Acting credits
31
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Janelle James
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
1.2
Low visibility
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Movies: 5Series: 27Crew credits: 3
TMDB ID: 2692283
IMDb ID: nm7101192
Known for: Acting
Born: September 23, 1979
Age: 47
Place of birth: Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1944 - 2026
Years active: 83
Average TMDB rating: 6.43
Wikidata: Q99316716
Also known as
자넬 제임스
Other jobs
Writer (2)Staff Writer (1)
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.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Janelle James.
The Great American Baking Show: Celebrity Holiday 2025
2025 Movie
One of Them Days
as Ruby
2025 Movie
The Garfield Movie
as Olivia (voice)
2024 Movie
Tom of Your Life
2020 Movie
Sixteen Thousand Dollars
as Catherine
2020 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Janelle James.
Strip Law
as Sheila Flambé (voice) • 10 eps
2026 Series
Super Duper Bunny League
as Narrator (voice) • 26 eps
2025 Series
Hollywood Squares
as Self • 3 eps
2025 Series
Kite Man: Hell Yeah!
as Queen of Fables (voice) • 10 eps
2024 Series
History of the World: Part II
Writer • 8 eps
2023 Series
The Jennifer Hudson Show
1 eps
2022 Series
Sherri
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2022 Series
The Final Straw
as Self - Host • 10 eps
2022 Series
Abbott Elementary
as Ava Coleman • 95 eps
2021 Series
Teenage Euthanasia
2 eps
2021 Series
Monsters at Work
as Joy (voice) • 4 eps
2021 Series
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
as Self - Contestant • 1 eps
2021 Series
Star Trek: Lower Decks
as Katrot (voice) • 1 eps
2020 Series
Central Park
as Fran (voice) • 1 eps
2020 Series
Black Monday
as Joyce • 4 eps
2019 Series
The Comedy Lineup
as Self • 1 eps
2018 Series
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self • 1 eps
2014 Series
@midnight with Chris Hardwick
as Self • 1 eps
2013 Series
Gotham Comedy Live
as Self - Comic • 1 eps
2012 Series
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
as Self - Guest Judge • 1 eps
2012 Series
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest • 2 eps
2009 Series
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
as Ava Coleman • 1 eps
2005 Series
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self • 1 eps
2003 Series
The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA
as Self • 1 eps
1995 Series