Janelle James
Acting1979Saint 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
Acting History
2026
Hollywood Squares
TVas Self• 1 eps
The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA
TVas Self• 1 eps
Strip Law
TVas Sheila Flambé (voice)• 10 eps
2025
One of Them Days
as Ruby
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
TVas Ava Coleman• 1 eps
The Emmy Awards
TVas Self• 1 eps
Super Duper Bunny League
TVas Narrator (voice)• 26 eps
2024
The Garfield Movie
as Olivia (voice)
Monsters at Work
TVas Joy (voice)• 4 eps
The Jennifer Hudson Show
TVas Self• 2 eps
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TVas Self• 1 eps
Kite Man: Hell Yeah!
TVas Queen of Fables (voice)• 10 eps
Sherri
TVas Self - Guest• 1 eps
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TVas Self - Guest• 1 eps
2023
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
TVas Self - Contestant• 1 eps
Golden Globe Awards
TVas Self - Nominee• 1 eps
Star Trek: Lower Decks
TVas Katrot (voice)• 1 eps
2022
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TVas Self• 1 eps
The Final Straw
TVas Self - Host• 10 eps
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TVas Self - Guest• 2 eps
2021
Abbott Elementary
TVas Ava Coleman• 88 eps
Black Monday
TVExecutive Story Editor• 10 eps
2020
Sixteen Thousand Dollars
as Catherine
Black Monday
TVas Joyce• 4 eps
Central Park
TVas Fran (voice)• 1 eps
Black Monday
TVStaff Writer• 10 eps
Black Monday
TVWriter• 2 eps
2018
The Comedy Lineup
TVas Self• 1 eps
2016
@midnight with Chris Hardwick
TVas Self• 1 eps
Gotham Comedy Live
TVas Self - Comic• 1 eps