger McDonald
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
1987
as Cindy Montgomery
Cleveland siblings rise with a rock band while coping with personal problems.

Alex: The Life of a Child
1986
as Tina Crawford
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
1984
as Dorimène / Lucinde
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
1983
as Secretary
An ex-New York detective becomes a poor man's private eye and gets involved in a high-stakes scam.