Allison Janney

Also Known As: 앨리슨 제니, 艾莉森·珍妮, Allison Brooks Janney, الیسون جنی

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.

Department: Acting

Place of Birth: Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Birthday: November 19, 1959

Adult: No

Gender: Female

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Known For:

Finding Nemo
American Beauty
The Hours
Prop 8: The Musical
Wolf
Hairspray
Drop Dead Gorgeous
10 Things I Hate About You
The Associate
Juno
Six Days Seven Nights
Over the Hedge
Pretty Ugly People
Primary Colors
Celebrity
...First Do No Harm
Strangers with Candy
The Chumscrubber
Margaret
How to Deal
Walking and Talking
The Object of My Affection
Life During Wartime
Everything's Going to Be Great
The Creator
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
Big Night
The Help
Away We Go
Winter Solstice
A Thousand Words
Mr. Peabody & Sherman
Our Very Own
Liberal Arts
Struck by Lightning
Julian Po
The Oranges
Touchy Feely
The Way Way Back
Trust Me
Bad Words
Anita Liberty
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
Tammy
Brightest Star
Days and Nights
Spy
True Love: Making The Creator
The Rewrite
Faithful
Flux
Dead Funny
The DUFF
Miss You, Love You
Get on Up
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Minions & More Volume 2
Celia
Minions
Tallulah
Another Simple Favor
Binky Nelson Unpacified
The Impostors
David and Lisa
The Girl on the Train
The Cowboy Way
Finding Dory
Sun Dogs
Nurse Betty
Rooftop Kisses
A Happening of Monumental Proportions
The Night Is Young
I, Tonya
Private Parts
Who Shot Pat?
Piccadilly Jim
The Addams Family
Troop Zero
Bad Education
The Ice Storm
Bombshell
Breaking News in Yuba County
Miracle on 34th Street
A Girl Thing
Heading Home
Ma
Expedition Amelia
The Heart
Blind Spot
Rescuing Desire
Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing
Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal
Lazy Susan
Lou
Chicken Party
Love and Distrust
Backwash
A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote
The People We Hate at the Wedding
It's Still Me!
To Leslie
Still Working 9 to 5