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Cherry Jones (born November 21, 1956) is an American Tony Award-winning actress. Tennesee-born actress Cherry Jones spent 15 years in professional theater before her performance as Catherine Sloper in the Broadway revival of "The Heiress" (1995) brought her long overdue and very much deserved recognition. Vincent Canby in his rave New York Times review called her "a splendid young actress who's new to me"--despite the fact she had 50 productions under her belt, including a 1991 Tony nomination for "Our Country's Good" and a 1992 OBIE Award for "The Baltimore Waltz". Perhaps that's to be expected since her malleable cameo face had allowed her to submerge herself in her roles, playing both younger and older characters. When informed of Lincoln Center's interest in her for "The Heiress", both Jones and her agent mistakenly believed they wanted her for the part of Aunt Penniman (eventually played by Frances Sternhagen) and did not discover she was up for the title role until expressing her unwillingness to play the middle-aged character. 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. 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". Jones appeared next as the matriarch Grandma Buggy in 2002's "Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood" and as an officer in the highly anticipated M. Night Shyamalan thriller about the mystery of crop circles in "Signs" (2002). The actress re-teamed with Shyamalan for his next outing, the thriller "The Village" (2004). She then played Sister Marie in the CBS coming-of-age series, “Clubhouse” (2004), but the show was cancelled by the network after only a few episodes. In “Ocean’s 12” (2004), sequel to the remake of the Rat Pack caper comedy, Jones had a small, but crucial role as the mother of Matt Damon. Despite widespread anticipation and a high-profile cast, Jones was able to maintain her artistic integrity and cherished anonymity. 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. Jones play President Allison Taylor on the seventh season of the Fox series 24. Jones was born in Paris, Tennessee, to a high school teacher mother and a flower shop owner father. Jones, who is a lesbian, has long been frank about her sexuality and romantic engagements. 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. Won Best Actress Tony Award for The Heiress. Graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with a BFA in Drama. 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. A frequent reader of stories on NPR's Selected Shorts radio program. Won Broadway's 1995 Tony Award as Best Actress (Play) for a revival of "The Heiress." She was nominated in the same cartegory 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.". 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. Shares a birthday with Björk, Goldie Hawn, Rachel Rogers, Nicollette Sheridan, & Juliet Mills. 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. |
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