Janelle James
- Acting
- September 23, 1979 · Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
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
Filmography
- Strip Law · Sheila Flambé (Voice)
- The Great American Baking Show: Celebrity Holiday 2025
- Super Duper Bunny League · Narrator (Voice)
- One of Them Days · Ruby
- Hollywood Squares · Self
- Kite Man: Hell Yeah! · Queen of Fables (Voice)
- The Garfield Movie · Olivia (Voice)
- History of the World: Part II · Writer
- The Jennifer Hudson Show · Self
- Sherri · Self
- The Final Straw · Self
- Abbott Elementary · Ava Coleman
- Teenage Euthanasia
- Monsters at Work · Joy (Voice)
- Celebrity Wheel of Fortune · Self
- Tom of Your Life
- Star Trek: Lower Decks · Katrot (Voice)
- Central Park · Fran (Voice), Writer
- Sixteen Thousand Dollars · Catherine
- Black Monday · Joyce, Staff Writer
- The Comedy Lineup · Self
- Late Night with Seth Meyers · Self
- @midnight with Chris Hardwick · Self
- Gotham Comedy Live · Self
- RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars · Self
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen · Self
- It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia · Ava Coleman
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! · Self
- The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA · Self
- LIVE with Kelly and Mark · Self
- The Emmy Awards · Self
- Golden Globe Awards · Self