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Allison Janney
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Allison Janney
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Acting
Birthday
1959-11-19,Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Gender
Female
Biography
Allison Brooks Janney (born November 19, 1959) is an American actress. In a career spanning three decades, she is known for her performances across multiple genres of screen and stage. Janney has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, a Golden Globe Award, and seven Primetime Emmy Awards, in addition to nominations for two Tony Awards. Born in Boston and raised in Dayton, Ohio, Janney received a scholarship to study at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art following her graduation from Kenyon College. After years of minor and uncredited film and television appearances, Janney's breakthrough came with the role of C. J. Cregg in the NBC political drama The West Wing (1999–2006), for which she received four Primetime Emmy Awards. In 2014, she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for her role as Margaret Scully on the Showtime period drama Masters of Sex. For her portrayal of Bonnie Plunkett, a cynical recovering addict on the CBS sitcom Mom (2013–2021), Janney received six Primetime Emmy Award nominations and won twice for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. Janney made her professional stage debut with the Off-Broadway production Ladies (1989), and followed with numerous bit parts in various similar productions, before making her Broadway debut with the 1996 revival of Present Laughter. She won two Drama Desk Awards and has been nominated for two Tony Awards: for Best Actress in a Play for her performance in the Broadway revival of A View from the Bridge (1997), and for Best Actress in a Musical for her role in the original Broadway production of the musical 9 to 5 (2009). Her film roles include Private Parts (1997), Primary Colors (1998), 10 Things I Hate About You (1999), Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999), American Beauty (1999), Nurse Betty (2000), The Hours (2002), Hairspray (2007), Juno (2007), The Help (2011), The Way, Way Back (2013), Tammy (2014), The Rewrite (2014), Spy (2015), Tallulah (2016), The Girl on the Train (2016), Bad Education (2019) and Bombshell (2019). She voiced roles in Finding Nemo (2003), Over the Hedge (2006), Minions (2015), and The Addams Family (2019). For her performance in the black comedy I, Tonya (2017), Janney won an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, and a Golden Globe Award, all for Best Supporting Actress.

