Cherry Jones

Cherry Jones () adalah aktris berkebangsaan Amerika Serikat. Namanya dikenal secara luas ketika dia dinominasikan sebanyak lima kali menerima penghargaan Tony Award untuk penampilannya di Teater Broadway, dan memenangi penghargaan itu dalam kategori Aktris Terbaik melalui pertunjukan drama tahun 1995 berjudul The Heiress dan tahun 2005 dalam judul Doubt. Tahun 2009 dia memenangi penghargaan Primetime Emmy Award untuk kategori Aktris Pendukung Terpuji melalui perannya sebagai Allison Taylor dalam seral drama yang ditayangkan kanal FOX berjudul 24. Dia juga memenangi tiga penghargaan Drama Desk Awards.

Jones mengawali debutnya di Broadway pada tahun 1987 melalui pertunjukan Stepping Out. Pertunjukan lain yang mencat namanya adalah Pride's Crossing (1997–98) dan The Glass Menagerie (2013–14). Penampilannya di kancah perfilman di antaranya The Horse Whisperer (1998), Erin Brockovich (2000), The Village (2004), Amelia (2009) dan The Beaver (2011). Tahun 2012, dia memerankan sebagai Dr. Judith Evans dalam drama NBC berjudul Awake.

 Latar belakang 
Jones lahir di Paris, Tennessee, puteri seorang guru sekolah menengah atas dan pemilik toko bunga. Dia merupakan lulusan tahun 1978 dari Carnegie Mellon School of Drama. Semasa di CMU, dia sudah mulai menekuni keaktrisan dan bekerja di City Theatre.Conner, Lynne (2007). Pittsburgh In Stages: Two Hundred Years of Theater. University of Pittsburgh Press. pg. 247. ISBN 978-0-8229-4330-3. Retrieved 2011-07-15.

Jones dikenal namanya ketika berperan sebagai Presiden Amerika Serikat Allison Taylor dalam serial drama Fox berjudul24, di mana melalui perannya itu, dia memenangi penghargaan dari Emmy Award. Namun, kebanyakan kariernya dihabiskan di Teater Broadway, termasuk memenangi Tony Award dengan perannya dalam produksi Lincoln Center tahun 1995 berjudul The Heiress dan pertunjukan drama arahan John Patrick Shanley berjudul Doubt, peran yang mengantarkannya memenangi penghargaan Tony Award 2005 untuk kategori Best Leading Actress in a Play.

Pertunjukan di Broadway lainnya di antaranya arahan Nora Ephron berjudul Imaginary Friends (bersama Swoosie Kurtz); Angels in America: Millennium Approaches dan Perestroika, A Moon for the Misbegotten, dan Timberlake Wertenbaker's Our Country's Good, saat itu namanya masuk nominasi kali pertama di Tony Award.Internet Broadway Database  Dia dianggap sebagai salah satu aktris panggung yang diperhitungkan di Amerika Serikat.

She juga menarasikan audiobook serial adaptasi Laura Ingalls Wilder berjudul Little House  antara lain, Little House in the Big Woods, Little House on the Prairie, Farmer Boy, On the Banks of Plum Creek, By the Shores of Silver Lake, The Long Winter danLittle Town on the Prairie. Pada tahun itu, Jones mulai menjajagi film fitur. Film yang melibatkan keaktrisannya seperti Cradle Will Rock, The Perfect Storm, Signs, Ocean's Twelve dan The Village.

Jones berperan sebagai President Taylor dalam serial drama Fox 24, sebuah peran yang mengantarakannya memenangi Emmy Award untuk kategori Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series.Hetrick, Adam. "Zachary Quinto, Celia Keenan-Bolger and Brian J. Smith Join Cherry Jones for A.R.T.'s Glass Menagerie"  playbill.com, October 18, 2012

 Kehidupan pribadi 
Jones adalah seorang lesbian. Tahun 1995, ketika Jones menerima penghargaan pertama dari Tony Award, dia berterima kasih kepada pasangannya, Mary O'Connor, yang telah dijalani selama 18 tahun.

She mulai berkencan dengan aktris Sarah Paulson pada 2004. Ketika menerima penghargaan Aktris Terbaik Tony Award 2005 atas penampilannya dalam Doubt, dia berterima kasih kepada "Laura Wingfield," karakter Glass Menagerie yang dimainkan dalam di Broadway karya Paulson.AfterEllen.com Sarah Paulson  Tahun 2007, Paulson dan Jones mendeklarasikan hubungan cinta mereka satu sama lain bersama Velvetpark di Women's Event 10 untuke LGBT Center of New York. Paulson and Jones mengakhiri hubungan mereka sekitar tahun 2009. Pertengahan 2015, Jones menikahi kekasih wanitanya, sineas Sophie Huber.

