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.
Known For
Peach (voice)
Finding Nemo
Barbara Fitts
American Beauty
Sally Lester
The Hours
Prop 8 Leader's #1 Wife
Prop 8: The Musical
Party Guest
Wolf
Prudy Pringleton
Hairspray
Loretta
Drop Dead Gorgeous
Ms. Perky
10 Things I Hate About You
Sandy
The Associate
Bren MacGuff
Juno
Marjorie
Six Days Seven Nights
Gladys (voice)
Over the Hedge
Suzanna
Pretty Ugly People
Miss Walsh
Primary Colors
Evelyn Isaacs
Celebrity
Dr. Melanie Abbasac
...First Do No Harm
Alice
Strangers with Candy
Allie Stiffle
The Chumscrubber
Monica Patterson
Margaret
Lydia Martin
How to Deal
Gum Puller
Walking and Talking
Constance Miller
The Object of My Affection
Trish Maplewood
Life During Wartime
Macy Smart
Everything's Going to Be Great
Colonel Howell
The Creator
Self - Guest
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
Ann
Big Night
Charlotte Phelan
The Help
Lily
Away We Go
Molly Ripkin
Winter Solstice
Samantha Davis
A Thousand Words
Ms. Grunion (voice)
Mr. Peabody & Sherman
Joan Whitfield
Our Very Own
Professor Judith Fairfield
Liberal Arts
Sheryl Phillips
Struck by Lightning
Lilah Leech
Julian Po
Carol Ostroff
The Oranges
Bronwyn
Touchy Feely
Betty Thompson
The Way Way Back
Meg
Trust Me
Dr. Bernice Deagan
Bad Words
Gynecologist
Anita Liberty
Self - Narrator (voice)
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
Deb
Tammy
The Astronomer
Brightest Star
Elizabeth
Days and Nights
Elaine Crocker
Spy
Self
True Love: Making The Creator
Mary Weldon
The Rewrite
Saleslady
Faithful
Heather
Flux
Jennifer
Dead Funny
Dottie Piper
The DUFF
Miss You, Love You
Kathy
Get On Up
Dr. Golan
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Madge Nelson (voice)
Minions & More 2
Celia
Celia
Madge Nelson (voice)
Minions
Margo
Tallulah
Aunt Linda McLanden
Another Simple Favor
Madge Nelson (voice)
Binky Nelson Unpacified
Maxine (Max)
The Impostors
Alix
David and Lisa
Detective Sgt. Riley
The Girl on the Train
NYPD Computer Operator
The Cowboy Way
Peach (voice)
Finding Dory
Rose Chipley
Sun Dogs
Lyla
Nurse Betty
Melissa
Rooftop Kisses
Principal Nichols
A Happening of Monumental Proportions
Wanda
The Night Is Young
LaVona
I, Tonya
Dee Dee
Private Parts
Miss Penny
Who Shot Pat?
Eugenia Crocker
Piccadilly Jim
Margaux Needler (voice)
The Addams Family
Miss Massey
Troop Zero
Pam Gluckin
Bad Education
Dot Halford
The Ice Storm
Susan Estrich
Bombshell
Sue Buttons
Breaking News in Yuba County
Woman in Christmas Shop
Miracle on 34th Street
Mary Polanski
Heading Home
Doctor Brooks
Ma
Narrator (voice)
Expedition Amelia
The Heart
Doreen
Blind Spot
Betsy
Rescuing Desire
Assistant D.A.
Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing
Self (archive footage)
Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal
Velvet
Lazy Susan
Lou
Lou
Barbara Strasser
Chicken Party
Grechen (segment "Auto Motives")
Love and Distrust
C.J. Cregg
A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote
Donna
The People We Hate at the Wedding
Narrator (voice)
It's Still Me!
Nancy
To Leslie
Self
Still Working 9 to 5
Eleanor
The Roses
Grechen
Auto Motives
Fonda
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
103
Gender
Female
Birthday
1959-11-19
Place of Birth
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Also Known As
Allison Brooks Janney