Allison Janney

Acting

Born Nov 19, 1959

From Boston, Massachusetts, USA

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

Known For

Finding Nemo

10 Things I Hate About You

The Creator

The Help

American Beauty

Spy

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

Finding Dory

Over the Hedge

Juno

Filmography — Acting

Finding Nemo

10 Things I Hate About You

The Creator

The Help

American Beauty

Spy

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

Finding Dory

Over the Hedge

Juno

Minions & Monsters

The Roses

Minions

Ma

The Addams Family

Bombshell

Mr. Peabody & Sherman

Hairspray

The Girl on the Train

Another Simple Favor

The DUFF

Six Days Seven Nights

The Ice Storm

I, Tonya

Wolf

Minions & More 2

Lou

Miracle on 34th Street

Tammy

The Hours

Drop Dead Gorgeous

Margaret

Big Night

Private Parts

A Thousand Words

The Way Way Back

Celebrity

Get On Up

Primary Colors

Liberal Arts

Trust Me

Nurse Betty

Away We Go

The Rewrite

The Object of My Affection

Tallulah

The Associate

Troop Zero

The Oranges

To Leslie

Bad Education

Breaking News in Yuba County

Faithful

Bad Words

The Impostors

The People We Hate at the Wedding

The Cowboy Way

How to Deal

Love and Distrust

Everything's Going to Be Great

Walking and Talking

Blind Spot

Sun Dogs

Strangers with Candy

The Chumscrubber

Life During Wartime

Pretty Ugly People