 Filmografi 

 Film 
 Tahun Judul Peran Catatan 1987 Light of Day Cindy Montgomery  1987 The Big Town Ginger McDonald  1992 Housesitter Patty  1995 Polio Water Virginia Short film 1997 Julian Po Lucy  1998 The Horse Whisperer Liz Hammond  1999 Cradle Will Rock Hallie Flanagan  1999 The Lady in Question Mimi Barnes  2000 Erin Brockovich Pamela Duncan  2000 The Perfect Storm Edie Bailey  2002 Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood Buggy Abbott  2002 Signs Officer Paski  2004 The Village Mrs. Clack  2004 Ocean's Twelve Molly Star/Mrs. Caldwell  2005 Swimmers Julia Tyler  2009 Amelia Eleanor Roosevelt  2009 Mother and Child Sister Joanne  2011 The Beaver Vice President  2011 New Year's Eve Mrs. Rose Ahern  2013 Days and Nights Mary 2015 Knight of Cups Ruth  2015 I Saw the LightLillie Williams  2016 Whiskey Tango Foxtrot Geri Taub  2017 The Party Martha 2018 Boy Erased Dr. Muldoon  2018 A Rainy Day in New York   TBA Wine Country   TBA Motherless Brooklyn  

 Televisi 
 Tahun Judul Peran Catatan 1986 Alex: The Life of a Child Tina Crawford Television movie 1987 Spenser: For Hire Tracy Kincaid Episode: "Sleepless Dream" 1992 Loving Frankie Unknown episodes 1993 Tribeca Tough Woman Episode: "The Loft" 1999 Murder in a Small Town Mimi  Television movie 2000 Cora Unashamed Lizbeth Studevant Television movie 2001 What Makes a Family Sandy Cataldi Television movie 2001 Frasier Janet Episode: "Junior Agent" 2002 The American Experience Narrator Episode: "Miss America" 2004 The West Wing Barbara Layton Episode: "Eppur Si Muove" 2004–05 Clubhouse Sister Marie 3 episodes 2008 24: Redemption President-Elect Allison Taylor Television movie 2008–10 24 President Allison Taylor 43 episodes
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film 2012 Awake Dr. Judith Evans 11 episodes 2015–present Transparent Leslie 11 episodes
Nominated—Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Guest Performer in a Comedy Series
Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series 2016 Mercy Street Dorothea Dix 2 episodes 2016 11.22.63 Marguerite Oswald 5 episodes 2016 Black Mirror Susan Episode: "Nosedive" 2017 American Crime Laurie Ann Hesby Upcoming series

 Teater 
 Tahun Judul Peran Catatan 1983 The Philanthropist Liz 1984 The Ballad of Soapy Smith Kitty Chase  1985–96 The Importance of Being Earnest Cecily Cardew  1987 Claptrap Sarah Littlefield  1987 Stepping Out Lynne   1988 Macbeth Lady Macduff  1991 Our Country's Good Reverend Johnson/Liz Morden Nominated—Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play 1991 Light Shining in Buckinghamshire    1992 The Baltimore Waltz Anna  1992 Good Night Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) Constance Ledbelly  1993–94 Angels in America: Millennium Approaches Various replacements  1993–94 Angels in America: Perestroika Various replacements  1993 And Baby Makes Seven Anna  1993 Desdemona Bianca  1995 The Heiress Catherine Sloper  Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play
Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play 1996 The Night of the Iguana Hannah Jelkes  1997–98 Pride's Crossing Mabel Tidings/Bigelow Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play
Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Actress in a Play 1999 Tongue of a Bird Maxine  2000 A Moon for the Misbegotten Josie Hogan Nominated—Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play 2001 Major Barbara Barbara Undershaft  2002–03 Imaginary Friends Mary McCarthy  2003 Flesh and Blood Mary Stassos  2005–06 Doubt Sister Aloysius Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play
Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play 2006 Faith Healer Grace Nominated—Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play 2010 Mrs. Warren's Profession Mrs. Kitty Warren  2013–14 The Glass Menagerie Amanda Wingfield Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Actress in a Play
Nominated—Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play 2014 When We Were Young and Unafraid Agnes 

 Penghargaan 
 Tahun Penghargaan Kategori Karya Hasil 1991 Tony Awards Best Actress in a Play Our Country's Good  1995 Drama Desk Awards Outstanding Actress in a Play The Heiress  1995 Tony Awards Best Actress in a Play The Heiress  1998 Drama Desk Awards Outstanding Actress in a Play Pride's Crossing  2000 Tony Awards Best Actress in a Play A Moon for the Misbegotten  2004 GLAAD Media Awards Vito Russo Award Herself  2005 Drama Desk Awards Outstanding Actress in a Play Doubt  2005 Tony Awards Best Actress in a Play Doubt  2006 Drama Desk Awards Outstanding Actress in a Play Faith Healer  2009 Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series 24  2009 Satellite Awards Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film 24  2014 Outer Critics Circle Awards Outstanding Actress in a Play The Glass Menagerie  2014 Tony Awards Best Actress in a Play The Glass Menagerie  2016 Critics' Choice Television Awards Best Guest Performer in a Comedy Series Transparent  2016 Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series Transparent 

 Referensi 

 Pranala luar 



 Cherry Jones  at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
 Cast Out: Queer Lives in Theater (U. Michigan Press, edited by Robin Bernstein) republishes the interview in which Cherry Jones first publicly discussed her sexuality.
 Cherry Jones – Downstage Center interview at American Theatre Wing.org
 TonyAwards.com Interview with Cherry Jones 

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