Allison Janney
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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.
Known for
Credits
Minions & Monsters (2026)
as Olivia (voice)
Finding Nemo (2003)
as Peach (voice)
10 Things I Hate About You (1999)
as Ms. Perky
The Creator (2023)
as Colonel Howell
American Beauty (1999)
as Barbara Fitts
Not Alone (2027)
as (voice)
Finding Dory (2016)
as Peach (voice)
Over the Hedge (2006)
as Gladys (voice)
The Help (2011)
as Charlotte Phelan
The Dog Stars (2026)
Actor
Minions (2015)
as Madge Nelson (voice)
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016)
as Dr. Golan
Miss You, Love You (2026)
as Diane Patterson
Mr. Peabody & Sherman (2014)
as Ms. Grunion (voice)
Minions & More 2 (2022)
as Madge Nelson (voice)
Spy (2015)
as Elaine Crocker
The Addams Family (2019)
as Margaux Needler (voice)
I, Tonya (2017)
as LaVona
The Roses (2025)
as Eleanor
Hairspray (2007)
as Prudy Pringleton
Juno (2007)
as Bren MacGuff
The Girl on the Train (2016)
as Detective Sgt. Riley
Six Days Seven Nights (1998)
as Marjorie
The Hours (2002)
as Sally Lester
The DUFF (2015)
as Dottie Piper
The Ice Storm (1997)
as Dot Halford
Another Simple Favor (2025)
as Aunt Linda McLanden
Ma (2019)
as Doctor Brooks
Bombshell (2019)
as Susan Estrich
A Thousand Words (2012)
as Samantha Davis
The Way Way Back (2013)
as Betty Thompson
Get On Up (2014)
as Kathy
Miracle on 34th Street (1994)
as Woman in Christmas Shop
Private Parts (1997)
as Dee Dee
Wolf (1994)
as Party Guest
Liberal Arts (2012)
as Professor Judith Fairfield
Bad Education (2019)
as Pam Gluckin
Celebrity (1998)
as Evelyn Isaacs
Primary Colors (1998)
as Miss Walsh
Bad Words (2013)
as Dr. Bernice Deagan
Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999)
as Loretta
Nurse Betty (2000)
as Lyla
To Leslie (2022)
as Nancy
The Oranges (2011)
as Carol Ostroff
Lou (2022)
as Lou
Tammy (2014)
as Deb
Troop Zero (2019)
as Miss Massey
Margaret (2011)
as Monica Patterson
Big Night (1996)
as Ann
The Rewrite (2014)
as Professor Weldon
The Associate (1996)
as Sandy
Blind Spot (1993)
as Doreen
How to Deal (2003)
as Lydia Martin
The Object of My Affection (1998)
as Constance Miller
Away We Go (2009)
as Lily
Trust Me (2013)
as Meg
Breaking News in Yuba County (2021)
as Sue Buttons
The Cowboy Way (1994)
as NYPD Computer Operator
The People We Hate at the Wedding (2022)
as Donna
The Impostors (1998)
as Maxine (Max)
Binky Nelson Unpacified (2015)
as Madge Nelson (voice)
Sun Dogs (2017)
as Rose Chipley
Julian Po (1997)
as Lilah Leech
Strangers with Candy (2006)
as Alice
Dead Funny (1994)
as Jennifer
The Debtors (1999)
Actor
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy (2013)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love (2023)
as Self - Guest
Lazy Susan (2020)
as Velvet
The Chumscrubber (2005)
as Allie Stiffle
Struck by Lightning (2013)
as Sheryl Phillips
Everything's Going to Be Great (2025)
as Macy Smart
Tallulah (2016)
as Margo
Touchy Feely (2013)
as Bronwyn
David and Lisa (1998)
as Alix
The Heart (—)
Actor
Our Very Own (2005)
as Joan Whitfield
Pretty Ugly People (2008)
as Suzanna
Life During Wartime (2010)
as Trish Maplewood
Piccadilly Jim (2004)
as Eugenia Crocker
Winter Solstice (2004)
as Molly Ripkin
Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal (2018)
as Self (archive footage)
Faithful (1996)
as Saleslady
The Night Is Young (2018)
as Wanda
Brightest Star (2013)
as The Astronomer
Love and Distrust (2010)
as Grechen (segment "Auto Motives")
A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote (2020)
as C.J. Cregg
...First Do No Harm (1997)
as Dr. Melanie Abbasac
Days and Nights (2014)
as Elizabeth
A Happening of Monumental Proportions (2017)
as Principal Nichols
Auto Motives (2000)
as Grechen
Rescuing Desire (1996)
as Betsy
Prop 8: The Musical (2008)
as Prop 8 Leader's #1 Wife
Heading Home (1995)
as Mary Polanski
Fonda (—)
Actor
Walking and Talking (1996)
as Gum Puller
Anita Liberty (1997)
as Gynecologist
Expedition Amelia (2019)
as Narrator (voice)
Rooftop Kisses (2002)
as Melissa
You Can’t Stop the Beat: The Long Journey of "Hairspray" (2007)
as Self
True Love: Making The Creator (2023)
as Self
Still Working 9 to 5 (2022)
as Self
Chicken Party (2003)
as Barbara Strasser
Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing (1997)
as Assistant D.A.
Who Shot Pat? (1989)
as Miss Penny
Celia (2012)
as Celia
It's 'Hairspray'! (2007)
as Self
It's Still Me! (2009)
as Narrator (voice)
Flux (1996)
as Heather