Biography
Jill Marie Jones is an American TV actor who was best known for her roles on "Girlfriends" (UPN/The CW, 2000-08), "Sleepy Hollow" (Fox, 2013- ), and "Ash vs. Evil Dead" (Starz, 2015- ). Born and raised in Dallas, Texas, Jones took a rather unlikely path to Hollywood stardom. Despite harboring a long desire to make it as a professional actress, Jones spent the early part of her twenties as a cheerleader for two of her hometown's most popular professional sports franchises: the Cowboys and the Mavericks. Although the experience provided her with the confidence she needed to perform in front of an audience, Jones's true desire was to act. With that in mind, and after dabbling for a brief period as a professional model, she moved to Los Angeles. Jones landed her big break almost immediately when she joined the cast of the UPN sitcom "Girlfriends." Jones played the materialistic Toni Garrett-Childs for six seasons on the show, earning legions of fans and admirers in the process. After her contract ended in 2006, however, Jones decided to leave the show to pursue a career in movies. She quickly landed parts in films like "The Perfect Holiday" (2007), "The Longshots" (2008), and "Drool" (2009), but soon came to the realization that there were far more opportunities waiting for her on TV. She landed a recurring part on the TBS micro-series "Gillian in Georgia" (2010), and followed that up with a recurring role on Fox's supernatural thriller "Sleepy Hollow." Then in 2015 Jones joined the cast of "Ash vs. Evil Dead," a TV adaptation of the cult '80s horror films directed by Sam Raimi. Jones appeared as Amanda Fisher on the show, which appropriately debuted on the Starz network on Halloween 2015. In 2021, Jones was cast in the Oprah Winfrey Network legal drama series "Delilah." In 2023, Jill Marie Jones had a recurring role in the Showtime drama series, "The Chi."
