Allison Janney

Allison Janney

Birthdate
November 19, 1959 (65 years old)
Place of Birth
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Known For
Acting

Details

Birthdate
November 19, 1959 (65 years old)
Place of Birth
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Known For
Acting

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 Janney's LGBTQ+ Titles

American Beauty
American Beauty
Barbara Fitts
The Hours
The Hours
Sally Lester
Hairspray
Hairspray
Prudy Pringleton
The Object of My Affection
The Object of My Affection
Constance Miller
The Associate
The Associate
Sandy

Acting (162)

The Heart
A Simple Favor 2
Everything's Going to Be Great as Macy
Miss You, Love You
2024
Palm Royale as Evelyn (10 episodes)
2023
True Love: Making The Creator as Self
2023
The Creator as Colonel Howell
2023
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love as Self - Guest
2023
The Diplomat as Vice President Grace Penn (2 episodes)
2022
The People We Hate at the Wedding as Donna
2022
Minions & More Volume 2 as Madge Nelson (voice)
2022
To Leslie as Nancy
2022
Lou as Lou
2022
Still Working 9 to 5 as Self
2021
Breaking News in Yuba County as Sue Buttons
2020
A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote as C.J. Cregg
2020
Celebrity IOU as Self (1 episode)
2020
Lazy Susan as Velvet
2019
Bombshell as Susan Estrich
2019
Expedition Amelia as Narrator (voice)
2019
The Addams Family as Margaux Needler (voice)
2019
Bad Education as Pam Gluckin
2019
Human Discoveries as The Mighty Karen (voice) (2 episodes)
2019
Ma as Doctor Brooks
2019
Troop Zero as Miss Massey
2018
The Kominsky Method as Self (1 episode)
2018
Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal as Self (archive footage)
2017
I, Tonya as LaVona
2017
DuckTales as Goldie O'Gilt (voice) (5 episodes)
2017
Sun Dogs as Rose Chipley
2017
A Happening of Monumental Proportions as Principal Nichols
2016
The Girl on the Train as Detective Sgt. Riley
2016
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children as Dr. Golan
2016
Finding Dory as Peach (voice)
2016
Tallulah as Margo
2016
Chelsea as Self (1 episode)
2015
Binky Nelson Unpacified as Madge Nelson (voice)
2015
The Night Is Young as Wanda
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self (1 episode)
2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self (2 episodes)
2015
Minions as Madge Nelson (voice)
2015
Spy as Elaine Crocker
2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self (2 episodes)
2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self - Guest (2 episodes)
2015
The DUFF as Dottie Piper
2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self (2 episodes)
2014
Days and Nights as Elizabeth
2014
Get on Up as Kathy
2014
Tammy as Deb
2014
The Rewrite as Mary Weldon
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self (1 episode)
2014
Mr. Peabody & Sherman as Ms. Grunion (voice)
2014
Brightest Star as The Astronomer
2013
Masters of Sex as Margaret Scully (9 episodes)
2013
Mom as Bonnie Plunkett (170 episodes)
2013
The Arsenio Hall Show as Self (1 episode)
2013
Touchy Feely as Bronwyn
2013
Bad Words as Dr. Bernice Deagan
2013
Hollywood Game Night as Self (1 episode)
2013
Struck by Lightning as Sheryl Phillips
2013
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy as Narrator (voice)
2013
The Way Way Back as Betty Thompson
2013
Trust Me as Meg
2012
Celia as Celia
2012
Liberal Arts as Professor Judith Fairfield
2012
Comedy Bang! Bang! as Self (1 episode)
2012
Veep as Janet Ryland (1 episode)
2012
A Thousand Words as Samantha Davis
2011
Margaret as Monica Patterson
2011
The Oranges as Carol Ostroff
2011
The Help as Charlotte Phelan
2011
Mr. Sunshine as Crystal Cohen (9 episodes)
2010
Backwash as Self
2010
Love and Distrust as Grechen (segment "Auto Motives")
2010
Life During Wartime as Trish Maplewood
2010
