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Janelle James

Actor, Writer, Producer, Additional CreditsBorn September 23, 1979 (45 years)
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.

Known For

  • Abbott Elementary
  • Black Monday
  • One of Them Days
  • Kite Man: Hell Yeah!
  • History of the World, Part II
  • The Standups

Filmography

2025
Super Duper Bunny League (TV Series) · as Narrator (voice)
2025
One of Them Days · as Ruby
2024
Kite Man: Hell Yeah! (TV Series) · as Queen Of Fables (voice)
2024
The Garfield Movie · as Olivia (voice)
2022
Life & Beth (TV Series) · as Aminata
2022
2021
Abbott Elementary (TV Series) · as Ava Coleman
2021
Teenage Euthanasia (TV Series)
2021
Monsters at Work (TV Series) · as Joy (voice)
2020
2020
Star Trek: Lower Decks (TV Series) · as Katrot (voice)
2020
Central Park (TV Series) · as Fran (voice)
2019
Tuca & Bertie (TV Series) · as Cast
2019
Black Monday (TV Series) · as Joyce
2018
Corporate (TV Series) · as Maggie
2017
Crashing (2017) (TV Series) · as Cast
2015
The Guest List (TV Series) · as Cast
2005
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (TV Series) · as Ava Coleman

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