# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dot-jones
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:38:07.272Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dot-jones"
name: "Dot Jones"
slug: "dot-jones"
description: "Dot-Marie Jones is an American actress and retired athlete who has had multiple roles in television. She attended California State University, Fresno, where she set records for shot put. Jones is also a 15-time world arm wrestling champion. She was a recurring guest star starting in the second season of the musical television series Glee as Coach Beiste, and appeared through the show's sixth and final season, when she was promoted to starring status. She was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series in 2011, 2012, and 2013 for her portrayal of Coach Beiste. She is also known for her roles as Coach Kelly in Lizzie McGuire and as Butch Brenda in Material Girls."
tagline: "Athlete, actor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dot_Jones_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1964-01-04"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           57.42
  momentum:             17.21374600406859
  historical:           19.205196
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0427963/"
    handle:    "nm0427963"
sources:
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    title: "ڈاٹ میری جونز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Dot Jones"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "دوت-مارى چونز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Dot-Marie Jones"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "دات جونز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dot_Jones"
    title: "Dot Jones"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dot_Jones"
    title: "Dot Jones"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dot-Marie_Jones"
    title: "Dot-Marie Jones"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dot-Marie_Jones"
    title: "Dot-Marie Jones"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "دات جونز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dot_Jones"
    title: "Dot Jones"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dot_Jones"
    title: "Dot Jones"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dot-Marie_Jones"
    title: "Dot-Marie Jones"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dot-Marie_Jones"
    title: "Dot-Marie Jones"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%8B%B7_%EC%A1%B4%EC%8A%A4"
    title: "닷 존스"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dot_Marie_Jones"
    title: "Dot Marie Jones"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dot_Jones"
    title: "Dot Jones"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dot-Marie_Jones"
    title: "Dot-Marie Jones"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dot-Marie_Jones"
    title: "Dot-Marie Jones"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Джонс, Дот"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Dot Jones"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q270770"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1219312"
    title: "Dot-Marie Jones"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump