Allison Janney

Birthday:

11/19/1959

Place of birth:

Boston, Massachusetts, USA:

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.



Credits

True Love: Making 'The Creator' (2023)
Self
The Creator (2023)
Colonel Howell
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love (2023)
Self - Guest
The People We Hate at the Wedding (2022)
Donna
Minions & More Volume 2 (2022)
Madge Nelson (voice)
To Leslie (2022)
Nancy
Lou (2022)
Lou
Still Working 9 to 5 (2022)
Self
Breaking News in Yuba County (2021)
Sue Buttons
A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote (2020)
C.J. Cregg
Lazy Susan (2020)
Velvet
Bombshell (2019)
Susan Estrich
Expedition Amelia (2019)
Narrator (voice)
The Addams Family (2019)
Margaux Needler (voice)
Bad Education (2019)
Pam Gluckin
Ma (2019)
Doctor Brooks
Troop Zero (2019)
Miss Massey
Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal (2018)
Self (archive footage)
I, Tonya (2017)
LaVona Golden
Sun Dogs (2017)
Rose Chipley
A Happening of Monumental Proportions (2017)
Principal Nichols
The Girl on the Train (2016)
Detective Sgt. Riley
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016)
Dr. Golan
Finding Dory (2016)
Peach (voice)
Tallulah (2016)
Margo
Binky Nelson Unpacified (2015)
Madge Nelson (voice)
The Night Is Young (2015)
Wanda
Minions (2015)
Madge Nelson (voice)
Spy (2015)
Elaine Crocker
The DUFF (2015)
Dottie Piper
Days and Nights (2014)
Elizabeth
Get on Up (2014)
Kathy
Tammy (2014)
Deb
The Rewrite (2014)
Mary Weldon
Mr. Peabody & Sherman (2014)
Ms. Grunion (voice)
Brightest Star (2014)
The Astronomer
Bad Words (2013)
Dr. Bernice Deagan
Touchy Feely (2013)
Bronwyn
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy (2013)
Narrator (voice)
The Way Way Back (2013)
Betty Thompson
Trust Me (2013)
Meg
Celia (2012)
Celia
Liberal Arts (2012)
Professor Judith Fairfield
Struck (2012)
Sheryl Phillips
A Thousand Words (2012)
Samantha Davis
Margaret (2011)
Monica Patterson
The Oranges (2011)
Carol Ostroff
The Help (2011)
Charlotte Phelan
Backwash (2010)
Self
Love and Distrust (2010)
Grechen (segment "Auto Motives")
Life During Wartime (2010)
Trish
Away We Go (2009)
Lily
It's Still Me! (2009)
Narrator (voice)
Prop 8: The Musical (2008)
Prop 8 Leader's #1 Wife
Pretty Ugly People (2008)
Suzanna
Juno (2007)
Bren MacGuff
Hairspray (2007)
Prudy Pringleton
Strangers with Candy (2006)
Alice
Over the Hedge (2006)
Gladys (voice)
Our Very Own (2005)
Joan Whitfield
The Chumscrubber (2005)
Allie Stiffle
Piccadilly Jim (2004)
Eugenia Crocker
Winter Solstice (2004)
Molly Ripkin
Chicken Party (2003)
Barbara Strasser
How to Deal (2003)
Lydia Martin
Finding Nemo (2003)
Peach (voice)
The Hours (2002)
Sally Lester
Rooftop Kisses (2002)
Melissa
A Girl Thing (2001)
Kathy McCormack
Nurse Betty (2000)
Lyla
American Beauty (1999)
Barbara Fitts
Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999)
Loretta
10 Things I Hate About You (1999)
Ms. Perky
David and Lisa (1998)
Alix
The Impostors (1998)
Maxine (Max)
Celebrity (1998)
Evelyn Isaacs
Six Days Seven Nights (1998)
Marjorie
The Object of My Affection (1998)
Constance Miller
Primary Colors (1998)
Miss Walsh
Julian Po (1997)
Lilah Leech
Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing (1997)
Assistant D.A.
Private Parts (1997)
Dee Dee
...First Do No Harm (1997)
Dr. Melanie Abbasac
The Ice Storm (1997)
Dot Halford
Anita Liberty (1997)
Gynecologist
The Associate (1996)
Sandy
Big Night (1996)
Ann
Walking and Talking (1996)
Gum Puller
Rescuing Desire (1996)
Betsy
Faithful (1996)
Saleslady
Flux (1996)
Heather
Heading Home (1995)
Mary Polanski
Miracle on 34th Street (1994)
Woman in Christmas Shop
Wolf (1994)
Party Guest
The Cowboy Way (1994)
NYPD Computer Operator
Dead Funny (1994)
Jennifer
Blind Spot (1993)
Doreen
Who Shot Patakango? (1989)
Miss Penny
The Heart ()
Everything's Going to Be Great ()
Miss You, Love You ()
Lou (2022)
Executive Producer