Janelle James
Acting
1979-09-23 · Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
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.
Filmography
Strip Law
2026 · Series
The Great American Baking Show: Celebrity Holiday 2025
2025 · Movie
Super Duper Bunny League
2025 · Series
Hollywood Squares
2025 · Series
One of Them Days
2025 · Movie
Kite Man: Hell Yeah!
2024 · Series
The Garfield Movie
2024 · Movie
History of the World: Part II
2023 · Series
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022 · Series
Sherri
2022 · Series
The Final Straw
2022 · Series
Abbott Elementary
2021 · Series
Teenage Euthanasia
2021 · Series
Monsters at Work
2021 · Series
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
2021 · Series
Tom of Your Life
2020 · Movie
Star Trek: Lower Decks
2020 · Series
Central Park
2020 · Series
Sixteen Thousand Dollars
2020 · Movie
Black Monday
2019 · Series
The Comedy Lineup
2018 · Series
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · Series
@midnight with Chris Hardwick
2013 · Series
Gotham Comedy Live
2012 · Series
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
2012 · Series
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 · Series
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
2005 · Series
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Series
The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA
1995 · Series
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988 · Series
The Emmy Awards
1949 · Series
Golden Globe Awards
1944 · Series