Biography
" Jones' affinity for independent, heroic females carried over into her screen appearances, which increased in the new millennium to include supporting roles as a fellow opponent of environmental poisoning in "Erin Brockovich" (2000) and the matriarch Grandma Buggy in "Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood" (2002). When she was approached to take on the role of the courageous and idealistic first female President of the United States on the …
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Career Milestones
| Following graduation from college, spent a year with the BAM Theater Company at the Brooklyn Academy of Music | ||
1980 | Found a berth in the American Repertory Theater (Cambridge) for its inaugural season; did 25 plays in 6 seasons | |
1983 | Made television debut in the failed detective pilot "O'Malley" | |
1986 | First TV-movie, played Tina Crawford in "Alex: The Life of a Child" (ABC) | |
1987 | Feature film debut in Paul Schrader's "Light of Day"; co-starred with Michael J. Fox and Joan Jett | |
1987 | Made Broadway debut in "Stepping Out"; directed by Tommy Tune | |
1988 | Played Lady Macduff in the Christopher Plummer-Glenda Jackson production of "Macbeth" | |
1991 | Breakthrough stage role, playing the toughened and much abused ex-convict Liz Morden in Timberlake Wertenbaker's "Our Country's Good" on Broadway; earned her first Tony nomination | |
1992 | Won acclaim for her performance in Paula Vogel's Off-Broadway play "The Baltimore Waltz" | |
1995 | Delivered a Tony Award-winning performance as the meek yet defiant Catherine Sloper in the hit Lincoln Center revival of Ruth and Augustus Goetz's 1947 drama "The Heiress" | |
1995 | Starred in 18-minute short, "Polio Water"; written and directed by Caroline Kava | |
1996 | Lent her voice to the PBS documentary "The West" | |
1997 | Appeared on stage in Tina Howe's "Pride's Crossing" | |
1997 | Played deaf maid Lucy in Wade Allen's "Julian Po" | |
1998 | Had pivotal role as a veterinarian in Robert Redford's "The Horse Whisperer" | |
1999 | Played Hallie Flanagan in "Cradle Will Rock"; directed by Tim Robbins | |
2000 | Had featured role in Wolfgang Petersen's "The Perfect Storm" | |
2000 | Returned to the stage as Josie Hogan in O'Neill's "A Moon for the Misbegotten"; earned a Best Actress Tony nomination | |
2001 | Co-starred with Brooke Shields in the Lifetime movie "What Makes a Family" | |
2001 | Played the title role in the Broadway revival of "Major Barbara" | |
2002 | Appeared with Mel Gibson in the M. Night Shyamalan thriller "Signs" | |
2002 | Co-starred with Swoosie Kurtz in the Nora Ephron play "Imaginary Friends" on Broadway | |
2002 | Had featured role in "The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood" | |
2004 | Re-teamed with director M. Night Shyamalan for "The Village" | |
2005 | Starred as Sister Aloysius in the Boradway production of "Doubt" | |
2006 | Appeared opposite Ralph Fiennes, in the Broadway production of the "Faith Healer" | |
2007 | Joined the cast of "24" (FOX) in its seventh season, playing President Allison Taylor | |
2009 | Portrayed Eleanor Roosevelt in Mira Nair's biopic, "Amelia," based on the life of Amelia Earhart | |
Awards
1995 | Tony Award for Actress (Play) |
2005 | Tony Award for Actress (Play) |
2009 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 24 |