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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

7.819

Finding Nemo
2003-05-30

American Beauty

8

American Beauty
1999-09-15

7.3

The Hours
2002-12-27

Prop 8: The Musical

7

Prop 8: The Musical
2008-12-03

6.141

Wolf
1994-06-17

6.664

Hairspray
2007-07-19

Drop Dead Gorgeous

6.453

Drop Dead Gorgeous
1999-07-16

10 Things I Hate About You

7.594

10 Things I Hate About You
1999-03-30

6.265

The Associate
1996-10-25

7.059

Juno
2007-12-05

Six Days Seven Nights

6.1

Six Days Seven Nights
1998-06-12

6.597

Over the Hedge
2006-05-17

Pretty Ugly People

4.3

Pretty Ugly People
2008-11-14

6.275

Primary Colors
1998-03-20

5.996

Celebrity
1998-09-25

...First Do No Harm

6.9

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

Strangers with Candy

5.649

Strangers with Candy
2006-06-28

The Chumscrubber

6.484

The Chumscrubber
2005-06-08

6.3

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

5.843

The Object of My Affection
1998-04-17

Life During Wartime

5.901

Life During Wartime
2010-04-16

Everything's Going to Be Great

5.8

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

7.038

The Creator
2023-09-27

Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love

8.333

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

6.976

Big Night
1996-09-20

8.202

The Help
2011-08-09

6.656

Away We Go
2009-06-05

Winter Solstice

5.857

Winter Solstice
2004-01-29

A Thousand Words

6.106

A Thousand Words
2012-03-07

Mr. Peabody & Sherman

6.729

Mr. Peabody & Sherman
2014-02-07

6.222

Our Very Own
2005-06-22

6.471

Liberal Arts
2012-09-14

Struck by Lightning

6.2

Struck by Lightning
2013-06-19

6.476

Julian Po
1997-09-05

5.509

The Oranges
2011-09-09

4.7

Touchy Feely
2013-09-06

The Way Way Back

7.139

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

5.341

Tammy
2014-07-02

4.3

Brightest Star
2013-10-26

Days and Nights

4.5

Days and Nights
2014-09-26

6.8

Spy
2015-05-06

True Love: Making The Creator

8

True Love: Making The Creator
2023-11-14

6.024

The Rewrite
2014-06-15

5.452

Faithful
1996-04-03

9

Flux
1996-01-01

5.5

Dead Funny
1994-05-21

6.759

The DUFF
2015-02-20

Miss You, Love You

7

Miss You, Love You
2026-05-29

6.761

Get On Up
2014-08-01

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

6.838

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

6.418

Minions
2015-06-17

6.708

Tallulah
2016-06-02

Another Simple Favor

5.76

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

6.44

The Girl on the Train
2016-10-05

5.69

The Cowboy Way
1994-06-03

7.041

Finding Dory
2016-06-16

6.6

Sun Dogs
2017-06-18

6.073

Nurse Betty
2000-08-30

7.5

Rooftop Kisses
2002-06-23

A Happening of Monumental Proportions

5.2

A Happening of Monumental Proportions
2017-05-05

The Night Is Young

6.9

The Night Is Young
2018-01-24

7.47

I, Tonya
2017-12-07

6.491

Private Parts
1997-03-07

4.857

Who Shot Pat?
1989-08-01

6.611

Piccadilly Jim
2004-11-01

The Addams Family

6.601

The Addams Family
2019-10-10

6.953

Troop Zero
2019-02-01

6.742

Bad Education
2019-09-08

6.881

The Ice Storm
1997-09-27

6.779

Bombshell
2019-12-13

Breaking News in Yuba County

5.894

Breaking News in Yuba County
2021-01-28

Miracle on 34th Street

6.752

Miracle on 34th Street
1994-11-18

10

Heading Home
1995-04-08

5.8

Ma
2019-05-29

Expedition Amelia

6.7

Expedition Amelia
2019-10-20

0

The Heart

6.25

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

5.4

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

4.5

Lazy Susan
2020-04-03

6.497

Lou
2022-09-23

8

Chicken Party
2003-10-14

Love and Distrust

3.9

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

6.3

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

0

It's Still Me!
2009-01-01

6.998

To Leslie
2022-10-07

Still Working 9 to 5

10

Still Working 9 to 5
2022-03-13

6.667

The Roses
2025-08-27

6

Auto Motives
2000-03-05

0

Fonda

Minions & Monsters

0

Minions & Monsters
2026-06-24

4.25

The Debtors
1999-09-20

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"

7.5

Weeds
2005-08-07

7.311

Law & Order
1990-09-13

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

5.622

The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003-09-08

7.401

Family Guy
1999-01-31

6.414

The Daily Show
1996-07-22

Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip

7.427

Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
2006-09-18

King of the Hill

7.404

King of the Hill
1997-01-12

4.4

The View
1997-08-11

Two and a Half Men

7.454

Two and a Half Men
2003-09-22

Human Discoveries

5.3

Human Discoveries
2019-07-16

7

LateLine
1998-03-17

7.69

Frasier
1993-09-16

New York Undercover

7.3

New York Undercover
1994-09-08

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

6.1

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

6.235

Mr. Sunshine
2011-02-09

7.325

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

7.401

Family Guy
1999-01-31

7.401

Family Guy
1999-01-31

Comedy Bang! Bang!

6.2

Comedy Bang! Bang!
2012-06-08

Late Night with Seth Meyers

5.2

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

5.1

Chelsea
2016-05-11

Intimate Portrait

4.5

Intimate Portrait
1993-11-14

The Late Late Show with James Corden

5.194

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

7.69

Frasier
1993-09-16

The Late Late Show with James Corden

5.194

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

Phineas and Ferb

7.892

Phineas and Ferb
2007-08-17

6.1

Palm Royale
2024-03-19

The Graham Norton Show

7.2

The Graham Norton Show
2007-02-22

7.311

Law & Order
1990-09-13

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

5.396

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003-01-26

Hollywood Game Night

6.5

Hollywood Game Night
2013-07-11

Celebrity Poker Showdown

7

Celebrity Poker Showdown
2003-12-02

7.83

DuckTales
2017-08-12

7.5

Web Therapy
2008-09-22

7.093

Masters of Sex
2013-09-29

Who Do You Think You Are?

6.8

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

7.484

Veep
2012-04-22

Curb Your Enthusiasm

8.03

Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000-10-15

The Kominsky Method

7.5

The Kominsky Method
2018-11-16

8.019

The Simpsons
1989-12-17

7.007

American Dad!
2005-02-06

7

The Oscars
1953-03-19

7.957

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

7.2

Golden Globe Awards
1944-01-20

7.6

The Diplomat
2023-04-20

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

4.5

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014-12-21

6.7

Web Therapy
2011-07-19

7.1

In Plain Sight
2008-06-01

7.6

The Diplomat
2023-04-20

7.5

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!

5.396

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

6.7

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

6.938

Saturday Night Live
1975-10-11