Cherry Jones

Cherry Jones (lahir 21 November 1956) 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.

Cherry Jones
Jones at 24's season 7 finale screening in 2009
Lahir	21 November 1956 (umur 67) Paris, Tennessee, U.S.
Almamater	Carnegie Mellon University
Pekerjaan	Actress
Tahun aktif	1980–present
Suami/istri	Sophie Huber ​ (m. 2015)​
Pasangan	Sarah Paulson (2004–2009)

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.

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. 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.

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

Referensi

1. "Cherry Jones Biography (1956–)". Diakses tanggal 5 May 2015. 
2. 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.
3. Internet Broadway Database Cherry Jones di Internet Broadway Database
4. Brantley, Ben (14 February 2013). "'The Glass Menagerie,' at Loeb Drama Center, Cambridge, MA". New York Times. Diakses tanggal 17 February 2013. 
5. Cherry Jones di IMDb (dalam bahasa Inggris)
6. Joyce Eng (20 September 2009). "Kristin Chenoweth, Jon Cryer Win First Emmys". TVGuide.com. Diakses tanggal 2009-09-20. 
7. "Jones moves into 24 Oval Office". Reuters. 2007-07-21. Diakses tanggal 2008-07-26. 
8. Hetrick, Adam. "Zachary Quinto, Celia Keenan-Bolger and Brian J. Smith Join Cherry Jones for A.R.T.'s Glass Menagerie" October 19, 2012, di Wayback Machine. playbill.com, October 18, 2012
9. "Cherry Jones, Ellen Burstyn, Cameron Mackintosh and More Inducted Into Broadway's Theater Hall of Fame". Diakses tanggal April 10, 2013. 
10. "'Black Mirror' Season 3 Trailer: "No One Is This Happy'". Deadline. 7 October 2016. Diakses tanggal 7 October 2016. 
11. Witchel, Alex. "Cherry Jones, at the Peak of Her Powers". New York Times. 
12. Crews, Chip. "A Benefit of 'Doubt'". Washington Post. 
13. "Cherry Jones: Prop 8 Supporters 'Will Be Ashamed of Themselves'". 
14. AfterEllen.com Sarah Paulson December 10, 2006, di Wayback Machine.
15. "Velvetpark – Art Thought Culture". Diakses tanggal 5 May 2015. 
16. AOL. . Popeater. Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal 2012-03-20. Diakses tanggal 5 May 2015. 
17. Bendix, Trish. "Cherry Jones on getting married and playing a lesbian feminist in Season 2 of "Transparent"". Afterellen. 
18. Stephen L. Betts (7 November 2014). "Bradley Whitford, Cherry Jones Cast in Upcoming Hank Williams Movie". Rolling Stone. Diakses tanggal 16 December 2014. 

Pranala luar

Wikimedia Commons memiliki media mengenai Cherry Jones.

• Cherry Jones di Internet Broadway Database
• Cherry Jones di IMDb (dalam bahasa Inggris)
• Cherry Jones 2005-11-02 di Wayback Machine. 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 2007-04-23 di Wayback Machine.