Allison Janney

Allison Janney

  • Birthday: 1959-11-19
  • Place of birth: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
  • Also know as: 앨리슨 제니

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.

Filmography

Our Very Own

2005

As Joan Whitfield

Brightest Star

2014

As The Astronomer

Days and Nights

2014

As Elizabeth

Rooftop Kisses

2002

As Melissa

Breaking News in Yuba County

2021

As Sue Buttons

Expedition Amelia

2019

As Narrator (voice)

Lou

2022

As Lou

It's Still Me!

2009

As Narrator (voice)

Flux

1996

As Heather

Touchy Feely

2013

As Bronwyn

Celia

2012

As Celia

Binky Nelson Unpacified

2015

As Madge Nelson (voice)

Tallulah

2016

As Margo

Bad Education

2019

As Pam Gluckin

The Heart

0000

As

Lazy Susan

2020

As Velvet

Chicken Party

2003

As Barbara Strasser

...First Do No Harm

1997

As Dr. Melanie Abbasac

How to Deal

2003

As Lydia Martin

A Happening of Monumental Proportions

2017

As Principal Nichols

I, Tonya

2017

As LaVona Golden

Big Night

1996

As Ann

Winter Solstice

2004

As Molly Ripkin

Mr. Peabody & Sherman

2014

As Ms. Grunion (voice)

Liberal Arts

2012

As Professor Judith Fairfield

Struck

2012

As Sheryl Phillips

The Oranges

2011

As Carol Ostroff

Anita Liberty

1997

As Gynecologist

Minions

2015

As Madge Nelson (voice)

Sun Dogs

2017

As Rose Chipley

Troop Zero

2019

As Miss Massey

The Creator

2023

As Colonel Howell

Drop Dead Gorgeous

1999

As Loretta

Life During Wartime

2010

As Trish

A Thousand Words

2012

As Samantha Davis

Trust Me

2013

As Meg

Bad Words

2013

As Dr. Bernice Deagan

Dead Funny

1994

As Jennifer

David and Lisa

1998

As Alix

Bombshell

2019

As Susan Estrich

Heading Home

1995

As Mary Polanski

Rescuing Desire

1996

As Betsy

Six Days Seven Nights

1998

As Marjorie

Juno

2007

As Bren MacGuff

The Help

2011

As Charlotte Phelan

Away We Go

2009

As Lily

The Way Way Back

2013

As Betty Thompson

Spy

2015

As Elaine Crocker

The Rewrite

2014

As Mary Weldon

The Girl on the Train

2016

As Detective Sgt. Riley

Piccadilly Jim

2004

As Eugenia Crocker

Finding Nemo

2003

As Peach (voice)

American Beauty

1999

As Barbara Fitts

Pretty Ugly People

2008

As Suzanna

Margaret

2011

As Monica Patterson

The Object of My Affection

1998

As Constance Miller

Julian Po

1997

As Lilah Leech

Tammy

2014

As Deb

The Night Is Young

2015

As Wanda

A Girl Thing

2001

As Kathy McCormack

Over the Hedge

2006

As Gladys (voice)

The Addams Family

2019

As Margaux Needler (voice)

The DUFF

2015

As Dottie Piper

Nurse Betty

2000

As Lyla

Ma

2019

As Doctor Brooks

Blind Spot

1993

As Doreen

To Leslie

2022

As Nancy

Backwash

2010

As Self

Hairspray

2007

As Prudy Pringleton

10 Things I Hate About You

1999

As Ms. Perky

The Cowboy Way

1994

As NYPD Computer Operator

Prop 8: The Musical

2008

As Prop 8 Leader's #1 Wife

Miracle on 34th Street

1994

As Woman in Christmas Shop

Who Shot Patakango?

1989

As Miss Penny

Celebrity

1998

As Evelyn Isaacs

Strangers with Candy

2006

As Alice

Faithful

1996

As Saleslady

Private Parts

1997

As Dee Dee

The Hours

2002

As Sally Lester

Primary Colors

1998

As Miss Walsh

Wolf

1994

As Party Guest

The Chumscrubber

2005

As Allie Stiffle

The Impostors

1998

As Maxine (Max)

The Ice Storm

1997

As Dot Halford

Walking and Talking

1996

As Gum Puller

Finding Dory

2016

As Peach (voice)

Get on Up

2014

As Kathy

The Associate

1996

As Sandy

Minions & More Volume 2

2022

As Madge Nelson (voice)

Love and Distrust

2010

As Grechen (segment "Auto Motives")

Production

Lou

2022

As Executive Producer

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