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Allison Janney
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Allison Janney
Known For
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

7.82

Finding Nemo
2003-05-30

American Beauty

7.998

American Beauty
1999-09-15

7.253

The Hours
2002-12-27

Prop 8: The Musical

6.92

Prop 8: The Musical
2008-12-03

6.133

Wolf
1994-06-17

6.666

Hairspray
2007-07-19

Drop Dead Gorgeous

6.5

Drop Dead Gorgeous
1999-07-16

10 Things I Hate About You

7.597

10 Things I Hate About You
1999-03-30

6.253

The Associate
1996-10-25

7.063

Juno
2007-12-05

Six Days Seven Nights

6.11

Six Days Seven Nights
1998-06-12

6.6

Over the Hedge
2006-05-17

Pretty Ugly People

4.298

Pretty Ugly People
2008-11-14

6.259

Primary Colors
1998-03-20

5.996

Celebrity
1998-09-25

...First Do No Harm

6.885

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

Strangers with Candy

5.653

Strangers with Candy
2006-06-28

The Chumscrubber

6.509

The Chumscrubber
2005-06-08

6.356

Margaret
2011-09-30

5.482

How to Deal
2003-07-18

Walking and Talking

6.069

Walking and Talking
1996-07-17

The Object of My Affection

5.8

The Object of My Affection
1998-04-17

Life During Wartime

5.909

Life During Wartime
2010-04-16

Everything's Going to Be Great

5.9

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

7.028

The Creator
2023-09-27

Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love

8.3

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

6.977

Big Night
1996-09-20

8.206

The Help
2011-08-09

6.665

Away We Go
2009-06-05

Winter Solstice

5.857

Winter Solstice
2004-01-29

A Thousand Words

6.128

A Thousand Words
2012-03-07

Mr. Peabody & Sherman

6.737

Mr. Peabody & Sherman
2014-02-07

6.222

Our Very Own
2005-06-22

6.47

Liberal Arts
2012-09-14

Struck by Lightning

6.2

Struck by Lightning
2013-06-19

6.476

Julian Po
1997-09-05

5.517

The Oranges
2011-09-09

4.685

Touchy Feely
2013-09-06

The Way Way Back

7.136

The Way Way Back
2013-06-06

5.8

Trust Me
2013-04-20

6.4

Bad Words
2013-09-06

8

Anita Liberty
1997-01-18

Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy

6.6

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

5.34

Tammy
2014-07-02

4.271

Brightest Star
2013-10-26

Days and Nights

4.5

Days and Nights
2014-09-26

6.829

Spy
2015-05-06

True Love: Making The Creator

6.25

True Love: Making The Creator
2023-11-14

6.029

The Rewrite
2014-06-15

5.452

Faithful
1996-04-03

9

Flux
1996-01-01

6

Dead Funny
1994-05-21

6.759

The DUFF
2015-02-20

Miss You, Love You

6.607

Miss You, Love You
2026-05-29

6.771

Get On Up
2014-08-01

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

6.84

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
2016-09-28

Minions & More 2

7.4

Minions & More 2
2022-11-08

5.2

Celia
2012-10-26

6.4

Minions
2015-06-17

6.7

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

5.93

The Impostors
1998-10-02

6

David and Lisa
1998-11-01

The Girl on the Train

6.439

The Girl on the Train
2016-10-05

5.692

The Cowboy Way
1994-06-03

7.042

Finding Dory
2016-06-16

6.48

Sun Dogs
2017-06-18

6.068

Nurse Betty
2000-08-30

7.5

Rooftop Kisses
2002-06-23

A Happening of Monumental Proportions

5.266

A Happening of Monumental Proportions
2017-05-05

The Night Is Young

6.9

The Night Is Young
2018-01-24

7.468

I, Tonya
2017-12-07

6.49

Private Parts
1997-03-07

4.6

Who Shot Pat?
1989-08-01

6.6

Piccadilly Jim
2004-11-01

The Addams Family

6.6

The Addams Family
2019-10-10

6.96

Troop Zero
2019-02-01

6.733

Bad Education
2019-09-08

6.9

The Ice Storm
1997-09-27

6.77

Bombshell
2019-12-13

Breaking News in Yuba County

5.884

Breaking News in Yuba County
2021-01-28

Miracle on 34th Street

6.756

Miracle on 34th Street
1994-11-18

10

Heading Home
1995-04-08

5.817

Ma
2019-05-29

Expedition Amelia

6.7

Expedition Amelia
2019-10-20

0

The Heart

6.2

Blind Spot
1993-05-02

Rescuing Desire

3.786

Rescuing Desire
1996-05-14

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

6.286

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

Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal

5.438

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

4.5

Lazy Susan
2020-04-03

6.475

Lou
2022-09-23

8

Chicken Party
2003-10-14

Love and Distrust

3.833

Love and Distrust
2010-08-16

A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote

7.9

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

