Acting credits
30
Active
Consistent number of acting credits.
Actor
Janelle James
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
0.8
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Movies: 5Series: 25Crew credits: 1
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: 6.4
Wikidata: Q99316716
Also known as
자넬 제임스
Other jobs
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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.
In 4 days
Strip Law
as Sheila Flambé (voice) • 10 eps
2026 Series
7.7
Super Duper Bunny League
as Narrator (voice) • 26 eps
2025 Series
6.3
Hollywood Squares
as Self • 1 eps
2025 Series
6.5
Kite Man: Hell Yeah!
as Queen of Fables (voice) • 10 eps
2024 Series
5.6
The Jennifer Hudson Show
1 eps
2022 Series
2.7
Sherri
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2022 Series
2.0
The Final Straw
as Self - Host • 10 eps
2022 Series
7.4
Abbott Elementary
as Ava Coleman • 87 eps
2021 Series
5.2
Teenage Euthanasia
2 eps
2021 Series
7.2
Monsters at Work
as Joy (voice) • 4 eps
2021 Series
7.0
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
as Self - Contestant • 1 eps
2021 Series
7.6
Star Trek: Lower Decks
as Katrot (voice) • 1 eps
2020 Series
6.3
Central Park
as Fran (voice) • 1 eps
2020 Series
6.9
Black Monday
as Joyce • 4 eps
2019 Series
5.1
The Comedy Lineup
as Self • 1 eps
2018 Series
5.3
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self • 1 eps
2014 Series
5.3
@midnight with Chris Hardwick
as Self • 1 eps
2013 Series
5.5
Gotham Comedy Live
as Self - Comic • 1 eps
2012 Series
5.0
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2009 Series
8.3
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
as Ava Coleman • 1 eps
2005 Series
5.5
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self • 1 eps
2003 Series
6.2
The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA
as Self • 1 eps
1995 Series
5.4
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self - Guest • 2 eps
1988 Series
7.9
The Emmy Awards
as Self • 1 eps
1949 Series