Allison Janney
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.
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Films (109)
Not Alone
2027 · (voice)
La constellation du chien
2026 · Darlene
Des Minions et des Monstres
2026 · Olivia (voice)
Te extraño, te amo
2026 · Diane Patterson
La Guerre des Rose
2025 · Eleanor
Everything's Going to Be Great
2025 · Macy Smart
L'Ombre d'Emily 2
2025 · Aunt Linda McLanden
True Love: Making The Creator
2023 · Self
Le créateur
2023 · Colonel Howell
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
2023 · Self - Guest
Los odiosos invitados a la Boda
2022 · Donna
Minions & More Volume 2
2022 · Madge Nelson (voice)
Mala suerte, buena suerte
2022 · Nancy
Lou
2022 · Lou, Executive Producer
Still Working 9 to 5
2022 · Self
Scandale en direct
2021 · Sue Buttons, Executive Producer
A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote
2020 · C.J. Cregg
Lazy Susan
2020 · Velvet
Scandale
2019 · Susan Estrich
Expedition Amelia
2019 · Narrator (voice)
La Famille Addams
2019 · Margaux Needler (voice)
Mauvaise éducation
2019 · Pam Gluckin
Ma
2019 · Doctor Brooks
Tropa Cero
2019 · Miss Massey
Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal
2018 · Self (archive footage)
The Night Is Young
2018 · Wanda
Moi, Tonya
2017 · LaVona
Sun Dogs
2017 · Rose Chipley
Un Mal Día
2017 · Principal Nichols
The Girl on the Train
2016 · Detective Riley
Miss Peregrine et les enfants particuliers
2016 · Dr. Golan
Le Monde de Dory
2016 · Peach (voice)
Tallulah
2016 · Margo
Binky Nelson sans tétine
2015 · Madge Nelson (voice)
Les Minions
2015 · Madge Nelson (voice)
Espionne
2015 · Elaine Crocker
DUFF : Le faire-valoir
2015 · Dottie Piper
Days and Nights
2014 · Elizabeth
Get On Up
2014 · Kathy
Tammy
2014 · Deb
Les mots pour lui dire
2014 · Professor Weldon
Bad Words
2014 · Dr. Bernice Deagan
M. Peabody et Sherman : Les voyages dans le temps
2014 · Ms. Grunion (voice)
Brightest Star
2013 · The Astronomer
Touchy Feely
2013 · Bronwyn
Struck
2013 · Sheryl Phillips
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
2013 · Self - Narrator (voice)
Cet été-là
2013 · Betty Thompson
Trust Me
2013 · Meg
Celia
2012 · Celia
Love and other lessons
2012 · Professor Judith Fairfield
Mille mots
2012 · Samantha Davis
Margaret
2011 · Monica Patterson
Love Next Door
2011 · Carol Ostroff
La Couleur des sentiments
2011 · Charlotte Phelan
Love and Distrust
2010 · Grechen (segment "Auto Motives")
Life During Wartime
2010 · Trish Maplewood
Away We Go
2009 · Lily
9 to 5: The Musical
2009 · Violet Newstead
It's Still Me!
2009 · Narrator (voice)
Prop 8: The Musical
2008 · Prop 8 Leader's #1 Wife
Pretty Ugly People
2008 · Suzanna
Juno: Crecer, correr y tropezar
2007 · Bren MacGuff
You Can’t Stop the Beat: The Long Journey of "Hairspray"
2007 · Self
Hairspray
2007 · Prudy Pringleton
Strangers with Candy
2006 · Alice
Nos voisins, les hommes
2006 · Gladys (voice)
Our Very Own
2005 · Joan Whitfield
Génération RX
2005 · Allie Stiffle
Piccadilly Jim
2004 · Eugenia Crocker
Winter Solstice
2004 · Molly Ripkin
Chicken Party
2003 · Barbara Strasser
How to deal
2003 · Lydia Martin
Le Monde de Nemo
2003 · Peach (voice)
Les heures
2002 · Sally Lester
Rooftop Kisses
2002 · Melissa
Persiguiendo a Betty
2000 · Lyla
Auto Motives
2000 · Grechen
American Beauty
1999 · Barbara Fitts
The Debtors
1999
Drop Dead Gorgeous
1999 · Loretta
10 Things I Hate About You
1999 · Ms. Perky
David and Lisa
1998 · Alix
The Impostors
1998 · Maxine (Max)
Celebrity
1998 · Evelyn Isaacs
Six Days Seven Nights
1998 · Marjorie
The Object of My Affection
1998 · Constance Miller
Primary Colors
1998 · Miss Walsh
The Ice Storm
1997 · Dot Halford
Julian Po
1997 · Lilah Leech
Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing
1997 · Assistant D.A.
