Acting credits
31
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Janelle James
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
1.0
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Movies: 5Series: 27Crew credits: 3
TMDB ID: 2692283
IMDb ID: nm7101192
Known for: Acting
Born: September 23, 1979
Age: 46
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.
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Janelle James.
as Sheila Flambé (voice) • 10 eps
Strip Law
2026 • Series
as Narrator (voice) • 26 eps
Super Duper Bunny League
2025 • Series
as Self • 3 eps
Hollywood Squares
2025 • Series
as Queen of Fables (voice) • 10 eps
Kite Man: Hell Yeah!
2024 • Series
Writer • 8 eps
History of the World: Part II
2023 • Series
1 eps
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022 • Series
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
Sherri
2022 • Series
as Self - Host • 10 eps
The Final Straw
2022 • Series
as Ava Coleman • 93 eps
Abbott Elementary
2021 • Series
2 eps
Teenage Euthanasia
2021 • Series
as Joy (voice) • 4 eps
Monsters at Work
2021 • Series
as Self - Contestant • 1 eps
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
2021 • Series
as Katrot (voice) • 1 eps
Star Trek: Lower Decks
2020 • Series
as Fran (voice) • 1 eps
Central Park
2020 • Series
as Joyce • 4 eps
Black Monday
2019 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
The Comedy Lineup
2018 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
@midnight with Chris Hardwick
2013 • Series
as Self - Comic • 1 eps
Gotham Comedy Live
2012 • Series
as Self - Guest Judge • 1 eps
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
2012 • Series
as Self - Guest • 2 eps
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 • Series
as Ava Coleman • 1 eps
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
2005 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA
1995 • Series