Allison Janney

Allison Janney

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.
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    Acting
    Place of birth
    Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    Birthday
    11/19/1959
Finding Nemo
Finding Nemo
7.8
American Beauty
American Beauty
8
The Hours
The Hours
7.3
Prop 8: The Musical
Prop 8: The Musical
7.2
Wolf
Wolf
6.1
Hairspray
Hairspray
6.665
Drop Dead Gorgeous
Drop Dead Gorgeous
6.4
10 Things I Hate About You
10 Things I Hate About You
7.594
The Associate
The Associate
6.3
Juno
Juno
7.1
Six Days Seven Nights
Six Days Seven Nights
6.08
Over the Hedge
Over the Hedge
6.6
Pretty Ugly People
Pretty Ugly People
4.3
Primary Colors
Primary Colors
6.3
Celebrity
Celebrity
6
...First Do No Harm
...First Do No Harm
6.9
Strangers with Candy
Strangers with Candy
5.6
The Chumscrubber
The Chumscrubber
6.495
Margaret
Margaret
6.3
How to Deal
How to Deal
5.5
Walking and Talking
Walking and Talking
6
The Object of My Affection
The Object of My Affection
5.8
Life During Wartime
Life During Wartime
6.1
The Creator
The Creator
7.1
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
8.4
Big Night
Big Night
6.9
The Help
The Help
8.213
Away We Go
Away We Go
6.6
Winter Solstice
Winter Solstice
6.2
A Thousand Words
A Thousand Words
6.1
Mr. Peabody & Sherman
Mr. Peabody & Sherman
6.721
Our Very Own
Our Very Own
5.9
Liberal Arts
Liberal Arts
6.449
Struck by Lightning
Struck by Lightning
6.231
Julian Po
Julian Po
6.7
The Oranges
The Oranges
5.507
Touchy Feely
Touchy Feely
4.7
The Way Way Back
The Way Way Back
7.145
Trust Me
Trust Me
5.8
Bad Words
Bad Words
6.4
Anita Liberty
Anita Liberty
7
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
6.6
Tammy
Tammy
5.336
Brightest Star
Brightest Star
4.2
Days and Nights
Days and Nights
4.7
Spy
Spy
6.831
True Love: Making 'The Creator'
True Love: Making 'The Creator'
8
The Rewrite
The Rewrite
6
Faithful
Faithful
5.4
Flux
0
Dead Funny
Dead Funny
5
The DUFF
The DUFF
6.8
Get on Up
Get on Up
6.8
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
6.8
Minions & More Volume 2
Minions & More Volume 2
7.4
Celia
Celia
5.2
Minions
Minions
6.4
Tallulah
Tallulah
6.7
Binky Nelson Unpacified
Binky Nelson Unpacified
6.1
The Impostors
The Impostors
5.7
David and Lisa
David and Lisa
5.5
The Girl on the Train
The Girl on the Train
6.439
The Cowboy Way
The Cowboy Way
5.6
Finding Dory
Finding Dory
7.04
Sun Dogs
Sun Dogs
6.568
Nurse Betty
Nurse Betty
5.991
Rooftop Kisses
Rooftop Kisses
7
A Happening of Monumental Proportions
A Happening of Monumental Proportions
5.6
The Night Is Young
The Night Is Young
7
I, Tonya
I, Tonya
7.5
Private Parts
Private Parts
6.4
Who Shot Patakango?
Who Shot Patakango?
4.9
Piccadilly Jim
Piccadilly Jim
6.3
The Addams Family
The Addams Family
6.611
Troop Zero
Troop Zero
7
Bad Education
Bad Education
6.7
The Ice Storm
The Ice Storm
6.9
Bombshell
Bombshell
6.803
Breaking News in Yuba County
Breaking News in Yuba County
5.7
Miracle on 34th Street
Miracle on 34th Street
6.7
A Girl Thing
A Girl Thing
4.2
Heading Home
Heading Home
0
Ma
Ma
5.8
Expedition Amelia
Expedition Amelia
7.3
Blind Spot
Blind Spot
6
Rescuing Desire
3.3
Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing
Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing
6
Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal
Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal
5.6
Lazy Susan
Lazy Susan
4.7
Lou
Lou
6.5
Chicken Party
Chicken Party
0
Love and Distrust
Love and Distrust
3.7
Backwash
Backwash
0
A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote
A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote
8.2
The People We Hate at the Wedding
The People We Hate at the Wedding
6.3
It's Still Me!
It's Still Me!
0
To Leslie
To Leslie
7.003
Still Working 9 to 5
Still Working 9 to 5
10
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