Private Parts
1997 · Dee Dee
...First Do No Harm
1997 · Dr. Melanie Abbasac
Anita Liberty
1997 · Gynecologist
The Associate
1996 · Sandy
Big Night
1996 · Ann
Walking and Talking
1996 · Gum Puller
Rescuing Desire
1996 · Betsy
Faithful
1996 · Saleslady
Flux
1996 · Heather
Heading Home
1995 · Mary Polanski
Miracle on 34th Street
1994 · Woman in Christmas Shop
Wolf
1994 · Party Guest
The Cowboy Way
1994 · NYPD Computer Operator
Dead Funny
1994 · Jennifer
Blind Spot
1993 · Doreen
Who Shot Pat?
1989 · Miss Penny
The Heart
Fonda
Séries (62)
Le club Palm Royale
2024 · Evelyn Rollins
La Diplomate
2023 · Grace Penn
Be My Guest with Ina Garten
2022 · Self - Guest
Hollywood rénove
2020 · Self
Human Discoveries
2019 · The Mighty Karen (voice)
La Méthode Kominsky
2018 · Self
La Bande à Picsou
2017 · Goldie O'Gilt (voice)
Nobodies
2017 · Allison Janney
Chelsea
2016 · Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · Self, Self - Guest
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015 · Self
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015 · Self, Self - Guest
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014 · Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · Self
Masters of Sex
2013 · Margaret Scully
Mom
2013 · Bonnie Plunkett
The Arsenio Hall Show
2013 · Self
Hollywood Game Night
2013 · Self
Comedy Bang! Bang!
2012 · Self
Veep : vice-présidente
2012 · Janet Ryland
Web Therapy
2011 · Judith Frick
Mr. Sunshine
2011 · Crystal Cohen
Généalogie V.I.P
2010 · Self
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 · Self - Guest
Web Therapy
2008 · Judith Frick
The Bonnie Hunt Show
2008 · Self
U.S. Marshals, Protection de témoins
2008 · Allison Pearson
Phinéas et Ferb
2007 · Charlene Doofenshmirtz (voice)
The EcoZone Project
2007
El show de Graham Norton
2007 · Self
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
2006 · Self
The Megan Mullally Show
2006 · Self - Guest
Weeds
2005 · Ms. Greenstein
American Dad
2005 · Aunt Jesse (voice)
Lost : Les Disparus
2004 · Mother
The Soup
2004 · Self
Celebrity Poker Showdown
2003 · Self
Mon oncle Charlie
2003 · Beverly
Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003 · Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Self, Self - Guest
A Girl Thing
2001 · Kathy McCormack
Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000 · Cynthia
The West Wing
1999 · C.J. Cregg
Les Griffin
1999 · Teen People Editor (voice), Crystal Quagmire (voice), Mistress Vita (voice)
LateLine
1998
The View
1997 · Self
King of the Hill
1997 · Laura (voice)
Le Daily Show
1996 · Self
Aliens in the Family
1996
The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA
1995 · Self
New York Undercover
1994 · Vivian
Intimate Portrait
1993 · Self
Frasier
1993 · Susanna, Phyllis (voice)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993 · Self - Guest
New York Police Judiciaire
1990 · Nora, Ann Madsen
Les Simpson
1989 · Julia (voice)
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988 · Self - Guest
Saturday Night Live
1975 · Self (uncredited)
People's Choice Awards
1975 · Self - Host, Self - Presenter
Tony Awards
1956 · Self - Nominee, Self - Presenter, Self - Nominee / Performer
The Oscars
1953 · Self
Golden Globe Awards
1944 · Self - Nominee