Janelle James
Known for
Acting
Life
Born 1979 (age 46)
Born in
Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
Credits
View on IMDb15 acting credits
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.
Known For
The Garfield Movie
30 Apr 2024
Monsters at Work
07 Jul 2021
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
04 Aug 2005
Star Trek: Lower Decks
06 Aug 2020
Abbott Elementary
07 Dec 2021
One of Them Days
16 Jan 2025
Black Monday
20 Jan 2019
Central Park
29 May 2020
Filmography
2026
- Strip Lawas Sheila Flambé (voice)10 episodes
2025
- The Great American Baking Show: Celebrity Holiday 2025
- Super Duper Bunny Leagueas Narrator (voice)26 episodes
- One of Them Daysas Ruby
2024
- Kite Man: Hell Yeah!as Queen of Fables (voice)10 episodes
- The Garfield Movieas Olivia (voice)
2021
- Abbott Elementaryas Ava Coleman93 episodes
- Teenage Euthanasia2 episodes
- Monsters at Workas Joy (voice)4 episodes
2020
- Tom of Your Life
- Star Trek: Lower Decksas Katrot (voice)1 episode
- Central Parkas Fran (voice)1 episode
- Sixteen Thousand Dollarsas Catherine
2019
- Black Mondayas Joyce4 episodes
2005
- It's Always Sunny in Philadelphiaas Ava Coleman1 episode