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Janelle James
Age: 47 Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands Acting
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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Strip Law
2026•TV
as Sheila Flambé (voice)
The Great American Baking Show: Celebrity Holiday 2025
2025•Movie
as Unknown
Super Duper Bunny League
2025•TV
as Narrator (voice)
One of Them Days
2025•Movie
as Ruby
Hollywood Squares
2025•TV
as Self
Kite Man: Hell Yeah!
2024•TV
as Queen of Fables (voice)
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022•TV
as Unknown
Sherri
2022•TV
as Self - Guest
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022•TV
as Self
The Final Straw
2022•TV
as Self - Host
Abbott Elementary
2021•TV
as Ava Coleman
Teenage Euthanasia
2021•TV
as Unknown
Monsters at Work
2021•TV
as Joy (voice)
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
2021•TV
as Self - Contestant
Tom of Your Life
2020•Movie
as Unknown
Star Trek: Lower Decks
2020•TV
as Katrot (voice)
Central Park
2020•TV
as Fran (voice)
Sixteen Thousand Dollars
2020•Movie
as Catherine
Black Monday
2019•TV
as Joyce
The Comedy Lineup
2018•TV
as Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014•TV
as Self
@midnight with Chris Hardwick
2013•TV
as Self
Gotham Comedy Live
2012•TV
as Self - Comic
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
2012•TV
as Self - Guest Judge
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009•TV
as Self - Guest
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
2005•TV
as Ava Coleman
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003•TV
as Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003•TV
as Self - Guest
The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA
1995•TV
as Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988•TV
as Self - Guest
The Emmy Awards
1949•TV
as Self
Golden Globe Awards
1944•TV
as Self - Nominee