Janelle James
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.
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Films (6)
Séries (28)

La loi du Strip
2026 · Sheila Flambé (voice)

La Ligue des Supers Lapins
2025 · Narrator (voice)

Hollywood Squares
2025 · Self

Hombre Cometa: ¡Oh, sí!
2024 · Queen of Fables (voice)

La Folle Histoire du monde 2
2023 · Writer

The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022 · Self

Sherri
2022 · Self - Guest

The Final Straw
2022 · Self - Host

Colegio Abbott
2021 · Ava Coleman

Teenage Euthanasia
2021

Monstres & Cie : Au travail
2021 · Joy (voice)

Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
2021 · Self - Contestant

Star Trek: Lower Decks
2020 · Katrot (voice)

Central Park
2020 · Fran (voice), Writer

Black Monday
2019 · Joyce, Staff Writer, Writer, Executive Story Editor

The Comedy Lineup
2018 · Self

The $100,000 Pyramid
2016 · Self

Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · Self

@midnight with Chris Hardwick
2013 · Self

Gotham Comedy Live
2012 · Self - Comic

RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
2012 · Self - Guest Judge

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 · Self - Guest

Philadelphia
2005 · Ava Coleman

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Self, Self - Guest

The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA
1995 · Self

LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988 · Self - Guest

The Emmy Awards
1949 · Self

Golden Globe Awards
1944 · Self - Nominee






