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