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Allison Janney
2 FOLLOWERS • 71 CREDITS • NOV 19, 1959 • 64
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.
Known For
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Saturday Night Live
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Jimmy Kimmel Live!
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Curb Your Enthusiasm
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Family Guy
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The Oscars
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Frasier
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The Simpsons
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The Daily Show
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Veep
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Late Night with Seth Meyers
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Masters of Sex
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The Late Late Show with James Corden
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Lost
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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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The Graham Norton Show
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American Dad!
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DuckTales
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King of the Hill
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Hollywood Game Night
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Phineas and Ferb
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Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
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The Kominsky Method
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Two and a Half Men
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Chelsea
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LateLine
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Who Do You Think You Are?
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Weeds
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Minions & More Volume 2
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Finding Dory
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Wolf
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Star Tours: The Adventures Continue
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A Simple Favor 2
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The Hours
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Strangers with Candy
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Private Parts
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Ma
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Miracle on 34th Street
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10 Things I Hate About You
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Hairspray
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Over the Hedge
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The Addams Family
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Law & Order
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Finding Nemo
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American Beauty
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Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
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Tammy
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The Way Way Back
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The Girl on the Train
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Juno
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Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing
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Six Days Seven Nights
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Spy
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The Help
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Bombshell
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Bad Words
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A Thousand Words
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Palm Royale
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Troop Zero
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Minions
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The Creator
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Liberal Arts
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The West Wing
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I, Tonya
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The People We Hate at the Wedding
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Tallulah
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Late Night with Conan O'Brien
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Bad Education
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Mom
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Breaking News in Yuba County
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Lou
Production Credits
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