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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Boston, Massachusetts, USA, 1959-11-19

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1994	Dead Funny	Jennifer	50
2	1994	Wolf	Party Guest	61
3	1996	Flux	Heather	0
4	1996	Faithful	Saleslady	54
5	1996	Walking and Talking	Gum Puller	61
6	1996	Big Night	Ann	70
7	1996	The Associate	Sandy	63
8	1997	Anita Liberty	Gynecologist	70
9	1997	...First Do No Harm	Dr. Melanie Abbasac	69
10	1997	Julian Po	Lilah Leech	65
11	1998	Primary Colors	Miss Walsh	63
12	1998	The Object of My Affection	Constance Miller	58
13	1998	Six Days Seven Nights	Marjorie	61
14	1998	Celebrity	Evelyn Isaacs	60
15	1999	10 Things I Hate About You	Ms. Perky	76
16	1999	Drop Dead Gorgeous	Loretta	64
17	1999	American Beauty	Barbara Fitts	80
18	2002	The Hours	Sally Lester	73
19	2003	Finding Nemo	Peach (voice)	78
20	2003	How to Deal	Lydia Martin	55
21	2004	Winter Solstice	Molly Ripkin	59
22	2005	The Chumscrubber	Allie Stiffle	65
23	2005	Our Very Own	Joan Whitfield	59
24	2006	Over the Hedge	Gladys (voice)	66
25	2006	Strangers with Candy	Alice	56
26	2007	Hairspray	Prudy Pringleton	67
27	2007	Juno	Bren MacGuff	71
28	2008	Pretty Ugly People	Suzanna	43
29	2008	Prop 8: The Musical	Prop 8 Leader's #1 Wife	72
30	2009	Away We Go	Lily	67
31	2010	Life During Wartime	Trish Maplewood	60
32	2011	The Help	Charlotte Phelan	82
33	2011	The Oranges	Carol Ostroff	55
34	2011	Margaret	Monica Patterson	63
35	2012	A Thousand Words	Samantha Davis	61
36	2012	Liberal Arts	Professor Judith Fairfield	64
37	2013	Trust Me	Meg	58
38	2013	The Way Way Back	Betty Thompson	71
39	2013	Struck by Lightning	Sheryl Phillips	62
40	2013	Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy	Narrator (voice)	66
41	2013	Touchy Feely	Bronwyn	47
42	2013	Bad Words	Dr. Bernice Deagan	64
43	2013	Brightest Star	The Astronomer	42
44	2014	Mr. Peabody & Sherman	Ms. Grunion (voice)	67
45	2014	The Rewrite	Mary Weldon	60
46	2014	Tammy	Deb	53
47	2014	Days and Nights	Elizabeth	45
48	2015	The DUFF	Dottie Piper	68
49	2015	Spy	Elaine Crocker	68
50	2023	Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love	Self - Guest	84
51	2023	The Creator	Colonel Howell	71
52	2023	True Love: Making The Creator	Self	80
53		Miss You, Love You		0
54	1989	Who Shot Pat?	Miss Penny	45
55	1993	Blind Spot	Doreen	60
56	1994	The Cowboy Way	NYPD Computer Operator	57
57	1994	Miracle on 34th Street	Woman in Christmas Shop	68
58	1995	Heading Home	Mary Polanski	0
59	1996	Rescuing Desire	Betsy	33
60	1997	Private Parts	Dee Dee	65
61	1997	Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing	Assistant D.A.	60
62	1997	The Ice Storm	Dot Halford	69
63	1998	The Impostors	Maxine (Max)	58
64	1998	David and Lisa	Alix	55
65	2000	Nurse Betty	Lyla	61
66	2001	A Girl Thing	Kathy McCormack	38
67	2002	Rooftop Kisses	Melissa	70
68	2003	Chicken Party	Barbara Strasser	0
69	2004	Piccadilly Jim	Eugenia Crocker	65
70	2009	It's Still Me!	Narrator (voice)	0
71	2010	Love and Distrust	Grechen (segment "Auto Motives")	38
72	2010	Backwash	Self	0
73	2012	Celia	Celia	52
74	2014	Get on Up	Kathy	68
75	2015	Minions	Madge Nelson (voice)	64
76	2015	Binky Nelson Unpacified	Madge Nelson (voice)	62
77	2016	Tallulah	Margo	67
78	2016	Finding Dory	Peach (voice)	70
79	2016	Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children	Dr. Golan	68
80	2016	The Girl on the Train	Detective Sgt. Riley	64
81	2017	A Happening of Monumental Proportions	Principal Nichols	52
82	2017	Sun Dogs	Rose Chipley	66
83	2017	I, Tonya	LaVona	75
84	2018	The Night Is Young	Wanda	69
85	2018	Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal	Self (archive footage)	57
86	2019	Troop Zero	Miss Massey	69
87	2019	Ma	Doctor Brooks	58
88	2019	Bad Education	Pam Gluckin	67
89	2019	The Addams Family	Margaux Needler (voice)	66
90	2019	Expedition Amelia	Narrator (voice)	73
91	2019	Bombshell	Susan Estrich	68
92	2020	Lazy Susan	Velvet	45
93	2020	A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote	C.J. Cregg	80
94	2021	Breaking News in Yuba County	Sue Buttons	58
95	2022	Still Working 9 to 5	Self	100
96	2022	Lou	Lou	65
97	2022	To Leslie	Nancy	70
98	2022	Minions & More Volume 2	Madge Nelson (voice)	73
99	2022	The People We Hate at the Wedding	Donna	63
100	2025	Another Simple Favor	Aunt Linda McLanden	58
101	2025	Everything's Going to Be Great	Macy	0
102		The Heart		0
103	2025	The Roses	Eleanor	0

