Cherry Jones

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Cherry Jones

Born November 21, 1956 (1956-11-21) (age 51)
Paris, Tennessee, United States

Cherry Jones (born November 21, 1956) is an American Tony Award-winning actress.

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[edit] Biography

[edit] Career

Jones is known primarily for her stage work, including her Tony-winning lead performances in Lincoln Center's 1995 production of The Heiress and John Patrick Shanley's play Doubt, which opened at the Walter Kerr Theatre in March 2005. Other Broadway credits include Nora Ephron's play Imaginary Friends (with Swoosie Kurtz); Angels in America: Millennium Approaches and Perestroika, the 2000 revival of A Moon for the Misbegotten, and Timberlake Wertenbaker's Our Country's Good, for which she earned her first Tony nomination.[1] She is considered to be one of the foremost theater actresses in the United States.

She also narrated the audiobook adaptations of Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House series including, "Little House in the Big Woods", "Little House on the Prarie" and "On the Banks of Plum Creek"

In recent years, Jones has ventured into the film industry, in which she has played mostly supporting roles. Her screen credits include Cradle Will Rock, The Perfect Storm, Ocean's Twelve, Signs, The Village.[2]

Jones will play President Allison Taylor on the seventh season of the Fox series 24.[3]

[edit] Personal life

Jones was born in Paris, Tennessee, to a high school teacher mother and a flower shop owner father.[4] Jones, who is a lesbian, has long been frank about her sexuality and romantic engagements.[citation needed] In 1995, when Jones accepted her first Tony Award, she thanked her then partner, architect Mary O'Connor. When she accepted her Best Actress Tony in 2005 for her work in Doubt, she thanked "Laura Wingfield", a character in the then-current Broadway revival of The Glass Menagerie, played by actress Sarah Paulson, Jones' current partner.[5]

[edit] Filmography

[edit] References

  1. ^ Internet Broadway Database Cherry Jones at the Internet Broadway Database
  2. ^ Cherry Jones at the Internet Movie Database
  3. ^ Jones moves into "24" Oval Office
  4. ^ Cherry Jones Biography (1956-)
  5. ^ AfterEllen.com Sarah Paulson

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Awards
Preceded by
Myra Carter
for Three Tall Women		 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play
1994-1995
for The Heiress		 Succeeded by
Zoe Caldwell
for Masterclass
Preceded by
Janet McTeer
for A Doll's House		 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play
1997-1998
for Pride's Crossing		 Succeeded by
Kathleen Chalfant
for Wit
Preceded by
Viola Davis for Intimate Apparel and Phylicia Rashad for A Raisin in the Sun		 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play
2004-2005
for Doubt: A Parable		 Succeeded by
Lois Smith for The Trip to Bountiful
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Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play

Irene Worth (1976) · Julie Harris (1977) · Jessica Tandy (1978) · Constance Cummings / Carole Shelley (1979) · Phyllis Frelich (1980) · Jane Lapotaire (1981) · Zoe Caldwell (1982) · Jessica Tandy (1983) · Glenn Close (1984) · Stockard Channing (1985) · Lily Tomlin (1986) · Linda Lavin (1987) · Joan Allen (1988) · Pauline Collins (1989) · Maggie Smith (1990) · Mercedes Ruehl (1991) · Glenn Close (1992) · Madeline Kahn (1993) · Diana Rigg (1994) · Cherry Jones (1995) · Zoe Caldwell (1996) · Janet McTeer (1997) · Marie Mullen (1998) · Judi Dench (1999) · Jennifer Ehle (2000)
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Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play

Mary-Louise Parker (2001) · Lindsay Duncan (2002) · Vanessa Redgrave (2003) · Phylicia Rashād (2004) · Cherry Jones (2005) · Cynthia Nixon (2006) · Julie White (2007)