Allison Janney
Born November 19, 1959 (Age: 66)
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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.
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.
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Filmography
The Roses
2025
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as Eleanor
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Age: 65
The Creator
2023
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as Colonel Howell
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Age: 63
To Leslie
2022
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as Nancy
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Age: 62
Breaking News in Yuba County
2021
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as Sue Buttons
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Age: 61
Bombshell
2019
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as Susan Estrich
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Age: 60
The Addams Family
2019
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as Margaux Needler (voice)
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Age: 59
Ma
2019
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as Doctor Brooks
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Age: 59
I, Tonya
2017
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as LaVona
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Age: 58
The Girl on the Train
2016
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as Detective Sgt. Riley
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Age: 56
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
2016
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as Dr. Golan
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Age: 56
Finding Dory
2016
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as Peach (voice)
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Age: 56
Tallulah
2016
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as Margo
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Age: 56
Minions
2015
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as Madge Nelson (voice)
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Age: 55
Spy
2015
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as Elaine Crocker
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Age: 55
The DUFF
2015
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as Dottie Piper
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Age: 55
Get On Up
2014
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as Kathy
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Age: 54
Tammy
2014
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as Deb
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Age: 54
The Rewrite
2014
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as Mary Weldon
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Age: 54
Mr. Peabody & Sherman
2014
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as Ms. Grunion (voice)
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Age: 54
Bad Words
2013
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as Dr. Bernice Deagan
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Age: 53
The Way Way Back
2013
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as Betty Thompson
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Age: 53
Liberal Arts
2012
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as Professor Judith Fairfield
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Age: 52
A Thousand Words
2012
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as Samantha Davis
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Age: 52
Margaret
2011
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as Monica Patterson
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Age: 51
The Oranges
2011
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as Carol Ostroff
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Age: 51
The Help
2011
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as Charlotte Phelan
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Age: 51
Life During Wartime
2010
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as Trish Maplewood
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Age: 50
Away We Go
2009
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as Lily
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Age: 49
Juno
2007
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as Bren MacGuff
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Age: 48
Hairspray
2007
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as Prudy Pringleton
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Age: 47
Strangers with Candy
2006
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as Alice
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Age: 46
Over the Hedge
2006
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as Gladys (voice)
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Age: 46
The Chumscrubber
2005
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as Allie Stiffle
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Age: 45
Winter Solstice
2004
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as Molly Ripkin
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Age: 44
Finding Nemo
2003
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as Peach (voice)
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Age: 43
The Hours
2002
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as Sally Lester
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Age: 43
Nurse Betty
2000
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as Lyla
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Age: 40
No Image
Auto Motives
2000
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as Grechen
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Age: 40
American Beauty
1999
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as Barbara Fitts
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Age: 39
Drop Dead Gorgeous
1999
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as Loretta
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Age: 39
10 Things I Hate About You
1999
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as Ms. Perky
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Age: 39
The Impostors
1998
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as Maxine (Max)
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Age: 38
Celebrity
1998
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as Evelyn Isaacs
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Age: 38
Six Days Seven Nights
1998
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as Marjorie
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Age: 38
The Object of My Affection
1998
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as Constance Miller
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Age: 38
Primary Colors
1998
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as Miss Walsh
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Age: 38
The Ice Storm
1997
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as Dot Halford
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Age: 37
Private Parts
1997
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as Dee Dee
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Age: 37
The Associate
1996
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as Sandy
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Age: 36
Big Night
1996
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as Ann
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Age: 36
Faithful
1996
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as Saleslady
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Age: 36
No Image
Flux
1996
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as Heather
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Age: 36
Miracle on 34th Street
1994
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as Woman in Christmas Shop
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Age: 34
Wolf
1994
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as Party Guest
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Age: 34
The Cowboy Way
1994
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as NYPD Computer Operator
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Age: 34