2024Nominee
Best Performance
The Garfield Movie
Janelle James
Actor
Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
September 23, 1979
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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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
2025Nominee
Best Performance
One of Them Days
2020Nominee
Best Performance
Tom of Your Life
Career Highlights
2020Highlight
Best Performance
Sixteen Thousand Dollars
2025Highlight
Best Performance
The Great American Baking Show: Celebrity Holiday 2025
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The Garfield Movie
One of Them Days
Sixteen Thousand Dollars