Who Do You Think You Are? as Self (1 episode)
2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest (2 episodes)
2009
Away We Go as Lily
2009
It's Still Me! as Narrator (voice)
2008
Prop 8: The Musical as Prop 8 Leader's #1 Wife
2008
Pretty Ugly People as Suzanna
2008
Web Therapy as Judith Frick (3 episodes)
2008
The Bonnie Hunt Show (1 episode)
2007
Juno as Bren MacGuff
2007
Phineas and Ferb as Charlene Doofenshmirtz (voice) (2 episodes)
2007
Hairspray as Prudy Pringleton
2007
The EcoZone Project (1 episode)
2007
The Graham Norton Show as Self (1 episode)
2006
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip as Self (1 episode)
2006
The Megan Mullally Show as Self - Guest (1 episode)
2006
Strangers with Candy as Alice
2006
Over the Hedge as Gladys (voice)
2005
Weeds as Ms. Greenstein (1 episode)
2005
Our Very Own as Joan Whitfield
2005
The Chumscrubber as Allie Stiffle
2005
American Dad! as Aunt Jesse (voice) (1 episode)
2004
Piccadilly Jim as Eugenia Crocker
2004
Lost as Mother (1 episode)
2004
Winter Solstice as Molly Ripkin
2003
Celebrity Poker Showdown as Self (1 episode)
2003
Chicken Party as Barbara Strasser
2003
Two and a Half Men as Beverly (1 episode)
2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self (5 episodes)
2003
How to Deal as Lydia Martin
2003
Finding Nemo as Peach (voice)
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! (1 episode)
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self (1 episode)
2002
The Hours as Sally Lester
2002
Rooftop Kisses as Melissa
2001
A Girl Thing as Kathy McCormack
2000
Curb Your Enthusiasm as Cynthia (1 episode)
2000
Nurse Betty as Lyla
1999
The West Wing as C.J. Cregg (154 episodes)
1999
American Beauty as Barbara Fitts
1999
Drop Dead Gorgeous as Loretta
1999
10 Things I Hate About You as Ms. Perky
1999
Family Guy as Crystal Quagmire (voice) (1 episode)
1999
Family Guy as Mistress Vita (voice) (1 episode)
1999
Family Guy as Teen People Editor (voice) (1 episode)
1998
David and Lisa as Alix
1998
The Impostors as Maxine (Max)
1998
Celebrity as Evelyn Isaacs
1998
Six Days Seven Nights as Marjorie
1998
The Object of My Affection as Constance Miller
1998
Primary Colors as Miss Walsh
1998
LateLine (1 episode)
1997
Julian Po as Lilah Leech
1997
The View as Self (2 episodes)
1997
Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing as Assistant D.A.
1997
Private Parts as Dee Dee
1997
...First Do No Harm as Dr. Melanie Abbasac
1997
The Ice Storm as Dot Halford
1997
Anita Liberty as Gynecologist
1997
King of the Hill as Laura (voice) (1 episode)
1996
The Associate as Sandy
1996
Big Night as Ann
1996
The Daily Show as Self (1 episode)
1996
Walking and Talking as Gum Puller
1996
Rescuing Desire as Betsy
1996
Faithful as Saleslady
1996
Aliens in the Family (1 episode)
1996
Flux as Heather
1995
Heading Home as Mary Polanski
1994
Miracle on 34th Street as Woman in Christmas Shop
1994
New York Undercover as Vivian (1 episode)
1994
Wolf as Party Guest
1994
The Cowboy Way as NYPD Computer Operator
1994
Dead Funny as Jennifer
1993
Intimate Portrait as Self (1 episode)
1993
Frasier as Phyllis (voice) (1 episode)
1993
Frasier as Susanna (1 episode)
1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest (2 episodes)
1993
Blind Spot as Doreen
1990
Law & Order as Ann Madsen (1 episode)
1990
Law & Order as Nora (1 episode)
1989
The Simpsons as Julia (voice) (1 episode)
1989
Who Shot Patakango? as Miss Penny
1975
Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited) (1 episode)
1956
Tony Awards as Self - Nominee (1 episode)
1956
Tony Awards as Self - Presenter (2 episodes)
1953
The Oscars as Self (1 episode)
1944
Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee (2 episodes)

Production (2)

2022
Lou • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2021
Breaking News in Yuba County • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer