Personal Info
Birthday
September 23, 1979
Place of Birth
Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
Known For
Acting
Janelle James
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.
Acting Filmography (31)
7.0
Strip Law
TV Series2026
No Backdrop
2.0
The Great American Baking Show: Celebrity Holiday 2025
Movie2025
7.7
Super Duper Bunny League
TV Series2025
6.7
One of Them Days
Movie2025
4.0
Hollywood Squares
TV Series2025
6.7
Kite Man: Hell Yeah!
TV Series2024
7.0
The Garfield Movie
Movie2024
5.6
The Jennifer Hudson Show
TV Series2022
2.6
Sherri
TV Series2022
2.0
The Final Straw
TV Series2022
7.5
Abbott Elementary
TV Series2021
5.4
Teenage Euthanasia
TV Series2021
7.2
Monsters at Work
TV Series2021
7.1
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
TV Series2021
5.2
Tom of Your Life
Movie2020
7.6
Star Trek: Lower Decks
TV Series2020
6.3
Central Park
TV Series2020
No Backdrop
0.0
Sixteen Thousand Dollars
Movie2020
6.8
Black Monday
TV Series2019
5.2
The Comedy Lineup
TV Series2018
5.1
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV Series2014
5.2
@midnight with Chris Hardwick
TV Series2013
No Backdrop
5.5
Gotham Comedy Live
TV Series2012
7.3
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
TV Series2012
5.0
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV Series2009
8.3
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
TV Series2005
5.3
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV Series2003
6.0
The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA
TV Series1995
5.6
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV Series1988
7.9
The Emmy Awards
TV Series1949
7.0
Golden Globe Awards
TV Series1944