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Cherry Jones is an American actress who has been active in the entertainment industry since the 1980s. She is best known for her roles in the films The Horse Whisperer, Signs, and The Village, as well as her Emmy Award-winning performance as President Allison Taylor on the television series 24.
Born on November 21, 1956 in Paris, Tennessee, Jones was raised in nearby South Fulton. She attended the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1978. She then attended the Juilliard School in New York City, where she earned a Master of Fine Arts degree in 1983.
Jones made her professional stage debut in 1983 in the off-Broadway production of The Baltimore Waltz. She went on to appear in numerous Broadway and off-Broadway productions, including The Heiress, The Sisters Rosensweig, and Doubt. She won a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for her performance in the 1995 revival of The Heiress.
Jones made her film debut in the 1998 drama The Horse Whisperer. She went on to appear in the films Signs, The Village, and The Perfect Storm, as well as the television series 24, for which she won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 2009.
In addition to her acting career, Jones is an advocate for LGBT rights and has served as a board member of the Human Rights Campaign since 2009. She is also a member of the Council of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
As of 2021, Cherry Jones's net worth is estimated to be $3 million.
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68 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Scorpio |
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21 November, 1956 |
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21 November |
| Birthplace |
Paris, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Nationality |
United States |
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Cherry Jones Height, Weight & Measurements
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Who Is Cherry Jones's Husband?
Her husband is Sophie Huber (m. 2015)
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Sophie Huber (m. 2015) |
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Cherry Jones Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Cherry Jones worth at the age of 68 years old? Cherry Jones’s income source is mostly from being a successful Actress. She is from United States. We have estimated
Cherry Jones's net worth
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Timeline
In 2019, Jones played the role of a grouchy psychic and tarot card reader in the comedy Wine Country, directed by Amy Poehler.
In 2018, Jones played Holly, the feminist mother to June/Offred in The Handmaid's Tale. She won an Emmy for her performance.
In 2016, she appeared in "Nosedive", an episode of the anthology series Black Mirror.
In 2015 and 2016 Jones had a recurring role on the Primetime Emmy Award-winning Amazon comedy-drama series Transparent in its second and third seasons. She was nominated for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Guest Performer in a Comedy Series for her work in the 2015 season.
In mid-2015, Jones married her girlfriend, filmmaker Sophie Huber.
In 2014, Cherry Jones was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame.
In 2012, Jones starred in the NBC drama series Awake as psychiatrist Dr. Judith Evans.
Jones played President Taylor on the Fox series 24, a role for which she won an Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. She played the role in the seventh season, from January to May 2009, as well as eighth season, which aired from January to May 2010.
She started dating actress Sarah Paulson in 2004. When she accepted her Best Actress Tony in 2005 for her work in Doubt, she thanked "Laura Wingfield", the Glass Menagerie character being played in the Broadway revival by Paulson. In 2007, Paulson and Jones declared their love for each other in an interview with Velvetpark at Women's Event 10 for the LGBT Center of New York. Paulson and Jones ended their relationship amicably in 2009.
Other Broadway credits include Nora Ephron's play Imaginary Friends (with Swoosie Kurtz), 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. She is considered to be one of the foremost theater actresses in the United States. In 1994, she also appeared in the Broadway run of Angels in America: Millennium Approaches and Perestroika as the Angel, replacing Ellen McLaughlin, who had originated the role.
Her Broadway performances include Lincoln Center's 1995 production of The Heiress and also a 2005 production of John Patrick Shanley's play Doubt at the Walter Kerr Theatre. For both roles, she earned a Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Play.
Jones is lesbian. In 1995, when Jones accepted her first Tony Award, she thanked her then-partner, architect Mary O'Connor, with whom she had an 18-year relationship.
Most of her career has been in theater, beginning in 1980 as a founding member of the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Jones was born in Paris, Tennessee. Her mother was a high school teacher, and her father owned a flower shop. Her parents were very supportive of her theatrical ambitions, encouraging her interest by sending her to classes with local drama teacher, Ruby Krider. Jones takes great pains to credit her high school speech teacher, Linda Wilson, with her first real preparatory work. She is a 1978 graduate of the Carnegie Mellon School of Drama. While at CMU, she was one of the earliest actors to work at City Theatre, a prominent fixture of Pittsburgh theatre.
Cherry Jones (born November 21, 1956) is an American actress. A five-time Tony Award nominee for her work on Broadway, she has twice won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play: for the 1995 revival of The Heiress and for the 2005 original production of Doubt. She has also won two Emmy Awards, winning Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 2009 for her role as Allison Taylor on the FOX television series 24, and then winning Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series in 2019 for her performance in The Handmaid's Tale. She has also won three Drama Desk Awards. Jones made her Broadway debut in the 1987 original Broadway production of Stepping Out. Other stage credits include Pride's Crossing (1997–98) and The Glass Menagerie (2013–14). Her film appearances include The Horse Whisperer (1998), Erin Brockovich (2000), Signs (2002), The Village (2004), Amelia (2009), and The Beaver (2011). In 2012, she played Dr. Judith Evans on the NBC drama Awake.
