Allison Janney
Age: N/A | From: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Aliases: 앨리슨 제니 , 艾莉森·珍妮 , Allison Brooks Janney , الیسون جنی
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Movie Involvements: 44
TV Involvements: 11
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Law & Order
(1990) Ann Madsen
Lost
(2004) Mother
Who Do You Think You Are?
(2010) Self
The West Wing
(1999) C.J. Cregg
Masters of Sex
(2013) Margaret Scully
Celebrity IOU
(2020) Self
New York Undercover
(1994) Vivian
The Oscars
(1953) SelfActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Evelyn | |
| 2023 | Self | |
| Colonel Howell | ||
| Self - Guest | ||
| 2022 | Donna | |
| Madge Nelson (voice) | ||
| Nancy | ||
| Lou | ||
| Self | ||
| 2021 | Sue Buttons | |
| 2020 | C.J. Cregg | |
| Self | ||
| Velvet | ||
| 2019 | Susan Estrich | |
| Narrator (voice) | ||
| Margaux Needler (voice) | ||
| Pam Gluckin | ||
| The Mighty Karen (voice) | ||
| Doctor Brooks | ||
| Miss Massey | ||
| 2018 | Self | |
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| 2017 | LaVona | |
| Goldie O'Gilt (voice) | ||
| Rose Chipley | ||
| Principal Nichols | ||
| 2016 | Detective Sgt. Riley | |
| Dr. Golan | ||
| Peach (voice) | ||
| Margo | ||
| Self | ||
| 2015 | Madge Nelson (voice) | |
| Wanda | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Madge Nelson (voice) | ||
| Elaine Crocker | ||
| Self | ||
| Self - Guest | ||
| Dottie Piper | ||
| 2014 | Self | |
| Elizabeth | ||
| Kathy | ||
| Deb | ||
| Mary Weldon | ||
| Self | ||
| Ms. Grunion (voice) | ||
| The Astronomer | ||
| 2013 | Margaret Scully | |
| Bonnie Plunkett | ||
| Self | ||
| Bronwyn | ||
| Dr. Bernice Deagan | ||
| Self | ||
| Narrator (voice) | ||
| Betty Thompson | ||
| Meg | ||
| 2012 | Celia | |
| Professor Judith Fairfield | ||
| Self | ||
| Janet Ryland | ||
| Sheryl Phillips | ||
| Samantha Davis | ||
| 2011 | Monica Patterson | |
| Carol Ostroff | ||
| Charlotte Phelan | ||
| Crystal Cohen | ||
| 2010 | Self | |
| Grechen (segment "Auto Motives") | ||
| Trish | ||
| Self | ||
| 2009 | Self - Guest | |
| Lily | ||
| Narrator (voice) | ||
| 2008 | Prop 8 Leader's #1 Wife | |
| Suzanna | ||
| Judith Frick | ||
| N/A | ||
| 2007 | Bren MacGuff | |
| Charlene Doofenshmirtz (voice) | ||
| Prudy Pringleton | ||
| N/A | ||
| Self | ||
| 2006 | Self | |
| N/A | ||
| Alice | ||
| Gladys (voice) | ||
| 2005 | Ms. Greenstein | |
| Joan Whitfield | ||
| Allie Stiffle | ||
| Aunt Jesse (voice) | ||
| 2004 | Eugenia Crocker | |
| Mother | ||
| Molly Ripkin | ||
| 2003 | Self | |
| Barbara Strasser | ||
| Beverly | ||
| Self | ||
| Lydia Martin | ||
| Peach (voice) | ||
| N/A | ||
| Self | ||
| 2002 | Sally Lester | |
| Melissa | ||
| 2001 | Kathy McCormack | |
| 2000 | Cynthia | |
| Lyla | ||
| 1999 | C.J. Cregg | |
| Barbara Fitts | ||
| Loretta | ||
| Ms. Perky | ||
| Teen People Editor (voice) | ||
| Crystal Quagmire (voice) | ||
| Mistress Vita (voice) | ||
| 1998 | Alix | |
| Maxine (Max) | ||
| Evelyn Isaacs | ||
| Marjorie | ||
| Constance Miller | ||
| Miss Walsh | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1997 | Lilah Leech | |
| Self | ||
| Assistant D.A. | ||
| Dee Dee | ||
| Dr. Melanie Abbasac | ||
| Dot Halford | ||
| Gynecologist | ||
| Laura (voice) | ||
| 1996 | Sandy | |
| Ann | ||
| Self | ||
| Gum Puller | ||
| Betsy | ||
| Saleslady | ||
| N/A | ||
| Heather | ||
| 1995 | Mary Polanski | |
| 1994 | Woman in Christmas Shop | |
| Vivian | ||
| Party Guest | ||
| NYPD Computer Operator | ||
| Jennifer | ||
| 1993 | Self | |
| Susanna | ||
| Phyllis (voice) | ||
| Self - Guest | ||
| Doreen | ||
| 1990 | Nora | |
| Ann Madsen | ||
| 1989 | Julia (voice) | |
| Miss Penny | ||
| 1975 | Self - Cameo (uncredited) | |
| 1953 | Self | |
| N/A | ||
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| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Executive Producer | |
| 2021 | Executive Producer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |