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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

8.007

American Beauty
1999-09-15

7.272

The Hours
2002-12-27

Prop 8: The Musical

7.217

Prop 8: The Musical
2008-12-03

6.118

Wolf
1994-06-17

6.669

Hairspray
2007-07-19

Drop Dead Gorgeous

6.4

Drop Dead Gorgeous
1999-07-23

10 Things I Hate About You

7.595

10 Things I Hate About You
1999-03-30

6.3

The Associate
1996-10-25

7.053

Juno
2007-12-05

Six Days Seven Nights

6.085

Six Days Seven Nights
1998-06-12

6.577

Over the Hedge
2006-05-17

Pretty Ugly People

4.3

Pretty Ugly People
2008-11-14

6.282

Primary Colors
1998-03-20

6

Celebrity
1998-09-07

...First Do No Harm

6.9

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

Strangers with Candy

5.6

Strangers with Candy
2006-06-28

The Chumscrubber

6.5

The Chumscrubber
2005-06-08

6.3

Margaret
2011-09-30

5.5

How to Deal
2003-07-18

Walking and Talking

6.1

Walking and Talking
1996-07-17

The Object of My Affection

5.8

The Object of My Affection
1998-04-17

Life During Wartime

6

Life During Wartime
2010-04-16

Everything's Going to Be Great

0

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

7.05

The Creator
2023-09-27

Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love

8.4

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

6.958

Big Night
1996-09-20

8.2

The Help
2011-08-09

6.654

Away We Go
2009-06-05

Winter Solstice

5.944

Winter Solstice
2004-01-29

A Thousand Words

6.093

A Thousand Words
2012-03-07

Mr. Peabody & Sherman

6.717

Mr. Peabody & Sherman
2014-02-07

5.9

Our Very Own
2005-06-22

6.437

Liberal Arts
2012-09-14

Struck by Lightning

6.2

Struck by Lightning
2013-06-19

6.487

Julian Po
1997-09-05

5.5

The Oranges
2011-09-09

4.681

Touchy Feely
2013-09-06

The Way Way Back

7.134

The Way Way Back
2013-06-06

5.805

Trust Me
2013-04-20

6.392

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

5.339

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

The Rewrite
2014-06-15

5.4

Faithful
1996-04-03

0

Flux
1996-01-01

5

Dead Funny
1994-05-21

6.769

The DUFF
2015-02-20

Miss You, Love You

0

Miss You, Love You

6.766

Get on Up
2014-08-01

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

6.837

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

Minions & More Volume 2

7.339

Minions & More Volume 2
2022-11-08

5.2

Celia
2012-10-26

6.413

Minions
2015-06-17

6.721

Tallulah
2016-06-02

Another Simple Favor

5.8

Another Simple Favor
2025-03-07

Binky Nelson Unpacified

6.2

Binky Nelson Unpacified
2015-11-04

5.8

The Impostors
1998-10-02

5.533

David and Lisa
1998-11-01

The Girl on the Train

6.443

The Girl on the Train
2016-10-05

5.7

The Cowboy Way
1994-06-03

7.04

Finding Dory
2016-06-16

6.574

Sun Dogs
2017-06-18

6.1

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

7.483

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

6.61

The Addams Family
2019-10-10

6.942

Troop Zero
2019-02-01

6.7

Bad Education
2019-09-08

6.9

The Ice Storm
1997-09-27

6.788

Bombshell
2019-12-13

Breaking News in Yuba County

5.774

Breaking News in Yuba County
2021-01-28

Miracle on 34th Street

6.8

Miracle on 34th Street
1994-11-18

3.813

A Girl Thing
2001-01-19

0

Heading Home
1995-04-08

5.824

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

6.527

Lou
2022-09-23

0

Chicken Party
2003-10-14

Love and Distrust

3.783

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

6.3

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

0

It's Still Me!
2009-01-01

7.012

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

7.488

Weeds
2005-08-07

7.4

Law & Order
1990-09-13

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

5.741

The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003-09-08

7.387

Family Guy
1999-01-31

6.368

The Daily Show
1996-07-22

Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip

7.347

Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
2006-09-18

King of the Hill

7.35

King of the Hill
1997-01-12

4.43

The View
1997-08-11

Two and a Half Men

7.452

Two and a Half Men
2003-09-22

Human Discoveries

5.2

Human Discoveries
2019-07-16

0

LateLine
1998-03-17

7.683

Frasier
1993-09-16

New York Undercover

7.1

New York Undercover
1994-09-08

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

6.351

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015-09-08

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

7.178

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

6.219

Mr. Sunshine
2011-02-09

7.315

Mom
2013-09-23

The Bonnie Hunt Show

4.4

The Bonnie Hunt Show
2008-09-08

8.257

The West Wing
1999-09-22

7.387

Family Guy
1999-01-31

7.387

Family Guy
1999-01-31

Comedy Bang! Bang!

6.2

Comedy Bang! Bang!
2012-06-08

Late Night with Seth Meyers

5.333

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

5.3

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

7.683

Frasier
1993-09-16

The Late Late Show with James Corden

5.3

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

Phineas and Ferb

7.897

Phineas and Ferb
2007-08-17

6.342

Palm Royale
2024-03-19

The Graham Norton Show

7.194

The Graham Norton Show
2007-02-22

7.4

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

7.8

DuckTales
2017-08-12

7.667

Web Therapy
2008-09-22

7.068

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

5.1

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

The Arsenio Hall Show

5.7

The Arsenio Hall Show
2013-09-09

7.4

Veep
2012-04-22

Curb Your Enthusiasm

8.023

Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000-10-15

Saturday Night Live

6.968

Saturday Night Live
1975-10-11

The Kominsky Method

7.511

The Kominsky Method
2018-11-16

8.012

The Simpsons
1989-12-17

6.975

American Dad!
2005-02-06

7.1

The Oscars
1953-03-19

7.944

Lost
2004-09-22

6.385

Celebrity IOU
2020-04-13

The Megan Mullally Show

4.2

The Megan Mullally Show
2006-09-18

5.545

Tony Awards
1956-04-01

Golden Globe Awards

7.2

Golden Globe Awards
1944-01-20

5.545

Tony Awards
1956-04-01

7.55

The Diplomat
2023-04-20

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

5

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014-12-21

5.545

Tony Awards
1956-04-01

7.094

Web Therapy
2011-07-19

7.1

In Plain Sight
2008-06-01