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List Of People With Surname Jones
''Jones (surname), Jones'' is a surname common in the English-speaking world. This list provides links to biographies of people who share this common surname. Arts and entertainment Architecture *Inigo Jones (1573–1652), English architect of Welsh descent *George Howell Jones (1887–1950), American architect from Oregon *Owen Jones (architect), Owen Jones (1809–1874), English-born Welsh architect Acting *Angus T. Jones (born 1993), American actor *Bruce Jones (actor) (born 1953), English actor *Carolyn Jones (1930–1983), American actress *Catherine Zeta-Jones (born 1969), Welsh actress (nee Jones) *Charlie Jones (actor), English actor *Cherry Jones (born 1956), American actress *Chloe Jones (1975–2005), American porn actress *Christopher Jones (actor), Christopher Jones (1941–2014), American actor *Darby Jones (1910–1986), American actor *Dean Jones (actor) (1931–2015), American actor *Dorothy Jones, birth name of Nida Blanca (1936–2001), Filipino actress *Duane J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jones (surname)
Jones is a surname of English and Welsh origin meaning "son of John". The surname is common in Wales. It evolved into variations of traditionally Welsh names: Ieuan, Iowan, Ioan, Iwan, or even Siôn (note how the letter 'J' was originally being pronounced as 'i', akin to how J is pronounced in the Latin alphabet). The sound generated from ‘Si-’ in Siôn is a Welsh approximation of the English ‘J’ sound that does not exist natively to the language (refer to Irish ''Seán''), equivalent to the English ‘Sh’ such as in “''shed''.” It may exist as an anglicisation of these names during periods in which many Welsh were changing their names and ridding their patronymic names (“''Ap Rhys''” to “''Prys''” and then “''Price''” in English, or attaching an ‘-s’ to the end of a given name to signify an old patronym: “''Owain''” to “''Owen''” to finally “''Owens''”), or English speakers transliterating these names to a more conventional spelling thro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Felicity Jones
Felicity Rose Hadley Jones (born 17 October 1983) is a British actress. She started her professional acting career as a child, appearing in '' The Treasure Seekers'' (1996) at age 12. She went on to play Ethel Hallow for one series of the television series ''The Worst Witch'' and its sequel ''Weirdsister College''. On radio, she has played the role of Emma Grundy in the BBC's ''The Archers''. In 2008, she appeared in the Donmar Warehouse production of ''The Chalk Garden''. Since 2006, Jones has appeared in the films ''Northanger Abbey'' (2007), ''Brideshead Revisited'' (2008), '' Chéri'' (2009), '' The Tempest'' (2010), ''The Amazing Spider-Man 2'' (2014), and '' True Story'' (2015). Her performance in the 2011 film '' Like Crazy'' was met with critical acclaim and awards including a special jury prize at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival. Her performance as Jane Hawking in the 2014 biographical film '' The Theory of Everything'' earned her nominations for the Golden Globe Award ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Lewis Jones
Mark Lewis Jones (born 31 August, 1964) is a Welsh actor, whose roles include that of a First Order Captain Moden Canady in '' Star Wars: The Last Jedi'', a police inspector in BBC drama series '' 55 Degrees North'', a whaler in the film '' Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World'', soldier Tecton in ''Troy'' and Rob Morgan in the series '' Stella''. He is known for being the voice of Letho of Gulet the King Slayer in ''The Witcher 2'' and '' 3''. Early life Mark Lewis Jones was born in Rhosllannerchrugog near Wrexham, Wales. He began acting as a teenager with the Clwyd Youth Theatre and trained at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama. Career Jones has acted with the Royal Shakespeare Company, and at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London. His television roles include appearances in ''This Life'', ''Holby City'', '' Spooks'', '' Murphy's Law'', '' Waking the Dead'' and ''Torchwood.'' Perhaps his most significant role for BBC television was as Detective Inspector R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leslie Jones (comedian)
