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Allison Janney
Born · November 19, 1959 (65 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Bio
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.
The Creator
Colonel Howell
7.1
2023
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
Self - Guest
8.5
2023
Mr. Peabody & Sherman
Ms. Grunion (voice)
6.7
2014
Touchy Feely
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4.7
2013
Bad Words
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6.4
2013
Struck by Lightning
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6.2
2013
The Way Way Back
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7.1
2013
Trust Me
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5.8
2013
Liberal Arts
Professor Judith Fairfield
6.5
2012
A Thousand Words
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6.1
2012
Margaret
Monica Patterson
6.3
2011
The Oranges
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5.5
2011
The Help
Charlotte Phelan
8.2
2011
Life During Wartime
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2010
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Lily
6.6
2009
Prop 8: The Musical
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2008
Pretty Ugly People
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4.3
2008
Juno
Bren MacGuff
7.1
2007
Hairspray
Prudy Pringleton
6.7
2007
Strangers with Candy
Alice
5.6
2006
Over the Hedge
Gladys (voice)
6.6
2006
Our Very Own
Joan Whitfield
5.9
2005
The Chumscrubber
Allie Stiffle
6.5
2005
Winter Solstice
Molly Ripkin
6.2
2004
How to Deal
Lydia Martin
5.5
2003
Finding Nemo
Peach (voice)
7.8
2003
The Hours
Sally Lester
7.3
2002
American Beauty
Barbara Fitts
8.0
1999
Drop Dead Gorgeous
Loretta
6.4
1999
10 Things I Hate About You
Ms. Perky
7.6
1999
Celebrity
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6.0
1998
Six Days Seven Nights
Marjorie
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1998
The Object of My Affection
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5.8
1998
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6.3
1998
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1997
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1997
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Sandy
6.3
1996
Big Night
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6.9
1996
Walking and Talking
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6.0
1996
Wolf
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1994
Everything's Going to Be Great
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True Love: Making The Creator
Self
8.0
2023
Minions & More Volume 2
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7.4
2022
Breaking News in Yuba County
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5.7
2021
Bombshell
Susan Estrich
6.8
2019
The Addams Family
Margaux Needler (voice)
6.6
2019
Bad Education
Pam Gluckin
6.7
2019
Troop Zero
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7.0
2019
I, Tonya
LaVona
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2017
Sun Dogs
Rose Chipley
6.6
2017
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5.6
2017
The Girl on the Train
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6.4
2016
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Dr. Golan
6.8
2016
Finding Dory
Peach (voice)
7.0
2016
Tallulah
Margo
6.7
2016
Binky Nelson Unpacified
Madge Nelson (voice)
6.2
2015
The Night Is Young
Wanda
7.0
2015
Minions
Madge Nelson (voice)
6.4
2015
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Elaine Crocker
6.8
2015
The DUFF
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6.8
2015
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Elizabeth
4.7
2014
Get on Up
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6.8
2014
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Deb
5.3
2014
The Rewrite
Mary Weldon
6.0
2014
Brightest Star
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4.3
2014
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
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2013
Celia
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5.2
2012
Piccadilly Jim
Eugenia Crocker
6.3
2004
Rooftop Kisses
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7.0
2002
Nurse Betty
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6.0
2000
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5.5
1998
The Impostors
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5.8
1998
The Ice Storm
Dot Halford
6.9
1997
Private Parts
Dee Dee
6.5
1997
Anita Liberty
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1997
Faithful
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1996
Flux
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1996
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1994
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1994
Miss You, Love You
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A Simple Favor 2
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The People We Hate at the Wedding
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2022
To Leslie
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7.0
2022
Lou
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6.5
2022
Still Working 9 to 5
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2022
A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote
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8.2
2020
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Velvet
4.7
2020
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2019
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5.2
2019
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5.8
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2018
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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2015
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2013
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6.3
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0.0
2010
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0.0
2009
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(1 episode)
4.4
2008
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(1 episode)
0.0
2007
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
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Ms. Greenstein · (1 episode)
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2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
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5.8
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
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2003
A Girl Thing
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2001
Family Guy
Teen People Editor (voice) · (1 episode)
7.4
1999
LateLine
(1 episode)
0.0
1998
The View
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4.4
1997
Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing
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6.0
1997
King of the Hill
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7.3
1997
The Daily Show
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6.4
1996
Rescuing Desire
Betsy
3.3
1996
Heading Home
Mary Polanski
0.0
1995
Miracle on 34th Street
Woman in Christmas Shop
6.7
1994
The Heart
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Palm Royale
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6.5
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The Diplomat
Vice President Grace Penn · (2 episodes)
7.5
2023
Celebrity IOU
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6.1
2020
The Kominsky Method
Self · (1 episode)
7.5
2018
DuckTales
Goldie O'Gilt (voice) · (5 episodes)
7.8
2017
Chelsea
Self · (1 episode)
5.1
2016
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self · (2 episodes)
5.7
2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self · (2 episodes)
5.4
2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self - Guest · (2 episodes)
5.4
2015
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self · (1 episode)
4.4
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
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5.5
2014
Masters of Sex
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7.1
2013
The Arsenio Hall Show
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5.7
2013
Hollywood Game Night
Self · (1 episode)
6.8
2013
Comedy Bang! Bang!
Self · (1 episode)
6.1
2012
Veep
Janet Ryland · (1 episode)
7.4
2012
Who Do You Think You Are?
Self · (1 episode)
6.6
2010
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
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5.0
2009
Web Therapy
Judith Frick · (3 episodes)
7.5
2008
Phineas and Ferb
Charlene Doofenshmirtz (voice) · (2 episodes)
7.9
2007
The Graham Norton Show
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7.2
2007
The Megan Mullally Show
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
4.2
2006
American Dad!
Aunt Jesse (voice) · (1 episode)
7.0
2005
Lost
Mother · (1 episode)
7.9
2004
Celebrity Poker Showdown
Self · (1 episode)
0.0
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self · (1 episode)
5.5
2003
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Cynthia · (1 episode)
8.0
2000
The West Wing
C.J. Cregg · (154 episodes)
8.3
1999
Family Guy
Mistress Vita (voice) · (1 episode)
7.4
1999
Family Guy
Crystal Quagmire (voice) · (1 episode)
7.4
1999
Aliens in the Family
(1 episode)
6.3
1996
New York Undercover
Vivian · (1 episode)
7.2
1994
Intimate Portrait
Self · (1 episode)
4.5
1993
Frasier
Susanna · (1 episode)
7.7
1993
Frasier
Phyllis (voice) · (1 episode)
7.7
1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest · (2 episodes)
7.1
1993
Blind Spot
Doreen
6.0
1993
Law & Order
Nora · (1 episode)
7.4
1990
Law & Order
Ann Madsen · (1 episode)
7.4
1990
The Simpsons
Julia (voice) · (1 episode)
8.0
1989
Who Shot Pat?
Miss Penny
4.8
1989
Saturday Night Live
Self - Cameo (uncredited) · (1 episode)
6.9
1975
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter · (2 episodes)
5.0
1956
Tony Awards
Self - Nominee · (1 episode)
5.0
1956
The Oscars
Self · (1 episode)
7.0
1953
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee · (2 episodes)
6.8
1944