Jones is best known for playing Lexie Carver on NBC's long-running soap opera Days of Our Lives, a role she began in 1993.
She has been nominated five times for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama Series for the role.
[citation needed] Born into a family with five siblings, Jones grew up in Georgia and New York and worked as a secretary.
[citation needed] She made her acting debut on the series The White Shadow.
In April 2012, Jones confirmed in an interview with TV Guide's Michael Logan that she would vacate the role of Lexie Carver after 20 years and would retire to a simpler life, revealing that she was not happy in acting.