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.
Filmography (31 titles)
7.0ShowStrip Law
Sheila Flambé (voice) · 2026
2.0MovieThe Great American Baking Show: Celebrity Holiday 2025
2025
7.7ShowSuper Duper Bunny League
Narrator (voice) · 2025
6.7MovieOne of Them Days
Ruby · 2025
4.0ShowHollywood Squares
Self · 2025
6.7ShowKite Man: Hell Yeah!
Queen of Fables (voice) · 2024
7.0MovieThe Garfield Movie
Olivia (voice) · 2024
5.6ShowThe Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
2.6ShowSherri
Self - Guest · 2022
2.0ShowThe Final Straw
Self - Host · 2022
7.5ShowAbbott Elementary
Ava Coleman · 2021
5.4ShowTeenage Euthanasia
2021
7.2ShowMonsters at Work
Joy (voice) · 2021
7.1ShowCelebrity Wheel of Fortune
Self - Contestant · 2021
5.2MovieTom of Your Life
2020
7.6ShowStar Trek: Lower Decks
Katrot (voice) · 2020
6.3ShowCentral Park
Fran (voice) · 2020
MovieSixteen Thousand Dollars
Catherine · 2020
6.8ShowBlack Monday
Joyce · 2019
5.1ShowThe Comedy Lineup
Self · 2018
5.1ShowLate Night with Seth Meyers
Self · 2014
5.2Show@midnight with Chris Hardwick
Self · 2013
5.5ShowGotham Comedy Live
Self - Comic · 2012
7.3ShowRuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
Self - Guest Judge · 2012
5.0ShowWatch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest · 2009
8.3ShowIt's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Ava Coleman · 2005
5.3ShowJimmy Kimmel Live!
Self · 2003
6.0ShowThe Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA
Self · 1995
5.6ShowLIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest · 1988
7.9ShowThe Emmy Awards
Self · 1949