
Acting · 46 years old
Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
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.

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Ava Coleman

The Emmy Awards
Self

Super Duper Bunny League
Narrator (voice)

Star Trek: Lower Decks
Katrot (voice)

Abbott Elementary
Ava Coleman

Monsters at Work
Joy (voice)

Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee

Strip Law
Sheila Flambé (voice)

Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
Self - Contestant

The Garfield Movie
Olivia (voice)

Black Monday
Joyce

Kite Man: Hell Yeah!
Queen of Fables (voice)

The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA
Self

One of Them Days
Ruby

Central Park
Fran (voice)

Hollywood Squares
Self

The Jennifer Hudson Show

The Jennifer Hudson Show
Self

Gotham Comedy Live
Self - Comic

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self