Cherry Jones Research Paper

Cherry Jones was born November 21, 1956 in Paris, TN. Her family includes her parents, Joan Cherry Jones and Jack Rice Jones, and her sister Susan Jones. During her childhood years, she studied acting under, private dramatics teacher, Ruby Krider and, speech and debate coach, Linda Miller. She then went on to earn her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at the Carnegie Mellon School of Drama in 1978. In 1980, she became a founding member of the American Repertory Theatre in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She performed many roles at this theatre which helped lead her on the path to success as an actor. In the mid-1980s Cherry Jones moved to New York to pursue her acting career. Since then, she’s starred in many shows including: Light of Day (1987), The Horse Whisperer (1999), The Perfect Storm (2000), Doubt (2005), and many more. She’s won multiple awards for these shows and others including: the Drama Desk Award (3 time winner), the Outer Critics Circle (4 time winner), and the Tony Award (2 time winner). Along with being an outstanding actor, Cherry Jones is an all-around outstanding person. She continues, to this day, to give back to her childhood town of Paris Tennessee by hosting fundraisers for the arts. In a town where the arts are looked down upon, Cherry Jones
In 1995, Cherry Jones became the first Tony Award winner (won for her remarkable performance in “the Heiress) to publicly thank her same-sex partner. Then in 1998, she narrated a documentary about the gay rights movement. In, 2001 she starred in a Lifetime movie “What Makes A Family” about a lesbian couple going through a custody battle. In 2004, she was honored with the GLAAD’s Vito Russo Media Award for her work in helping to eliminate homophobia. After receiving her second Tony Award (won for for her performance in “Doubt”) she kissed her current partner, Sarah Paulson, and publicly thanked her. She is a very outspoken advocate of LGBT rights and is constantly giving back to the LGBT