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.
TV credits
Rated 7.0 out of 10
Strip Law
2026
Rated 7.7 out of 10
Super Duper Bunny League
2025
Rated 4.4 out of 10
Hollywood Squares
2025
Rated 6.7 out of 10
Kite Man: Hell Yeah!
2024
Rated 5.6 out of 10
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
Rated 2.6 out of 10
Sherri
2022
Rated 2.0 out of 10
The Final Straw
2022
Rated 7.5 out of 10
Abbott Elementary
2021
Rated 5.7 out of 10
Teenage Euthanasia
2021
Rated 7.2 out of 10
Monsters at Work
2021
Rated 7.1 out of 10
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
2021
Rated 7.6 out of 10
Star Trek: Lower Decks
2020
Rated 6.3 out of 10
Central Park
2020
Rated 6.8 out of 10
Black Monday
2019
Rated 5.3 out of 10
The Comedy Lineup
2018
Rated 5.1 out of 10
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
Rated 5.2 out of 10
@midnight with Chris Hardwick
2013
Rated 5.5 out of 10
Gotham Comedy Live
2012
Rated 7.3 out of 10
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
2012
Rated 5.0 out of 10
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
Rated 8.3 out of 10
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
2005
Rated 5.3 out of 10
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Rated 6.0 out of 10
The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA
1995
Rated 5.6 out of 10
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988