Cherry Jones (born November 21, 1956) is an American actress. After beginning her career in theatre as one of the founders of the American Repertory Theater in 1980, she later moved into film and television. Known for her dynamic roles on stage and screen, she has received various awards, including three Primetime Emmy Awards and two Tony Awards, as well as nominations for a Laurence Olivier Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award.

Jones made her Broadway debut in the 1987 play Stepping Out. She won two Tony Awards for Best Actress in a Play for The Heiress in 1995 and Doubt in 2005. Her other Tony-nominated roles were in Our Country's Good in 1991, A Moon for the Misbegotten in 2000, and The Glass Menagerie in 2014. Her last Broadway appearance was in The Fact of a Deadline in 2018.

She is also known for her television work, including breakthrough roles as Barbara Layton in The West Wing and President Allison Taylor in 24, the latter of which earned her a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 2009. She received a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for Transparent in 2015 and won two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for her roles in the Hulu drama series The Handmaid's Tale in 2019 and the HBO drama series Succession in 2020.

Her filmography includes The Horse Whisperer (1998), Erin Brockovich (2000), Signs (2002), The Village (2004), Amelia (2009), The Beaver (2011), A Rainy Day in New York (2019), and The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021).