Filmography

7.817

Finding Nemo
2003-05-30

American Beauty

8.005

American Beauty
1999-09-15

7.265

The Hours
2002-12-27

Prop 8: The Musical

7.217

Prop 8: The Musical
2008-12-03

6.125

Wolf
1994-06-17

6.7

Hairspray
2007-07-19

Drop Dead Gorgeous

6.423

Drop Dead Gorgeous
1999-07-23

10 Things I Hate About You

7.597

10 Things I Hate About You
1999-03-30

6.3

The Associate
1996-10-25

7.051

Juno
2007-12-05

Six Days Seven Nights

6.087

Six Days Seven Nights
1998-06-12

6.577

Over the Hedge
2006-05-17

Pretty Ugly People

4.388

Pretty Ugly People
2008-11-14

6.278

Primary Colors
1998-03-20

5.991

Celebrity
1998-09-07

...First Do No Harm

6.9

...First Do No Harm
1997-02-16

Strangers with Candy

5.584

Strangers with Candy
2006-06-28

The Chumscrubber

6.465

The Chumscrubber
2005-06-08

6.3

Margaret
2011-09-30

5.455

How to Deal
2003-07-18

Walking and Talking

6.102

Walking and Talking
1996-07-17

The Object of My Affection

5.8

The Object of My Affection
1998-04-17

Life During Wartime

5.957

Life During Wartime
2010-04-16

Everything's Going to Be Great

6.7

Everything's Going to Be Great
2025-06-20

7.041

The Creator
2023-09-27

Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love

8.4

Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
2023-04-26

7

Big Night
1996-09-20

8.206

The Help
2011-08-09

6.663

Away We Go
2009-06-05

Winter Solstice

5.944

Winter Solstice
2004-01-29

A Thousand Words

6.092

A Thousand Words
2012-03-07

Mr. Peabody & Sherman

6.719

Mr. Peabody & Sherman
2014-02-07

5.9

Our Very Own
2005-06-22

6.437

Liberal Arts
2012-09-14

Struck by Lightning

6.206

Struck by Lightning
2013-06-19

6.5

Julian Po
1997-09-05

5.508

The Oranges
2011-09-09

4.685

Touchy Feely
2013-09-06

The Way Way Back

7.132

The Way Way Back
2013-06-06

5.805

Trust Me
2013-04-20

6.382

Bad Words
2013-09-06

7

Anita Liberty
1997-01-18

Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy

6.6

Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
2013-06-19

5.347

Tammy
2014-07-02

4.2

Brightest Star
2013-10-26

Days and Nights

4.5

Days and Nights
2014-09-26

6.834

Spy
2015-05-06

True Love: Making The Creator

8

True Love: Making The Creator
2023-11-14

6.037

The Rewrite
2014-06-15

5.4

Faithful
1996-04-03

0

Flux
1996-01-01

5

Dead Funny
1994-05-21

6.768

The DUFF
2015-02-20

Miss You, Love You

0

Miss You, Love You

6.774

Get on Up
2014-08-01

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

6.836

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
2016-09-27

Minions & More Volume 2

7.331

Minions & More Volume 2
2022-11-08

5.167

Celia
2012-10-26

6.414

Minions
2015-06-17

6.721

Tallulah
2016-06-02

Another Simple Favor

5.741

Another Simple Favor
2025-03-07

Binky Nelson Unpacified

6.2

Binky Nelson Unpacified
2015-11-04

5.864

The Impostors
1998-10-02

5.533

David and Lisa
1998-11-01

The Girl on the Train

6.444

The Girl on the Train
2016-10-05

5.7

The Cowboy Way
1994-06-03

7.04

Finding Dory
2016-06-16

6.6

Sun Dogs
2017-06-18

6.057

Nurse Betty
2000-08-30

7

Rooftop Kisses
2002-06-23

A Happening of Monumental Proportions

5.232

A Happening of Monumental Proportions
2017-05-05

The Night Is Young

6.9

The Night Is Young
2018-01-24

7.48

I, Tonya
2017-12-07

6.463

Private Parts
1997-03-07

4.538

Who Shot Pat?
1989-08-01

6.529

Piccadilly Jim
2004-11-01

The Addams Family

6.607

The Addams Family
2019-10-10

6.949

Troop Zero
2019-02-01

6.735

Bad Education
2019-09-08

6.9

The Ice Storm
1997-09-27

6.789

Bombshell
2019-12-13

Breaking News in Yuba County

5.804

Breaking News in Yuba County
2021-01-28

Miracle on 34th Street

6.76

Miracle on 34th Street
1994-11-18

3.813

A Girl Thing
2001-01-19

0

Heading Home
1995-04-08

5.822

Ma
2019-05-29

Expedition Amelia

7.3

Expedition Amelia
2019-10-20

0

The Heart

6

Blind Spot
1993-05-02

Rescuing Desire

3.3

Rescuing Desire
1996-05-14

Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing

6

Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing
1997-06-14

Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal

5.7

Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal
2018-08-21

4.526

Lazy Susan
2020-04-03

6.521

Lou
2022-09-23

0

Chicken Party
2003-10-14

Love and Distrust

3.694

Love and Distrust
2010-08-16

0

Backwash
2010-11-15

A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote

8

A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote
2020-10-15

The People We Hate at the Wedding

6.281

The People We Hate at the Wedding
2022-11-17

0

It's Still Me!
2009-01-01

7.035

To Leslie
2022-10-07

Still Working 9 to 5

10

Still Working 9 to 5
2022-03-13

0

The Roses
2025-08-27

7.485

Weeds
2005-08-07

7.402

Law & Order
1990-09-13

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

5.669

The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003-09-08

7.393

Family Guy
1999-01-31

6.387

The Daily Show
1996-07-22

Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip

7.3

Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
2006-09-18

King of the Hill

7.4

King of the Hill
1997-01-12

4.3

The View
1997-08-11

Two and a Half Men

7.447

Two and a Half Men
2003-09-22

Human Discoveries

5.3

Human Discoveries
2019-07-16

0

LateLine
1998-03-17

7.7

Frasier
1993-09-16

New York Undercover

7.1

New York Undercover
1994-09-08

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

6.243

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015-09-08

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

7.191

Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993-09-13

Aliens in the Family

6.3

Aliens in the Family
1996-03-15

The EcoZone Project

0

The EcoZone Project
2007-04-21

6.2

Mr. Sunshine
2011-02-09

7.304

Mom
2013-09-23

The Bonnie Hunt Show

4.4

The Bonnie Hunt Show
2008-09-08

8.3

The West Wing
1999-09-22

7.393

Family Guy
1999-01-31

7.393

Family Guy
1999-01-31

Comedy Bang! Bang!

6.2

Comedy Bang! Bang!
2012-06-08

Late Night with Seth Meyers

5.323

Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014-02-25

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

5.972

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015-08-02

5.13

Chelsea
2016-05-11

Intimate Portrait

4.5

Intimate Portrait
1993-11-14

The Late Late Show with James Corden

5.281

The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015-03-23

7.7

Frasier
1993-09-16

The Late Late Show with James Corden

5.281

The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015-03-23

Phineas and Ferb

7.9

Phineas and Ferb
2007-08-17

6.303

Palm Royale
2024-03-19

The Graham Norton Show

7.185

The Graham Norton Show
2007-02-22

7.402

Law & Order
1990-09-13

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

5.5

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003-01-26

Hollywood Game Night

6.5

Hollywood Game Night
2013-07-11

Celebrity Poker Showdown

0

Celebrity Poker Showdown
2003-12-02

7.852

DuckTales
2017-08-12

7.529

Web Therapy
2008-09-22

7.074

Masters of Sex
2013-09-29

Who Do You Think You Are?

6.6

Who Do You Think You Are?
2010-03-05

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

5.083

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009-07-16

The Arsenio Hall Show

5.7

The Arsenio Hall Show
2013-09-09

7.444

Veep
2012-04-22

Curb Your Enthusiasm

8

Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000-10-15

Saturday Night Live

6.957

Saturday Night Live
1975-10-11

The Kominsky Method

7.495

The Kominsky Method
2018-11-16

8.015

The Simpsons
1989-12-17

6.981

American Dad!
2005-02-06

6.973

The Oscars
1953-03-19

7.941

Lost
2004-09-22

6.643

Celebrity IOU
2020-04-13

The Megan Mullally Show

4.2

The Megan Mullally Show
2006-09-18

5.917

Tony Awards
1956-04-01

Golden Globe Awards

7.2

Golden Globe Awards
1944-01-20

5.917

Tony Awards
1956-04-01

7.535

The Diplomat
2023-04-20

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

5

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014-12-21

5.917

Tony Awards
1956-04-01

6.813

Web Therapy
2011-07-19

7.1

In Plain Sight
2008-06-01