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Cherry Jones

Cherry Jones

7 films · 349 frames · top-billed in 2 · 20002021

Born 21 November 1956 · Paris, Tennessee, USA

Cherry Jones is an American actress. Having started her career in theatre as a founding member of the American Repertory Theatre in 1980, she then transitioned into film and television. Celebrated for her dynamic roles on stage and screen, she has received various accolades, including three Primetime Emmy Awards and two Tony Awards, as well as nominations for an Olivier Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award.

Jones made her Broadway debut in the 1987 play Stepping Out. She went on to receive two Tony Awards for Best Actress in a Play for The Heiress in 1995 and Doubt in 2005.

Awards

On FrameThrower we have: 7 films · 349 frames · top-billed in 2 · 20002021

  • Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series2009
  • Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play2005
  • Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play1995
  • Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Lead Actress2005
  • Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Lead Actress1998
  • Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play

How their films are shot

Measured across 349 frames from the 7 films we hold. This is the look of the work Cherry takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 7 films we hold, 47% of their frames are day, 45% natural — the look of the work Cherry takes.

Time of day

Day47%
Night43%
Interior6%

Lighting

Natural45%
Low key37%
High key11%
Silhouette4%

Shot size

Medium50%
Closeup20%
Wide20%
Fullbody6%

Camera angle

Eye level83%
Low angle9%
High angle5%

Mood

Neutral64%
Tense19%
Lonely10%
Ominous5%

Films in the library

Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.

Often with

Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.

A reference database for filmmakers

FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 349 frames from Cherry Jones's 7 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.