Janelle James
Known for: Acting
Born: September 23, 1979
Place of birth: 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.
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Filmography
5 movies · 27 TV shows, newest first
7.0
Strip Law
2026
2.0
The Great American Baking Show: Celebrity Holiday 2025
2025
7.7
Super Duper Bunny League
2025
6.7
One of Them Days
2025
4.4
Hollywood Squares
2025
6.6
Kite Man: Hell Yeah!
2024
7.0
The Garfield Movie
2024
5.7
History of the World: Part II
2023
5.6
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
2.6
Sherri
2022
2.0
The Final Straw
2022
7.5
Abbott Elementary
2021
5.7
Teenage Euthanasia
2021
7.2
Monsters at Work
2021
7.1
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
2021
5.2
Tom of Your Life
2020
7.6
Star Trek: Lower Decks
2020
6.3
Central Park
2020
NR
Sixteen Thousand Dollars
2020
6.8
Black Monday
2019
5.3
The Comedy Lineup
2018
5.1
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
5.3
@midnight with Chris Hardwick
2013
5.5
Gotham Comedy Live
2012
7.3
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
2012
4.9
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
8.3
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
2005
5.3
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
6.0
The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA
1995
5.6
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
7.9
The Emmy Awards
1949
7.0
Golden Globe Awards
1944