Allison Janney

Allison Janney

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.

Place of Birth: Not available

Birthday: November 19, 1959

Deathday: N/A

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Known For

Finding Nemo
Finding Nemo

2003-05-30

American Beauty
American Beauty

1999-09-15

The Hours
The Hours

2002-12-27

Prop 8: The Musical
Prop 8: The Musical

2008-12-03

Wolf
Wolf

1994-06-17

Drop Dead Gorgeous
Drop Dead Gorgeous

1999-07-23

Hairspray
Hairspray

2007-07-19

10 Things I Hate About You
10 Things I Hate About You

1999-03-30

The Associate
The Associate

1996-10-25

Juno
Juno

2007-12-05

Six Days Seven Nights
Six Days Seven Nights

1998-06-12

Over the Hedge
Over the Hedge

2006-05-17

Pretty Ugly People
Pretty Ugly People

2008-11-14

Primary Colors
Primary Colors

1998-03-20

Celebrity
Celebrity

1998-09-07

...First Do No Harm
...First Do No Harm

1997-02-16

Strangers with Candy
Strangers with Candy

2006-06-28

The Chumscrubber
The Chumscrubber

2005-06-08

Margaret
Margaret

2011-09-30

How to Deal
How to Deal

2003-07-18

Walking and Talking
Walking and Talking

1996-07-17

The Object of My Affection
The Object of My Affection

1998-04-17

Life During Wartime
Life During Wartime

2010-04-16

Everything's Going to Be Great
Everything's Going to Be Great

The Creator
The Creator

2023-09-27

Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love

2023-04-26

Big Night
Big Night

1996-09-20

The Help
The Help

2011-08-09

Away We Go
Away We Go

2009-06-05

Winter Solstice
Winter Solstice

2004-01-29

A Thousand Words
A Thousand Words

2012-03-07

Mr. Peabody & Sherman
Mr. Peabody & Sherman

2014-02-07

Our Very Own
Our Very Own

2005-06-22

Liberal Arts
Liberal Arts

2012-09-14

Struck by Lightning
Struck by Lightning

2013-06-19

Julian Po
Julian Po

1997-09-05

The Oranges
The Oranges

2011-09-09

Touchy Feely
Touchy Feely

2013-09-06

The Way Way Back
The Way Way Back

2013-06-06

Trust Me
Trust Me

2013-04-20

Bad Words
Bad Words

2013-09-06

Anita Liberty
Anita Liberty

1997-01-18

Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy

2013-06-19

Tammy
Tammy

2014-07-02

Brightest Star
Brightest Star

2014-01-31

Days and Nights
Days and Nights

2014-09-26

Spy
Spy

2015-05-06

True Love: Making The Creator
True Love: Making The Creator

2023-11-14

The Rewrite
The Rewrite

2014-06-15

Faithful
Faithful

1996-04-03

Flux
Flux

1996-01-01

Dead Funny
Dead Funny

1994-05-21

The DUFF
The DUFF

2015-02-20

Miss You, Love You
Miss You, Love You

Get on Up
Get on Up

2014-08-01

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

2016-09-27

Minions & More Volume 2
Minions & More Volume 2

2022-11-08

Celia
Celia

2012-10-26

Minions
Minions

2015-06-17

Tallulah
Tallulah

2016-06-02

A Simple Favor 2
A Simple Favor 2

Binky Nelson Unpacified
Binky Nelson Unpacified

2015-11-04

The Impostors
The Impostors

1998-10-02

David and Lisa
David and Lisa

1998-11-01

The Girl on the Train
The Girl on the Train

2016-10-05

The Cowboy Way
The Cowboy Way

1994-06-03

Finding Dory
Finding Dory

2016-06-16

Sun Dogs
Sun Dogs

2017-06-18

Nurse Betty
Nurse Betty

2000-08-30

Rooftop Kisses
Rooftop Kisses

2002-06-23

A Happening of Monumental Proportions
A Happening of Monumental Proportions

2017-05-05

The Night Is Young
The Night Is Young

2015-10-29

I, Tonya
I, Tonya

2017-12-08

Private Parts
Private Parts

1997-03-07

Who Shot Pat?
Who Shot Pat?

1989-08-01

Piccadilly Jim
Piccadilly Jim

2004-11-01

The Addams Family
The Addams Family

2019-10-10

Troop Zero
Troop Zero

2019-02-01

Bad Education
Bad Education

2019-09-08

The Ice Storm
The Ice Storm

1997-09-27

Bombshell
Bombshell

2019-12-13

Breaking News in Yuba County
Breaking News in Yuba County

2021-01-28

Miracle on 34th Street
Miracle on 34th Street

1994-11-18

A Girl Thing
A Girl Thing

2001-01-19

Heading Home
Heading Home

1995-04-08

Ma
Ma

2019-05-29

Expedition Amelia
Expedition Amelia

2019-10-20

The Heart
The Heart

Blind Spot
Blind Spot

1993-05-02

Rescuing Desire
Rescuing Desire

1996-05-14

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

1997-06-14

Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal
Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal

2018-08-21

Lazy Susan
Lazy Susan

2020-04-03

Lou
Lou

2022-09-23

Chicken Party
Chicken Party

2003-10-14

Love and Distrust
Love and Distrust

2010-08-16

Backwash
Backwash

2010-11-15

A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote
A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote

2020-10-15

The People We Hate at the Wedding
The People We Hate at the Wedding

2022-11-17

It's Still Me!
It's Still Me!

2009-01-01

To Leslie
To Leslie

2022-10-07

Still Working 9 to 5
Still Working 9 to 5

2022-03-13

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