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 (1999โ2006), 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 (2013โ2021), 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
all 160
Movies 105
TV Shows 55
self 34
Voice 14
Producer 1
Narrator 1
Palm Royale (2024)
True Love: Making 'The Creator' (2023)
The Creator (2023)
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love (2023)
The People We Hate at the Wedding (2022)
Minions & More Volume 2 (2022)
To Leslie (2022)
Lou (2022)
Still Working 9 to 5 (2022)
Breaking News in Yuba County (2021)
A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote (2020)
Celebrity IOU (2020)
Lazy Susan (2020)
Bombshell (2019)
Expedition Amelia (2019)
The Addams Family (2019)
Bad Education (2019)
Human Discoveries (2019)
Ma (2019)
Troop Zero (2019)
The Kominsky Method (2018)
Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal (2018)
I, Tonya (2017)
Hiking with Kevin (2017)
DuckTales (2017)
Sun Dogs (2017)
A Happening of Monumental Proportions (2017)
The Girl on the Train (2016)
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016)
Finding Dory (2016)
Tallulah (2016)
Chelsea (2016)
Binky Nelson Unpacified (2015)
The Night Is Young (2015)
I'll Have What Phil's Having (2015)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015)
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter (2015)
Minions (2015)
Spy (2015)
Break a Hip (2015)
The Late Late Show with James Corden (2015)
The DUFF (2015)
Key and Peele:Super Bowl Special (2015)
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors (2014)
Days and Nights (2014)
Get on Up (2014)
Tammy (2014)
The Rewrite (2014)
Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014)
Mr. Peabody & Sherman (2014)
Brightest Star (2014)
Masters of Sex (2013)
Mom (2013)
The Arsenio Hall Show (2013)
Bad Words (2013)
Touchy Feely (2013)
Hollywood Game Night (2013)
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy (2013)
The Way Way Back (2013)
Trust Me (2013)
Celia (2012)
Liberal Arts (2012)
Comedy Bang! Bang! (2012)
Veep (2012)
Struck by Lightning (2012)
A Thousand Words (2012)
Margaret (2011)
The Oranges (2011)
The Help (2011)
Star Tours: The Adventures Continue (2011)
Mr. Sunshine (2011)
Backwash (2010)
Love and Distrust (2010)
Life During Wartime (2010)
Who Do You Think You Are? (2010)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (2009)
Away We Go (2009)
It's Still Me! (2009)
Prop 8: The Musical (2008)
Pretty Ugly People (2008)
Web Therapy (2008)
The Bonnie Hunt Show (2008)
Juno (2007)
Phineas and Ferb (2007)
Hairspray (2007)
The EcoZone Project (2007)
The Graham Norton Show (2007)
The Megan Mullally Show (2006)
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (2006)
Strangers with Candy (2006)
Over the Hedge (2006)
Weeds (2005)
Our Very Own (2005)
The Chumscrubber (2005)
American Dad! (2005)
Piccadilly Jim (2004)
Lost (2004)
Winter Solstice (2004)
Celebrity Poker Showdown (2003)
Chicken Party (2003)
Two and a Half Men (2003)
The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003)
How to Deal (2003)
Finding Nemo (2003)
Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003)
The Hours (2002)
Rooftop Kisses (2002)
A Girl Thing (2001)
Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000)
Nurse Betty (2000)
Auto Motives (2000)
The West Wing (1999)
American Beauty (1999)
Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999)
10 Things I Hate About You (1999)
Family Guy (1999)
David and Lisa (1998)
The Impostors (1998)
Celebrity (1998)
Six Days Seven Nights (1998)
The Object of My Affection (1998)
Primary Colors (1998)
LateLine (1998)
Julian Po (1997)
The View (1997)
Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing (1997)
Private Parts (1997)
...First Do No Harm (1997)
The Ice Storm (1997)
Anita Liberty (1997)
King of the Hill (1997)
The Associate (1996)
Big Night (1996)
The Daily Show (1996)
Walking and Talking (1996)
Rescuing Desire (1996)
Faithful (1996)
Aliens in the Family (1996)
Flux (1996)
Heading Home (1995)
The Wright Verdicts (1995)
Miracle on 34th Street (1994)
New York Undercover (1994)
Wolf (1994)
The Cowboy Way (1994)
Dead Funny (1994)
Intimate Portrait (1993)
Frasier (1993)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993)
Blind Spot (1993)
Morton & Hayes (1991)
Law & Order (1990)
The Simpsons (1989)
Who Shot Patakango? (1989)
Saturday Night Live (1975)
The Oscars (1953)
Miss You, Love You
A Simple Favor 2
Everything's Going to Be Great
The Heart
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1959-11-19 (64 years old)
Birth NameAllison Brooks Janney
Birth PlaceBoston, United States of America
Height1.83-meter
RelationshipsPhilip Joncas
FatherJervis Spencer Janney
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
ResidencesDayton, United States of America
Also Known As์จ๋ฆฌ์จ ์ ๋, ่พ่ๆฃฎยท็ๅฆฎ, Allison Brooks Janney
AwardsScreen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series, Satellite Award for Best Actress โ Television Series Drama, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series, Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series, Theatre World Award, Golden Globe Award, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Cast, National Board of Review Award for Best Cast, Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, Screen Actors Guild Award, Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, Satellite Award for Best Cast โ Motion Picture, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
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