The People We Hate at the Wedding

6.262

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

0

It's Still Me!
2009-01-01

7

To Leslie
2022-10-07

Still Working 9 to 5

10

Still Working 9 to 5
2022-03-13

6.652

The Roses
2025-08-27

6

Auto Motives
2000-03-05

0

Fonda

Minions & Monsters

6.423

Minions & Monsters
2026-06-24

4.25

The Debtors
1999-09-13

0

The Dog Stars
2026-08-26

You Can’t Stop the Beat: The Long Journey of

6

You Can’t Stop the Beat: The Long Journey of "Hairspray"
2007-11-20

It's 'Hairspray'!

0

It's 'Hairspray'!
2007-11-20

0

Not Alone
2027-03-18

7.471

Weeds
2005-08-07

7.288

Law & Order
1990-09-13

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

5.573

The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003-09-08

7.407

Family Guy
1999-01-31

6.4

The Daily Show
1996-07-22

Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip

7.447

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

7.459

Two and a Half Men
2003-09-22

Human Discoveries

5.3

Human Discoveries
2019-07-16

7

LateLine
1998-03-17

7.694

Frasier
1993-09-16

New York Undercover

7.3

New York Undercover
1994-09-08

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

6.098

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015-09-08

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

7.3

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

Aliens in the Family

7

Aliens in the Family
1996-03-15

The EcoZone Project

0

The EcoZone Project
2007-04-21

6.214

Mr. Sunshine
2011-02-09

7.311

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

7.407

Family Guy
1999-01-31

7.407

Family Guy
1999-01-31

Comedy Bang! Bang!

6.286

Comedy Bang! Bang!
2012-06-08

Late Night with Seth Meyers

5.1

Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014-02-25

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

6.2

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015-08-02

5.123

Chelsea
2016-05-11

Intimate Portrait

4.5

Intimate Portrait
1993-11-14

The Late Late Show with James Corden

5.1

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

7.694

Frasier
1993-09-16

The Late Late Show with James Corden

5.1

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

Phineas and Ferb

7.875

Phineas and Ferb
2007-08-17

6.123

Palm Royale
2024-03-19

The Graham Norton Show

7.212

The Graham Norton Show
2007-02-22

7.288

Law & Order
1990-09-13

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

5.288

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003-01-26

Hollywood Game Night

6.5

Hollywood Game Night
2013-07-11

Celebrity Poker Showdown

7.5

Celebrity Poker Showdown
2003-12-02

7.8

DuckTales
2017-08-12

7.5

Web Therapy
2008-09-22

7.089

Masters of Sex
2013-09-29

Who Do You Think You Are?

6.9

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

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

5

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

The Arsenio Hall Show

5.7

The Arsenio Hall Show
2013-09-09

7.491

Veep
2012-04-22

Curb Your Enthusiasm

8.042

Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000-10-15

The Kominsky Method

7.513

The Kominsky Method
2018-11-16

8.02

The Simpsons
1989-12-17

7.02

American Dad!
2005-02-06

6.988

The Oscars
1953-03-19

8

Lost
2004-09-22

6.6

Celebrity IOU
2020-04-13

The Megan Mullally Show

4.667

The Megan Mullally Show
2006-09-18

Golden Globe Awards

7.05

Golden Globe Awards
1944-01-20

7.581

The Diplomat
2023-04-20

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

4.2

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014-12-21

6.629

Web Therapy
2011-07-19

7

In Plain Sight
2008-06-01

7.581

The Diplomat
2023-04-20

5.333

A Girl Thing
2001-01-19

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

5.6

LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988-09-05

6.29

The Soup
2004-07-01

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

5.288

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003-01-26

People's Choice Awards

9.2

People's Choice Awards
1975-03-04

People's Choice Awards

9.2

People's Choice Awards
1975-03-04

The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA

6

The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA
1995-02-25

0

Tony Awards
1956-04-01

0

Tony Awards
1956-04-01

0

Tony Awards
1956-04-01

Be My Guest with Ina Garten

7.7

Be My Guest with Ina Garten
2022-03-26

Saturday Night Live

6.912

Saturday Night Live
1975-10-11