Cast

Allison Janney

Acting

Cast

Allison Janney

Known for

Acting

Born

1959-11-19

From

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Also known as Allison Brooks Janney

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

Allison Janney

Biography

Minions & Monsters

Finding Nemo

10 Things I Hate About You

The Creator

Minions

The Dog Stars

Finding Dory

The Help

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

Over the Hedge

American Beauty

The Addams Family

Spy

The Girl on the Train

Juno

Minions & More 2

A Thousand Words

Mr. Peabody & Sherman

Another Simple Favor

Miss You, Love You

The Roses

Ma

Hairspray

Miracle on 34th Street

I, Tonya

Six Days Seven Nights

Bombshell

The Way Way Back

The Hours

The DUFF

The Ice Storm

Lou

Not Alone

Celebrity

Rescuing Desire

Nurse Betty

Liberal Arts

To Leslie

Wolf

Drop Dead Gorgeous

Private Parts

Tammy

The Oranges

Get On Up

The Cowboy Way

The Rewrite

Fonda

The Heart

Margaret

Bad Words

Away We Go

Heading Home

Bad Education

Strangers with Candy

The Object of My Affection

Primary Colors

Breaking News in Yuba County

The People We Hate at the Wedding

Rooftop Kisses

Troop Zero

Tallulah

Struck by Lightning

The Associate

Trust Me

Pretty Ugly People

The Chumscrubber

Big Night

Walking and Talking

David and Lisa

The Debtors

Prop 8: The Musical

Life During Wartime

Brightest Star

A Happening of Monumental Proportions

Binky Nelson Unpacified

The Night Is Young

Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal