Janelle James

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

1979-09-23

Place of Birth

Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
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Janelle James

Biography

Janelle James is an American comedian, actress, and writer. She is best known for her role as Ava Coleman in the ABC television series Abbott Elementary, for which she won a Screen Actors Guild Award, and an NAACP Image Award, in addition to nominations for three Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Golden Globe Award.

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Acting History

2026
Strip Law as Sheila Flambé (voice)
2025
The Great American Baking Show: Celebrity Holiday 2025
2025
Super Duper Bunny League as Narrator (voice)
2025
One of Them Days as Ruby
2024
Kite Man: Hell Yeah! as Queen of Fables (voice)
2024
The Garfield Movie as Olivia (voice)
2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show as Self
2022
Sherri as Self - Guest
2022
The Final Straw as Self - Host
2021
Abbott Elementary as Ava Coleman
2021
Teenage Euthanasia
2021
Monsters at Work as Joy (voice)
2021
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune as Self - Contestant
2020
Tom of Your Life
2020
Star Trek: Lower Decks as Katrot (voice)
2020
Central Park as Fran (voice)
2020
Sixteen Thousand Dollars as Catherine
2019
Black Monday as Joyce
2018
The Comedy Lineup as Self
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
2013
@midnight with Chris Hardwick as Self
2012
Gotham Comedy Live as Self - Comic
2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
2005
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia as Ava Coleman
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
1949
The Emmy Awards as Self
1944
Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee