10.0
10.0
Still Working 9 to 5
2022
as Self
Allison Janney
Acting
Born:November 19, 1959(age 66)
Birthplace:Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Nationality:United States
Height:6'0" (183 cm)
Education:Kenyon College, Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, The Miami Valley School, Hotchkiss School, Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre
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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.
Filmography (99 movies)
8.2
8.2
The Help
2011
as Charlotte Phelan
8.0
8.0
American Beauty
1999
as Barbara Fitts
8.0
8.0
True Love: Making The Creator
2023
as Self
8.0
8.0
A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote
2020
as C.J. Cregg
7.8
7.8
Finding Nemo
2003
as Peach (voice)
7.6
7.6
10 Things I Hate About You
1999
as Ms. Perky
7.6
7.6
Minions & Monsters
2026
as Olivia (voice)
7.5
7.5
I, Tonya
2017
as LaVona
7.3
7.3
Expedition Amelia
2019
as Narrator (voice)
7.3
7.3
The Hours
2002
as Sally Lester
7.1
7.1
The Way Way Back
2013
as Betty Thompson
7.1
7.1
Juno
2007
as Bren MacGuff
7.0
7.0
To Leslie
2022
as Nancy
7.0
7.0
The Creator
2023
as Colonel Howell
7.0
7.0
Anita Liberty
1997
as Gynecologist
7.0
7.0
Rooftop Kisses
2002
as Melissa
7.0
7.0
Prop 8: The Musical
2008
as Prop 8 Leader's #1 Wife
6.9
6.9
Big Night
1996
as Ann
6.9
6.9
The Ice Storm
1997
as Dot Halford
6.9
6.9
The Night Is Young
2018
as Wanda
6.9
6.9
Troop Zero
2019
as Miss Massey
6.8
6.8
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
2016
as Dr. Golan
6.8
6.8
...First Do No Harm
1997
as Dr. Melanie Abbasac
6.8
6.8
Spy
2015
as Elaine Crocker
6.8
6.8
Bombshell
2019
as Susan Estrich
6.8
6.8
The DUFF
2015
as Dottie Piper
6.8
6.8
The Roses
2025
as Eleanor
6.7
6.7
Miracle on 34th Street
1994
as Woman in Christmas Shop
6.7
6.7
Bad Education
2019
as Pam Gluckin
6.7
6.7
Mr. Peabody & Sherman
2014
as Ms. Grunion (voice)
6.7
6.7
Tallulah
2016
as Margo
6.7
6.7
Hairspray
2007
as Prudy Pringleton
6.7
6.7
Away We Go
2009
as Lily
6.6
6.6
The Dog Stars
2026
as Darlene
6.6
6.6
The Addams Family
2019
as Margaux Needler (voice)
6.6
6.6
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
2013
as Self - Narrator (voice)
6.6
6.6
Over the Hedge
2006
as Gladys (voice)
6.6
6.6
Sun Dogs
2017
as Rose Chipley
6.5
6.5
Lou
2022
Executive Producer
6.5
6.5
The Chumscrubber
2005
as Allie Stiffle
6.5
6.5
Piccadilly Jim
2004
as Eugenia Crocker
6.5
6.5
Liberal Arts
2012
as Professor Judith Fairfield
6.4
6.4
Julian Po
1997
as Lilah Leech
6.4
6.4
Private Parts
1997
as Dee Dee
6.4
6.4
The Girl on the Train
2016
as Detective Sgt. Riley
6.4
6.4
Minions
2015
as Madge Nelson (voice)
6.4
6.4
Drop Dead Gorgeous
1999
as Loretta
6.4
6.4
Bad Words
2013
as Dr. Bernice Deagan
6.3
6.3
Margaret
2011
as Monica Patterson
6.3
6.3
Everything's Going to Be Great
2025
as Macy Smart
6.3
6.3
The People We Hate at the Wedding
2022
as Donna
6.3
6.3
Primary Colors
1998
as Miss Walsh
6.2
6.2
Binky Nelson Unpacified
2015
as Madge Nelson (voice)
6.2
6.2
Struck by Lightning
2013
as Sheryl Phillips
6.1
6.1
Wolf
1994
as Party Guest
6.1
6.1
A Thousand Words
2012
as Samantha Davis
6.1
6.1
Six Days Seven Nights
1998
as Marjorie
6.1
6.1
Nurse Betty
2000
as Lyla
6.0
6.0
The Rewrite
2014
as Mary Weldon
6.0
6.0
Walking and Talking
1996
as Gum Puller
6.0
6.0
Blind Spot
1993
as Doreen
6.0
6.0
Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing
1997
as Assistant D.A.
6.0
6.0
Celebrity
1998
as Evelyn Isaacs
5.9
5.9
Life During Wartime
2010
as Trish Maplewood
5.9
5.9
The Impostors
1998
as Maxine (Max)
5.9
5.9
Our Very Own
2005
as Joan Whitfield
5.9
5.9
Breaking News in Yuba County
2021
Executive Producer
5.8
5.8
Ma
2019
as Doctor Brooks
5.8
5.8
The Object of My Affection
1998
as Constance Miller
5.8
5.8
Winter Solstice
2004
as Molly Ripkin
5.8
5.8
Another Simple Favor
2025
as Aunt Linda McLanden
5.8
5.8
Trust Me
2013
as Meg
5.8
5.8
David and Lisa
1998
as Alix
5.6
5.6
The Cowboy Way
1994
as NYPD Computer Operator
5.6
5.6
Strangers with Candy
2006
as Alice
5.5
5.5
The Oranges
2011
as Carol Ostroff
5.4
5.4
How to Deal
2003
as Lydia Martin
5.3
5.3
Tammy
2014
as Deb
5.3
5.3
A Happening of Monumental Proportions
2017
as Principal Nichols
5.2
5.2
Faithful
1996
as Saleslady
5.2
5.2
Celia
2012
as Celia
4.7
4.7
Touchy Feely
2013
as Bronwyn
4.5
4.5
Who Shot Pat?
1989
as Miss Penny
4.5
4.5
Lazy Susan
2020
as Velvet
4.5
4.5
Days and Nights
2014
as Elizabeth
4.3
4.3
Pretty Ugly People
2008
as Suzanna
4.3
4.3
Brightest Star
2013
as The Astronomer
4.0
4.0
Dead Funny
1994
as Jennifer
3.5
3.5
A Girl Thing
2001
as Kathy McCormack
2.9
2.9
Rescuing Desire
1996
as Betsy
Backwash
2010
as Self
It's Still Me!
2009
as Narrator (voice)
The Heart
TBA
Flux
1996
as Heather
Miss You, Love You
2026
as Diane Patterson
Not Alone
2027
as (voice)
Heading Home
1995
as Mary Polanski
Chicken Party
2003
as Barbara Strasser
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