Annette "Leslie" Jones Additional July 31, 2017. (born September 7, 1967) is an American comedian and actress who was a cast member and writer on ''Saturday Night Live'' from 2014 to 2019 and currently the host of ''Supermarket Sweep''. Jones has been a featured performer at the Just for Laughs festival in Montreal and the Aspen Comedy Festival. In 2010, her one-hour comedy special, ''Problem Child'', was broadcast on Showtime (TV network), Showtime. Jones starred in ''Ghostbusters (2016 film), Ghostbusters'' (2016) as Patty Tolan. In 2017 and 2018, Jones was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her work on ''Saturday Night Live''. Early life Jones was born on September 7, 1967, in Memphis, Tennessee. She had a younger brother, Rodney Keith Jones (1971–2009). Her father was in the United States Army, and her family relocated frequently. Her family moved to Los Angeles, when her father took a job at Stevie Wonder's radio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Jones (actor)
Kenneth J Jones (20 February 1930 – 13 February 2014) was an English actor. Jones was born in Liverpool. After working as a signwriter and performing as an amateur, he trained at RADA. Known for his roles as 'Horrible' Ives in ''Porridge'' and as Rex in ''The Squirrels'', he also appeared in ''The Liver Birds'' as Uncle Dermot, in '' Goodnight Sweetheart'' as Owen Jones, and in ''Seconds Out'' as Dave Locket. Personal life Jones was married to the actress Sheila Fay, also a native of Liverpool, from 30 October 1964 until her death on 31 August 2013. He died from bowel cancer on 13 February 2014, seven days before his 84th birthday, in a nursing home in Prescot Prescot is a town and civil parish within the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley in Merseyside, England. Within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire, it lies about to the east of Liverpool city centre. At the 2001 Census, the civ .... Filmography Film Television References External links * * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katie Rowley Jones
Katie Rowley Jones (born c. 1978) is a British musical theatre actress, best known for originating the role of Nessarose in the West End production of ''Wicked''. Early life and education Katie Rowley Jones was born in Cambridge, and is one of four sisters. She received a B.A. (Hons) degree in law from the University of Nottingham. She showed a keen interest in performing but did not begin her professional training until the age of 22, when she went on to study musical theatre at the Guildford School of Acting (GSA). She attended Bedford High School for Girls and then went on to study at Hills Road Sixth Form College Cambridge. Career Katie is best known for creating the role of Nessarose for U.K. audiences, in the London production of ''Wicked''. Performances began on 27 September 2006, following previews from 7 September. After at least two years with the company, she played her final performance on 7 June 2008, and was replaced by her understudy, Caroline Keiff. She also or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julian Lewis Jones
Julian Lewis Jones (born 21 August 1968) is a Welsh actor. He trained at the Welsh College of Music & Drama. He has appeared largely in British television in shows such as ''Where the Heart Is (UK TV series), Where the Heart Is'' and ''Caerdydd (TV series), Caerdydd''. In 2009, he starred in Clint Eastwood's drama film ''Invictus (film), Invictus'', as the head of Nelson Mandela's bodyguard team. Originally from Anglesey, Jones lives in Nantgaredig. A fluent Welsh-language, Welsh speaker, he has appeared on various productions on the Welsh-language channel S4C, including as a presenter of a popular fishing programme ''Sgota''. In 2010, he appeared in the TV series ''The Tudors'' as Mr. Roper (the park keeper) in Season 4, Episode 1. Also in 2010 he appeared on British TV series ''Spooks (TV series), Spooks'' (US title ''MI-5'') as Russian spy Viktor Barenshik in Season 9, Episode 3. From 2012 onwards he appeared in the Sky One drama-comedy series ''Stella (UK TV series), Stella'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jennifer Jones
Jennifer Jones (born Phylis Lee Isley; March 2, 1919 – December 17, 2009), also known as Jennifer Jones Simon, was an American actress and mental health advocate. Over the course of her career that spanned over five decades, she was nominated for the Oscar five times, including one win for Best Actress, as well as a Golden Globe Award win for Best Actress in a Drama. A native of Tulsa, Oklahoma, Jones worked as a model in her youth before transitioning to acting, appearing in two serial films in 1939. Her third role was a lead part as Bernadette Soubirous in '' The Song of Bernadette'' (1943), which earned her the Academy Award and Golden Globe for Best Actress. She went on to star in several films that garnered her significant critical acclaim and a further three Academy Award nominations in the mid-1940s, including ''Since You Went Away'' (1944), ''Love Letters'' (1945), and '' Duel in the Sun'' (1946). In 1949, Jones married film producer David O. Selznick, and appeared ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jasmine Cephas Jones
Jasmine Cephas Jones (born July 21, 1989) is an American-British actress, singer, and producer, who originated the dual roles of Peggy Schuyler and Maria Reynolds in the Broadway stage musical ''Hamilton''. In 2020, Cephas Jones won a Primetime Emmy for portraying Tyisha in '' #freerayshawn''. Early life Jones is the daughter of actor Ron Cephas Jones and British-born jazz singer Kim Lesley. She attended Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts, and Berklee College of Music, and graduated from Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre in 2011. Jones was born in London, England but grew up in Midwood, Brooklyn, where she still lived as of 2015. Career Jones has made small appearances in multiple independent films, including ''Titus'' (2013) and ''Fairfield'' (2014). She has also appeared in episodes of '' Blue Bloods,'' ''Unforgettable'', and '' Mrs. Fletcher.'' In 2015, she originated the roles of Maria Reynolds and Margarita "Peggy" Schuyler ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
January Jones
January Kristen Jones (born January 5, 1978) is an American actress and model. She played Betty Draper in ''Mad Men'' (2007–2015), for which she was nominated for two Golden Globe Awards for Best Actress – Television Series Drama and a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. She also portrayed Melissa Chartres in '' The Last Man on Earth'' (2015–2018) and has starred in films such as ''American Wedding'' (2003), '' We Are Marshall'' (2006), ''The Boat That Rocked'' (2009), ''Unknown'' (2011), ''Seeking Justice'' (2011), and '' X-Men: First Class'' (2011). Early life January Kristen Jones was born in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, on January 5, 1978, the daughter of store manager Karen Cox and exercise physiologist Marvin Jones. She was named after January Wayne, a character in the 1973 Jacqueline Susann novel '' Once Is Not Enough''. The names of her two sisters also start with the letter J, Jina and Jacey. In 1979, her family moved to Hecla, Sout ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Earl Jones
James Earl Jones (born January 17, 1931) is an American actor. He has been described as "one of America's most distinguished and versatile" actors for his performances in film, television, and theater, and "one of the greatest actors in American history". With a career spanning six decades, Jones is among the few performers awarded an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony (EGOT). Jones's voice has been praised as a "a stirring basso profondo that has lent gravel and gravitas" to his projects, including live-action acting, voice acting, and commercial voice-overs. Born with a childhood stutter, Jones has said that poetry and acting helped him overcome the disability. A pre-med major in college, he served in the United States Army during the Korean War before pursuing a career in acting. Since his Broadway debut in 1957, he has performed in several Shakespeare plays including '' Othello'', ''Hamlet'', ''Coriolanus'', and ''King Lear''. Jones made his film debut in Stanley Kubrick's 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Griff Rhys Jones
Griffith Rhys Jones (born 16 November 1953) is a Welsh comedian, writer, actor, and television presenter. He starred in a number of television series with his comedy partner, Mel Smith. Rhys Jones came to national attention in the 1980s for his work in the BBC television Sketch comedy, comedy sketch shows ''Not the Nine O'Clock News'' and ''Alas Smith and Jones''. From 2008 to 2016, he presented the television bloopers show ''It'll be Alright on the Night'' for ITV (TV network), ITV, having replaced Denis Norden, and being succeeded in 2018 by David Walliams. Early life and education Griffith Rhys Jones was born on 16 November 1953 in Cardiff, the son of Gwynneth Margaret (née Jones) and Elwyn Rhys Jones, a medical doctor. His family moved due to his father's occupation to West Sussex when Rhys Jones was six months old.Matthew Stadle"Griff Rhys Jones: 'I’m greedy for life – I do too many things'" ''The Daily Telegraph'', 3 November 2014. Rhys Jones attended Conifer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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