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Birthday: Nov 19, 1959
Place of Birth: Boston, Massachusetts, USA

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.

Filmography
Movie Cast Year
Finding Nemo Peach (voice) 2003
American Beauty Barbara Fitts 1999
The Hours Sally Lester 2002
Prop 8: The Musical Prop 8 Leader's #1 Wife 2008
Wolf Party Guest 1994
Hairspray Prudy Pringleton 2007
Drop Dead Gorgeous Loretta 1999
10 Things I Hate About You Ms. Perky 1999
The Associate Sandy 1996
Juno Bren MacGuff 2007
Six Days Seven Nights Marjorie 1998
Over the Hedge Gladys (voice) 2006
Pretty Ugly People Suzanna 2008
Primary Colors Miss Walsh 1998
Celebrity Evelyn Isaacs 1998
...First Do No Harm Dr. Melanie Abbasac 1997
Strangers with Candy Alice 2006
The Chumscrubber Allie Stiffle 2005
Margaret Monica Patterson 2011
How to Deal Lydia Martin 2003
Walking and Talking Gum Puller 1996
The Object of My Affection Constance Miller 1998
Life During Wartime Trish Maplewood 2010
Everything's Going to Be Great Macy 1970
The Creator Colonel Howell 2023
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love Self - Guest 2023
Big Night Ann 1996
The Help Charlotte Phelan 2011
Away We Go Lily 2009
Winter Solstice Molly Ripkin 2004
A Thousand Words Samantha Davis 2012
Mr. Peabody & Sherman Ms. Grunion (voice) 2014
Our Very Own Joan Whitfield 2005
Liberal Arts Professor Judith Fairfield 2012
Struck by Lightning Sheryl Phillips 2013
Julian Po Lilah Leech 1997
The Oranges Carol Ostroff 2011
Touchy Feely Bronwyn 2013
The Way Way Back Betty Thompson 2013
Trust Me Meg 2013
Bad Words Dr. Bernice Deagan 2013
Anita Liberty Gynecologist 1997
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy Narrator (voice) 2013
Tammy Deb 2014
Brightest Star The Astronomer 2014
Days and Nights Elizabeth 2014
Spy Elaine Crocker 2015
True Love: Making The Creator Self 2023
The Rewrite Mary Weldon 2014
Faithful Saleslady 1996
Flux Heather 1996
Dead Funny Jennifer 1994
The DUFF Dottie Piper 2015
Miss You, Love You 1970
Get on Up Kathy 2014
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children Dr. Golan 2016
Minions & More Volume 2 Madge Nelson (voice) 2022
Celia Celia 2012
Minions Madge Nelson (voice) 2015
Tallulah Margo 2016
A Simple Favor 2 1970
Binky Nelson Unpacified Madge Nelson (voice) 2015
The Impostors Maxine (Max) 1998
David and Lisa Alix 1998
The Girl on the Train Detective Sgt. Riley 2016
The Cowboy Way NYPD Computer Operator 1994
Finding Dory Peach (voice) 2016
Sun Dogs Rose Chipley 2017
Nurse Betty Lyla 2000
Rooftop Kisses Melissa 2002
A Happening of Monumental Proportions Principal Nichols 2017
The Night Is Young Wanda 2015
I, Tonya LaVona 2017
Private Parts Dee Dee 1997
Who Shot Pat? Miss Penny 1989
Piccadilly Jim Eugenia Crocker 2004
The Addams Family Margaux Needler (voice) 2019
Troop Zero Miss Massey 2019
Bad Education Pam Gluckin 2019
The Ice Storm Dot Halford 1997
Bombshell Susan Estrich 2019
Breaking News in Yuba County Sue Buttons 2021
Miracle on 34th Street Woman in Christmas Shop 1994
A Girl Thing Kathy McCormack 2001
Heading Home Mary Polanski 1995
Ma Doctor Brooks 2019
Expedition Amelia Narrator (voice) 2019
The Heart 1970
Blind Spot Doreen 1993
Rescuing Desire Betsy 1996
Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing Assistant D.A. 1997
Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal Self (archive footage) 2018
Lazy Susan Velvet 2020
Lou Lou 2022
Chicken Party Barbara Strasser 2003
Love and Distrust Grechen (segment "Auto Motives") 2010
Backwash Self 2010
A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote C.J. Cregg 2020
The People We Hate at the Wedding Donna 2022
It's Still Me! Narrator (voice) 2009
To Leslie Nancy 2022
Still Working 9 to 5 Self 2022
Series Cast Year
Weeds Ms. Greenstein 2005
Law & Order Nora 1990
The Ellen DeGeneres Show Self 2003
Family Guy Teen People Editor (voice) 1999
Jimmy Kimmel Live! 2003
The Daily Show Self 1996
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip Self 2006
King of the Hill Laura (voice) 1997
The View Self 1997
Two and a Half Men Beverly 2003
Human Discoveries The Mighty Karen (voice) 2019
LateLine 1998
Frasier Susanna 1993
New York Undercover Vivian 1994
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Self 2015
Late Night with Conan O'Brien Self - Guest 1993
Aliens in the Family 1996
The EcoZone Project 2007
Mr. Sunshine Crystal Cohen 2011
Mom Bonnie Plunkett 2013
The Bonnie Hunt Show 2008
The West Wing C.J. Cregg 1999
Family Guy Crystal Quagmire (voice) 1999
Family Guy Mistress Vita (voice) 1999
Comedy Bang! Bang! Self 2012
Late Night with Seth Meyers Self 2014
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter Self 2015
Chelsea Self 2016
Intimate Portrait Self 1993
The Late Late Show with James Corden Self 2015
Frasier Phyllis (voice) 1993
The Late Late Show with James Corden Self - Guest 2015
Phineas and Ferb Charlene Doofenshmirtz (voice) 2007
Palm Royale Evelyn 2024
The Graham Norton Show Self 2007
Law & Order Ann Madsen 1990
Jimmy Kimmel Live! Self 2003
Hollywood Game Night Self 2013
Celebrity Poker Showdown Self 2003
DuckTales Goldie O'Gilt (voice) 2017
Web Therapy Judith Frick 2008
Masters of Sex Margaret Scully 2013
Who Do You Think You Are? Self 2010
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen Self - Guest 2009
The Arsenio Hall Show Self 2013
Veep Janet Ryland 2012
Curb Your Enthusiasm Cynthia 2000
Saturday Night Live Self - Cameo (uncredited) 1975
The Kominsky Method Self 2018
The Simpsons Julia (voice) 1989
American Dad! Aunt Jesse (voice) 2005
The Oscars Self 1953
Lost Mother 2004
Celebrity IOU Self 2020
The Megan Mullally Show Self - Guest 2006
Tony Awards Self - Presenter 1956
Golden Globe Awards Self - Nominee 1944
Tony Awards Self - Nominee 1956
The Diplomat Vice President Grace Penn 2023
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors Self 2014
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