Allison Janney
Acting
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.
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
as Dr. Golan
Age 56 (now 66)
Everything's Going to Be Great
as Macy Smart
Age 65 (now 66)
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
as Self - Guest
Age 63 (now 66)
The People We Hate at the Wedding
as Donna
Age 62 (now 66)
Breaking News in Yuba County
Executive Producer
Age 61 (now 66)
A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote
as C.J. Cregg
Age 60 (now 66)
Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal
as Self (archive footage)
Age 58 (now 66)
A Happening of Monumental Proportions
as Principal Nichols
Age 57 (now 66)
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
as Dr. Golan
Age 56 (now 66)
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Age 53 (now 66)
Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing
as Assistant D.A.
Age 37 (now 66)
You Can’t Stop the Beat: The Long Journey of "Hairspray"
as Self
Be My Guest with Ina Garten
as Self - Guest
Age 62 (now 66)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
Age 55 (now 66)
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self
Age 55 (now 66)
The Late Late Show with James Corden
as Self - Guest
Age 55 (now 66) The Late Late Show with James Corden
as Self
Age 55 (now 66)
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self
Age 55 (now 66)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
Age 49 (now 66)
The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA
as Self
Age 35 (now 66)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
Age 33 (now 66)
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