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.
Finding Nemo
as Peach (voice)
Minions & Monsters
as (voice)
10 Things I Hate About You
as Ms. Perky
American Beauty
as Barbara Fitts
Miss You, Love You
as Diane Patterson
The Help
as Charlotte Phelan
The Creator
as Colonel Howell
Over the Hedge
as Gladys (voice)
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
as Dr. Golan
Finding Dory
as Peach (voice)
Spy
as Elaine Crocker
Minions
as Madge Nelson (voice)
The Girl on the Train
as Detective Sgt. Riley
I, Tonya
as LaVona
Ma
as Doctor Brooks
Hairspray
as Prudy Pringleton
Another Simple Favor
as Aunt Linda McLanden
Juno
as Bren MacGuff
Mr. Peabody & Sherman
as Ms. Grunion (voice)
The Addams Family
as Margaux Needler (voice)
The Dog Stars
Six Days Seven Nights
as Marjorie
The Roses
as Eleanor
The Hours
as Sally Lester
Minions & More 2
as Madge Nelson (voice)
Bombshell
as Susan Estrich
Bad Education
as Pam Gluckin
The DUFF
as Dottie Piper
Wolf
as Party Guest
The Ice Storm
as Dot Halford
A Thousand Words
as Samantha Davis
Tammy
as Deb
Liberal Arts
as Professor Judith Fairfield
The Rewrite
as Professor Weldon
Miracle on 34th Street
as Woman in Christmas Shop
Celebrity
as Evelyn Isaacs
Lou
as Lou
Nurse Betty
as Lyla
The Object of My Affection
as Constance Miller
Big Night
as Ann
Primary Colors
as Miss Walsh
Margaret
as Monica Patterson
The Way Way Back
as Betty Thompson
To Leslie
as Nancy
Bad Words
as Dr. Bernice Deagan
The Associate
as Sandy
Piccadilly Jim
as Eugenia Crocker
Get On Up
as Kathy
Drop Dead Gorgeous
as Loretta
Tallulah
as Margo
Private Parts
as Dee Dee
Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal
as Self (archive footage)
Troop Zero
as Miss Massey
The People We Hate at the Wedding
as Donna
Love and Distrust
as Grechen (segment "Auto Motives")
How to Deal
as Lydia Martin
Faithful
as Saleslady
Breaking News in Yuba County
as Sue Buttons
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
as Self - Guest
The Cowboy Way
as NYPD Computer Operator
The Oranges
as Carol Ostroff
Everything's Going to Be Great
as Macy Smart
A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote
as C.J. Cregg
The Impostors
as Maxine (Max)
Away We Go
as Lily
Rescuing Desire
as Betsy
Trust Me
as Meg
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Touchy Feely
as Bronwyn
The Chumscrubber
as Allie Stiffle
Lazy Susan
as Velvet
Our Very Own
as Joan Whitfield
Strangers with Candy
as Alice
Sun Dogs
as Rose Chipley
Julian Po
as Lilah Leech
Celia
as Celia
Blind Spot
as Doreen
Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing
as Assistant D.A.
David and Lisa
as Alix
Struck by Lightning
as Sheryl Phillips
Binky Nelson Unpacified
as Madge Nelson (voice)
Days and Nights
as Elizabeth
Brightest Star
as The Astronomer
Pretty Ugly People
as Suzanna
A Happening of Monumental Proportions
as Principal Nichols
...First Do No Harm
as Dr. Melanie Abbasac
Walking and Talking
as Gum Puller
Dead Funny
as Jennifer
Winter Solstice
as Molly Ripkin
Still Working 9 to 5
as Self
The Debtors
Rooftop Kisses
as Melissa
Life During Wartime
as Trish Maplewood
Expedition Amelia
as Narrator (voice)
True Love: Making The Creator
as Self
The Heart
Auto Motives
as Grechen
Prop 8: The Musical
as Prop 8 Leader's #1 Wife
Chicken Party
as Barbara Strasser
Who Shot Pat?
as Miss Penny
Heading Home
as Mary Polanski
The Night Is Young
as Wanda
Fonda
Flux
as Heather
Anita Liberty
as Gynecologist
You Can’t Stop the Beat: The Long Journey of "Hairspray"
as Self
It's Still Me!
as Narrator (voice)