Allison Janney

Acting · 4.3 popularity

Age

Movies

109

Born: November 19, 1959
From: Boston, Massachusetts, USA

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.

Works

109 films

Minions & Monsters

20266.4

Finding Nemo

20037.8

10 Things I Hate About You

19997.6

The Creator

20237.0

The Help

20118.2

American Beauty

19998.0

Over the Hedge

20066.6

Minions

20156.4

Finding Dory

20167.0

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

20166.8

The Dog Stars

2026

The Roses

20256.6

I, Tonya

20177.5

Another Simple Favor

20255.8

Spy

20156.8

Mr. Peabody & Sherman

20146.7

Minions & More 2

20227.4

Juno

20077.1

The Addams Family

20196.6

The Girl on the Train

20166.4

The Hours

20027.3

The DUFF

20156.8

Six Days Seven Nights

19986.1

Bombshell

20196.8

A Thousand Words

20126.1

20195.8

Hairspray

20076.7

Miracle on 34th Street

19946.8

The Ice Storm

19976.9

To Leslie

20227.0

Drop Dead Gorgeous

19996.5

Celebrity

19986.0

Lou

20226.5

Get On Up

20146.8

Nurse Betty

20006.1

The Way Way Back

20137.1

Miss You, Love You

20266.6

The Rewrite

20146.0

Wolf

19946.1

Private Parts

19976.5

Bad Education

20196.7

Bad Words

20136.4

Breaking News in Yuba County

20215.9

Margaret

20116.4

The Oranges

20115.5

Not Alone

2027

Big Night

19967.0

Primary Colors

19986.3

Liberal Arts

20126.5

Tammy

20145.3

Away We Go

20096.7

The Cowboy Way

19945.7

The People We Hate at the Wedding

20226.3

Fonda

2026

The Object of My Affection

19985.8

Troop Zero

20197.0

How to Deal

20035.5

Everything's Going to Be Great

20255.9

Trust Me

20135.8

The Associate

19966.3

Rescuing Desire

19963.8

Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy

20136.6

Strangers with Candy

20065.7

The Impostors

19985.9

David and Lisa

19986.0

The Night Is Young

20186.9

Tallulah

20166.7

Struck by Lightning

20136.2

Pretty Ugly People

20084.3

The Chumscrubber

20056.5

Binky Nelson Unpacified

20156.2

Heading Home

199510.0

Auto Motives

20006.0

Sun Dogs

20176.5

The Heart

2026

Love and Distrust

20103.8

Life During Wartime

20105.9

Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love

20238.3

Faithful

19965.5

Expedition Amelia

20196.7

Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal

20185.4

Prop 8: The Musical

20086.9

Blind Spot

19936.2

The Debtors

19994.3

A Happening of Monumental Proportions

20175.3

Rooftop Kisses

20027.5

Our Very Own

20056.2

You Can’t Stop the Beat: The Long Journey of "Hairspray"

20076.0

Piccadilly Jim

20046.6

Lazy Susan

20204.5

...First Do No Harm

19976.9

Who Shot Pat?

19894.6

Days and Nights

20144.5

True Love: Making The Creator

20236.3

Winter Solstice

20045.9

Touchy Feely

20134.7

Still Working 9 to 5

202210.0

Walking and Talking

19966.1

Julian Po

19976.5

Dead Funny

19946.0

A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote

20207.9

Brightest Star

20134.3

Chicken Party

20038.0

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

19976.3

It's 'Hairspray'!

2007

Celia

20125.2

Anita Liberty

19978.0

It's Still Me!

2009

Flux

19969.0