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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
November 19, 1959
Place of Birth
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Also Known As
- Allison Brooks Janney
Allison Janney
2.7 Popularity
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.
Known For
6.7
Eleanor
The Roses
2025
6.3
Macy Smart
Everything's Going to Be Great
2025
5.8
Aunt Linda McLanden
Another Simple Favor
2025
6.2
Evelyn Rollins
Palm Royale
2024
8.0
Self
True Love: Making The Creator
2023
7.0
Colonel Howell
The Creator
2023
8.4
Self - Guest
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
2023
7.6
Vice President Grace Penn
The Diplomat
2023
7.6
President Grace Penn
The Diplomat
2023
6.3
Donna
The People We Hate at the Wedding
2022
Credits
The Roses
as Eleanor
2025
6.7
Everything's Going to Be Great
as Macy Smart
2025
6.3
Another Simple Favor
as Aunt Linda McLanden
2025
5.8
Palm Royale
as Evelyn Rollins
2024
6.2
True Love: Making The Creator
as Self
2023
8.0
The Creator
as Colonel Howell
2023
7.0
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
as Self - Guest
2023
8.4
The Diplomat
as Vice President Grace Penn
2023
7.6
The Diplomat
as President Grace Penn
2023
7.6
The People We Hate at the Wedding
as Donna
2022
6.3
Minions & More Volume 2
as Madge Nelson (voice)
2022
7.4
To Leslie
as Nancy
2022
7.0
Lou
as Lou
2022
6.5
Still Working 9 to 5
as Self
2022
10.0
Breaking News in Yuba County
as Sue Buttons
2021
5.9
A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote
as C.J. Cregg
2020
8.0
🎬
The 52nd Annual Emmy Awards
as Self - Winner
2020
0.0
Celebrity IOU
as Self
2020
6.6
Lazy Susan
as Velvet
2020
4.5
Bombshell
as Susan Estrich
2019
6.8
Expedition Amelia
as Narrator (voice)
2019
6.8
The Addams Family
as Margaux Needler (voice)
2019
6.6
Bad Education
as Pam Gluckin
2019
6.7
Human Discoveries
as The Mighty Karen (voice)
2019
5.3
Ma
as Doctor Brooks
2019
5.8
Troop Zero
as Miss Massey
2019
6.9
The Kominsky Method
as Self
2018
7.5
Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal
as Self (archive footage)
2018
5.4
The Night Is Young
as Wanda
2018
6.9
I, Tonya
as LaVona
2017
7.5
DuckTales
as Goldie O'Gilt (voice)
2017
7.8
Sun Dogs
as Rose Chipley
2017
6.6
A Happening of Monumental Proportions
as Principal Nichols
2017
5.3
The Girl on the Train
as Detective Sgt. Riley
2016
6.4
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
as Dr. Golan
2016
6.8
Finding Dory
as Peach (voice)
2016
7.0
Tallulah
as Margo
2016
6.7
Chelsea
as Self
2016
5.1
Binky Nelson Unpacified
as Madge Nelson (voice)
2015
6.2
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
2015
6.2
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self
2015
6.2
Minions
as Madge Nelson (voice)
2015
6.4
Spy
as Elaine Crocker
2015
6.8
The Late Late Show with James Corden
as Self
2015
5.3
The Late Late Show with James Corden
as Self - Guest
2015
5.3
The DUFF
as Dottie Piper
2015
6.8
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self
2014
4.6
Days and Nights
as Elizabeth
2014
4.5
Get on Up
as Kathy
2014
6.8
Tammy
as Deb
2014
5.3
The Rewrite
as Mary Weldon
2014
6.0
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
2014
5.3
Mr. Peabody & Sherman
as Ms. Grunion (voice)
2014
6.7
Brightest Star
as The Astronomer
2013
4.3
Masters of Sex
as Margaret Scully
2013
7.1
Mom
as Bonnie Plunkett
2013
7.3
The Arsenio Hall Show
as Self
2013
5.7
Bad Words
as Dr. Bernice Deagan
2013
6.4
Touchy Feely
as Bronwyn
2013
4.7
Hollywood Game Night
as Self
2013
6.5
Struck by Lightning
as Sheryl Phillips
2013
6.2
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2013
6.6
The Way Way Back
as Betty Thompson
2013
7.1
Trust Me
as Meg
2013
5.8
Celia
as Celia
2012
5.2
Liberal Arts
as Professor Judith Fairfield
2012
6.5
Comedy Bang! Bang!
as Self
2012
6.2
Veep
as Janet Ryland
2012
7.5
A Thousand Words
as Samantha Davis
2012
6.1
Margaret
as Monica Patterson
2011
6.3
The Oranges
as Carol Ostroff
2011
5.5
The Help
as Charlotte Phelan
2011
8.2
Web Therapy
as Judith Frick
2011
6.7
Mr. Sunshine
as Crystal Cohen
2011
6.2
Love and Distrust
as Grechen (segment "Auto Motives")
2010
3.7
Life During Wartime
as Trish Maplewood
2010
5.9
Who Do You Think You Are?
as Self
2010
6.6
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
2009
5.1
Away We Go
as Lily
2009
6.7
It's Still Me!
as Narrator (voice)
2009
0.0
Prop 8: The Musical
as Prop 8 Leader's #1 Wife
2008
7.0
Pretty Ugly People
as Suzanna
2008
4.3
Web Therapy
as Judith Frick
2008
7.5
The Bonnie Hunt Show
as Self
2008
4.4
In Plain Sight
as Allison Pearson
2008
7.0
Juno
as Bren MacGuff
2007
7.1
Phineas and Ferb
as Charlene Doofenshmirtz (voice)
2007
7.9
Hairspray
as Prudy Pringleton
2007
6.7
🎬
The EcoZone Project
2007
0.0
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
2007
7.2
The Megan Mullally Show
as Self - Guest
2006
4.2
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
as Self
2006
7.3
Strangers with Candy
as Alice
2006
5.6
Over the Hedge
as Gladys (voice)
2006
6.6
Weeds
as Ms. Greenstein
2005
7.5
Our Very Own
as Joan Whitfield
2005
5.9
The Chumscrubber
as Allie Stiffle
2005
6.5
American Dad!
as Aunt Jesse (voice)
2005
7.0
Piccadilly Jim
as Eugenia Crocker
2004
6.5
Lost
as Mother
2004
7.9
The Soup
as Self
2004
6.1
Winter Solstice
as Molly Ripkin
2004
5.8
🎬
Celebrity Poker Showdown
as Self
2003
0.0
Chicken Party
as Barbara Strasser
2003
0.0
Two and a Half Men
as Beverly
2003
7.4
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
2003
5.6
How to Deal
as Lydia Martin
2003
5.4
Finding Nemo
as Peach (voice)
2003
7.8
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self
2003
5.5
The Hours
as Sally Lester
2002
7.3
Rooftop Kisses
as Melissa
2002
7.0
A Girl Thing
as Kathy McCormack
2001
0.0
Curb Your Enthusiasm
as Cynthia
2000
8.0
Nurse Betty
as Lyla
2000
6.1
🎬
Auto Motives
as Grechen
2000
5.0
The West Wing
as C.J. Cregg
1999
8.2
American Beauty
as Barbara Fitts
1999
8.0
Drop Dead Gorgeous
as Loretta
1999
6.4
10 Things I Hate About You
as Ms. Perky
1999
7.6
Family Guy
as Teen People Editor (voice)
1999
7.4
Family Guy
as Crystal Quagmire (voice)
1999
7.4
Family Guy
as Mistress Vita (voice)
1999
7.4
David and Lisa
as Alix
1998
5.8
The Impostors
as Maxine (Max)
1998
5.9
Celebrity
as Evelyn Isaacs
1998
6.0
Six Days Seven Nights
as Marjorie
1998
6.1
The Object of My Affection
as Constance Miller
1998
5.8
Primary Colors
as Miss Walsh
1998
6.3
🎬
LateLine
1998
0.0
The Ice Storm
as Dot Halford
1997
6.9
Julian Po
as Lilah Leech
1997
6.4
The View
as Self
1997
4.3
Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing
as Assistant D.A.
1997
6.0
Private Parts
as Dee Dee
1997
6.4
...First Do No Harm
as Dr. Melanie Abbasac
1997
6.8
Anita Liberty
as Gynecologist
1997
7.0
King of the Hill
as Laura (voice)
1997
7.4
The Associate
as Sandy
1996
6.2
Big Night
as Ann
1996
6.9
The Daily Show
as Self
1996
6.4
Walking and Talking
as Gum Puller
1996
6.1
Rescuing Desire
as Betsy
1996
2.9
Faithful
as Saleslady
1996
5.2
Aliens in the Family
1996
6.3
🎬
Flux
as Heather
1996
0.0
Heading Home
as Mary Polanski
1995
0.0
Miracle on 34th Street
as Woman in Christmas Shop
1994
6.7
New York Undercover
as Vivian
1994
7.2
Wolf
as Party Guest
1994
6.1
The Cowboy Way
as NYPD Computer Operator
1994
5.7
Dead Funny
as Jennifer
1994
4.0
Intimate Portrait
as Self
1993
4.5
Frasier
as Susanna
1993
7.7
Frasier
as Phyllis (voice)
1993
7.7
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
1993
7.2
Blind Spot
as Doreen
1993
6.0
Law & Order
as Nora
1990
7.4
Law & Order
as Ann Madsen
1990
7.4
The Simpsons
as Julia (voice)
1989
8.0
Who Shot Pat?
as Miss Penny
1989
4.5
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self - Guest
1988
5.4
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1975
7.0
Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter
1956
5.9
Tony Awards
as Self - Nominee
1956
5.9
Tony Awards
as Self - Nominee/Performer
1956
5.9
The Oscars
as Self
1953
7.0
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
1944
7.2
🎬
The Heart
N/A
0.0
🎬
Miss You, Love You
N/A
0.0