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Allison Janney
Actor, Producer
Born November 19, 1959 (64 years)
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.
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.
Known For
Filmography
| 2024 | Palm Royale (TV Series) · as Evelyn |
| 2023 | The Creator · as Colonel Howell |
| 2023 | The Diplomat (TV Series) · as Grace Penn |
| 2022 | The People We Hate at the Wedding · as Donna |
| 2022 | Minions & More 2 · as Madge Nelson (voice) |
| 2022 | To Leslie · as Nancy |
| 2022 | Lou · as Lou |
| 2021 | Q-Force (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 2021 | Breaking News in Yuba County · as Sue Buttons |
| 2020 | A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote · as C.j. Cregg |
| 2020 | Lazy Susan · as Velvet |
| 2019 | Bombshell · as Susan Estrich |
| 2019 | Expedition Amelia · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2019 | The Addams Family · as Margaux Needler (voice) |
| 2019 | Bad Education · as Pam Gluckin |
| 2019 | Human Discoveries (TV Series) · as The Mighty Karen (voice) |
| 2019 | Ma · as Doctor Brooks |
| 2019 | Troop Zero · as Miss Massey |
| 2019 | The Night Is Young · as Wanda |
| 2017 | |
| 2017 | DuckTales (2017) (TV Series) · as Goldie O'gilt (voice) |
| 2017 | Sun Dogs · as Rose Chipley |
| 2017 | A Happening of Monumental Proportions · as Principal Nichols |
| 2016 | The Girl on the Train · as Detective Sgt. Riley |
| 2016 | Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children · as Dr. Golan |
| 2016 | Tallulah · as Margo |
| 2016 | Finding Dory · as Peach (voice) |
| 2016 | Full Frontal with Samantha Bee (TV Series) · as C.j. Cregg |
| 2015 | F is for Family (TV Series) · as Henrietta Van Horne |
| 2015 | Binky Nelson Unpacified · as Madge Nelson (voice) |
| 2015 | Minions · as Madge Nelson (voice) |
| 2015 | Spy · as Elaine Crocker |
| 2015 | The DUFF · as Dottie Piper |
| 2014 | The Rewrite · as Mary Weldon |
| 2014 | Days and Nights · as Elizabeth |
| 2014 | Get on Up · as Kathy |
| 2014 | Tammy · as Deb |
| 2014 | Mr. Peabody & Sherman · as Ms. Grunion (voice) |
| 2013 | Brightest Star · as The Astronomer |
| 2013 | Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2013 | Bad Words · as Dr. Bernice Deagan |
| 2013 | Masters of Sex (TV Series) · as Margaret Scully |
| 2013 | Mom (TV Series) · as Bonnie Plunkett |
| 2013 | Touchy Feely · as Bronwyn |
| 2013 | The Way Way Back · as Betty Thompson |
| 2013 | Trust Me · as Meg |
| 2012 | Liberal Arts · as Professor Judith Fairfield |
| 2012 | Walk & Talk: The West Wing Reunion · as C.j. Cregg |
| 2012 | Veep (TV Series) · as Janet Ryland |
| 2012 | Struck by Lightning · as Sheryl Phillips |
| 2012 | A Thousand Words · as Samantha Davis |
| 2012 | Key & Peele (TV Series) · as Robot God |
| 2011 | Star Tours: The Adventures Continue · as Aly San San |
| 2011 | Margaret · as Monica Patterson |
| 2011 | The Oranges · as Carol Ostroff |
| 2011 | The Help · as Charlotte Phelan |
| 2011 | Web Therapy (2011) (TV Series) · as Judith Frick |
| 2011 | Mr. Sunshine (TV Series) · as Crystal Cohen |
| 2010 | Love & Distrust · as Grechen (segment "auto Motives") |
| 2010 | The Big C (TV Series) · as Rita Strauss |
| 2009 | Life During Wartime · as Trish |
| 2009 | Glenn Martin DDS (TV Series) · as Marcia |
