A biography for Jasmine Cephas Joneshasn’t been written yet.
“Whatever character I play, I want to inspire. I don't want to just be the girlfriend or be the wife.”
“The first time I'm nominated for an Emmy and I get to share it with my dad who introduced me to theater at a very, very young age, it's a very full-circle type thing.”
“Oh my God, when I auditioned for 'Hamilton,' I kept messing up the words to 'Say No To This.'”
“Get creative with your friends and just make stuff because you never know where it can end up.”
“I'm still a woman of color in this business and there are times when you still have to walk through extra doors and have extra things to prove.”
“There's no greater feeling than knowing that you helped in transforming someone and moving them through art. It's a beautiful thing.”
“I'm constantly working on music.”
“Speaking my truth. I think that's the number one thing, man. That's my 2018 mantra. Speak your truth, because you hold all that in, it's going to destroy you.”
“I took my dad's name to carry on his legacy because acting feels like something I'm meant to do. I want to try everything.”
“My style changes constantly, but I always love a baggy, ripped-up vintage jean with combat boots and a button-up shirt.”
“I grew up being that kid backstage doing my math homework and my father made sure I knew from everybody in the cast to the lighting people and to respect everyone in the theater and all the way down to the janitor. It's a part of my childhood. It's what I know really.”
“Sometimes you get the luxury of having a script for a really long time, and you can get to talk with the director or the producers, and evolve with the role.”
“I love being on Broadway and it's awesome and a dream come true but also it's about the work and making sure you're doing what you're doing right.”
“I think 'Hamilton' has made me look at myself deeper as an artist and what I'm looking for as an artist.”
“It's inspiring to play a woman who stands up for herself.”
“My SAG card was from doing 'Blue Bloods,' an episode called 'Justice Served.'”
“My dad, he's a great father, but he's also been one of my mentors.”
“I think, any of your audition songs should really be a song that you are so confident with and can pull out of your back pocket. Find a song that shows your entire range very quickly.”
“My father would take me to auditions and put me in the room right in the corner because he was watching me; he couldn't get a babysitter. He'd be at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe in the LES until four in the morning, trying to tell his story and using his craft, but because he had a kid that didn't let him stop.”
“I went to school for singing, middle school at LaGuardia High School. Followed by Berkeley College of Music and afterwards I went to acting school at the Neighborhood Playhouse for Theater.”