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1944	Golden Globe Awards	Self - Nominee	72
2	1953	The Oscars	Self	71
3	1956	Tony Awards	Self - Presenter	51
4	1956	Tony Awards	Self - Nominee	51
5	1956	Tony Awards	Self - Nominee/Performer	51
6	1975	Saturday Night Live	Self - Cameo (uncredited)	70
7	1989	The Simpsons	Julia (voice)	80
8	1990	Law & Order	Nora	74
9	1990	Law & Order	Ann Madsen	74
10	1993	Late Night with Conan O'Brien	Self - Guest	72
11	1993	Frasier	Susanna	77
12	1993	Frasier	Phyllis (voice)	77
13	1993	Intimate Portrait	Self	45
14	1994	New York Undercover	Vivian	71
15	1996	Aliens in the Family		63
16	1996	The Daily Show	Self	64
17	1997	King of the Hill	Laura (voice)	74
18	1997	The View	Self	45
19	1998	LateLine		0
20	1999	Family Guy	Teen People Editor (voice)	74
21	1999	Family Guy	Mistress Vita (voice)	74
22	1999	Family Guy	Crystal Quagmire (voice)	74
23	1999	The West Wing	C.J. Cregg	83
24	2000	Curb Your Enthusiasm	Cynthia	80
25	2003	Jimmy Kimmel Live!	Self	55
26	2003	The Ellen DeGeneres Show	Self	57
27	2003	Two and a Half Men	Beverly	75
28	2003	Celebrity Poker Showdown	Self	0
29	2004	Lost	Mother	79
30	2005	American Dad!	Aunt Jesse (voice)	70
31	2005	Weeds	Ms. Greenstein	75
32	2006	Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip	Self	73
33	2006	The Megan Mullally Show	Self - Guest	42
34	2007	The Graham Norton Show	Self	72
35	2007	The EcoZone Project		0
36	2007	Phineas and Ferb	Charlene Doofenshmirtz (voice)	79
37	2008	In Plain Sight	Allison Pearson	71
38	2008	The Bonnie Hunt Show	Self	44
39	2008	Web Therapy	Judith Frick	77
40	2009	Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen	Self - Guest	51
41	2010	Who Do You Think You Are?	Self	66
42	2011	Mr. Sunshine	Crystal Cohen	62
43	2011	Web Therapy	Judith Frick	71
44	2012	Veep	Janet Ryland	74
45	2012	Comedy Bang! Bang!	Self	62
46	2013	Hollywood Game Night	Self	65
47	2013	The Arsenio Hall Show	Self	57
48	2013	Mom	Bonnie Plunkett	73
49	2013	Masters of Sex	Margaret Scully	71
50	2014	Late Night with Seth Meyers	Self	53
51	2014	Variety Studio: Actors on Actors	Self	50
52	2015	The Late Late Show with James Corden	Self	53
53	2015	The Late Late Show with James Corden	Self - Guest	53
54	2015	Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter	Self	57
55	2015	The Late Show with Stephen Colbert	Self	64
56	2016	Chelsea	Self	51
57	2017	DuckTales	Goldie O'Gilt (voice)	78
58	2018	The Kominsky Method	Self	75
59	2019	Human Discoveries	The Mighty Karen (voice)	52
60	2020	Celebrity IOU	Self	64
61	2023	The Diplomat	Vice President Grace Penn	75
62	2024	Palm Royale	Evelyn	64

Allison Janney

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