| 2009 | Away We Go · as Lily |
| 2008 | Prop 8: The Musical · as Prop 8 Leader's #1 Wife |
| 2008 | Pretty Ugly People · as Suzanna |
| 2008 | Web Therapy (TV Series) · as Judith Frick |
| 2008 | The Bonnie Hunt Show (TV Series) |
| 2008 | The Battery's Down (TV Series) · as Caroline Carroll |
| 2008 | In Plain Sight (TV Series) · as Allison Pearson |
| 2007 | Juno · as Bren Macguff |
| 2007 | For the Bible Tells Me So · as C.j. Cregg |
| 2007 | Phineas and Ferb (TV Series) · as Charlene Doofenshmirtz (voice) |
| 2007 | Hairspray · as Prudy Pringleton |
| 2006 | Over the Hedge · as Gladys (voice) |
| 2005 | Strangers with Candy · as Alice |
| 2005 | The Chumscrubber · as Allie Stiffle |
| 2005 | Weeds (TV Series) · as Ms. Greenstein |
| 2005 | Our Very Own · as Joan Whitfield |
| 2005 | American Dad! (TV Series) · as Aunt Jesse (voice) |
| 2004 | Piccadilly Jim · as Eugenia Crocker |
| 2004 | Lost (TV Series) · as Mother |
| 2004 | Winter Solstice · as Molly Ripkin |
| 2003 | Two and a Half Men (TV Series) · as Beverly |
| 2003 | How to Deal · as Lydia Martin |
| 2003 | Finding Nemo · as Peach (voice) |
| 2002 | The Hours · as Sally Lester |
| 2002 | The West Wing Documentary Special · as C.j. Cregg |
| 2001 | A Girl Thing · as Kathy Mccormack |
| 2001 | Robot Chicken (TV Series) · as Grammi Gummi |
| 2000 | Curb Your Enthusiasm (TV Series) · as Cynthia |
| 2000 | Nurse Betty · as Lyla |
| 1999 | American Beauty · as Barbara Fitts |
| 1999 | The West Wing (TV Series) · as C.j. Cregg |
| 1999 | The Debtors · as Cast |
| 1999 | Drop Dead Gorgeous · as Loretta |
| 1999 | 10 Things I Hate About You · as Ms. Perky |
| 1999 | Family Guy (TV Series) · as Crystal Quagmire (voice) |
| 1998 | |
| 1998 | David and Lisa · as Alix |
| 1998 | The Impostors · as Maxine (max) |
| 1998 | Six Days Seven Nights · as Marjorie |
| 1998 | The Object of My Affection · as Constance Miller |
| 1998 | Primary Colors · as Miss Walsh |
| 1998 | LateLine (TV Series) |
| 1997 | The Ice Storm · as Dot Halford |
| 1997 | Julian Po · as Lilah Leech |
| 1997 | Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing · as Assistant D.a. |
| 1997 | Private Parts · as Dee Dee |
| 1997 | ...First Do No Harm · as Dr. Melanie Abbasac |
| 1997 | King of the Hill (TV Series) · as Laura (voice) |
| 1996 | The Associate · as Sandy |
| 1996 | Big Night · as Ann |
| 1996 | Cosby (TV Series) · as Podiatric Nurse |
| 1996 | Walking and Talking · as Gum Puller |
| 1996 | Rescuing Desire · as Betsy |
| 1996 | Faithful · as Saleslady |
| 1996 | Aliens in the Family (TV Series) |
| 1995 | The Wright Verdicts (TV Series) · as Assistant District Attorney Alice Klein |
| 1994 | Heading Home · as Mary Polanski |
| 1994 | Miracle on 34th Street · as Woman In Christmas Shop |
| 1994 | New York Undercover (TV Series) · as Vivian |
| 1994 | Wolf · as Party Guest |
| 1994 | The Cowboy Way · as Nypd Computer Operator |
| 1994 | Dead Funny · as Jennifer |
| 1993 | Frasier (TV Series) · as Phyllis (voice) |
| 1993 | Blind Spot · as Doreen |
| 1991 | Morton & Hayes (TV Series) · as Beatrice Caldicott |
| 1990 | Law & Order (TV Series) · as Ann Madsen |
| 1989 | The Simpsons (TV Series) · as Julia (voice) |
| 1989 | Who Shot Pat? · as Miss Penny |
| 1956 | As The World Turns (TV Series) · as Vi |
| 1952 | Guiding Light (TV Series) · as Ginger |