Allison Janney
Acteur·rice
19 novembre 1959 · 66 years old
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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
As an actor
The Heart
Fonda
Not Alone
2027 · (voice)
Miss You, Love You
2026 · Diane Patterson
Minions & Monsters
2026 · Olivia (voice)
The Dog Stars
2026
Everything's Going to Be Great
2025 · Macy Smart
Another Simple Favor
2025 · Aunt Linda McLanden
The Roses
2025 · Eleanor
Palm Royale
2024 · Evelyn Rollins
The Creator
2023 · Colonel Howell
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
2023 · Self - Guest
True Love: Making The Creator
2023 · Self
The Diplomat
2023 · Vice President Grace Penn, President Grace Penn
Minions & More 2
2022 · Madge Nelson (voice)
Lou
2022 · Lou
The People We Hate at the Wedding
2022 · Donna
To Leslie
2022 · Nancy
Still Working 9 to 5
2022 · Self
Be My Guest with Ina Garten
2022 · Self - Guest
Breaking News in Yuba County
2021 · Sue Buttons
Lazy Susan
2020 · Velvet
A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote
2020 · C.J. Cregg
Celebrity IOU
2020 · Self
The Addams Family
2019 · Margaux Needler (voice)
Troop Zero
2019 · Miss Massey
Bad Education
2019 · Pam Gluckin
Bombshell
2019 · Susan Estrich
Ma
2019 · Doctor Brooks
Expedition Amelia
2019 · Narrator (voice)
Human Discoveries
2019 · The Mighty Karen (voice)
The Night Is Young
2018 · Wanda
Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal
2018 · Self (archive footage)
The Kominsky Method
2018 · Self
Sun Dogs
2017 · Rose Chipley
A Happening of Monumental Proportions
2017 · Principal Nichols
I, Tonya
2017 · LaVona
DuckTales
2017 · Goldie O'Gilt (voice)
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
2016 · Dr. Golan
Tallulah
2016 · Margo
The Girl on the Train
2016 · Detective Sgt. Riley
Finding Dory
2016 · Peach (voice)
Chelsea
2016 · Self
Spy
2015 · Elaine Crocker
The DUFF
2015 · Dottie Piper
Minions
2015 · Madge Nelson (voice)
Binky Nelson Unpacified
2015 · Madge Nelson (voice)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · Self
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015 · Self
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015 · Self, Self - Guest
Mr. Peabody & Sherman
2014 · Ms. Grunion (voice)
Tammy
2014 · Deb
Days and Nights
2014 · Elizabeth
The Rewrite
2014 · Professor Weldon
Get On Up
2014 · Kathy
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · Self
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014 · Self
Struck by Lightning
2013 · Sheryl Phillips
Touchy Feely
2013 · Bronwyn
The Way Way Back
2013 · Betty Thompson
Trust Me
2013 · Meg
Bad Words
2013 · Dr. Bernice Deagan
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
2013 · Self - Narrator (voice)
Brightest Star
2013 · The Astronomer
Mom
2013 · Bonnie Plunkett
Hollywood Game Night
2013 · Self
Masters of Sex
2013 · Margaret Scully
The Arsenio Hall Show
2013 · Self
A Thousand Words
2012 · Samantha Davis
Liberal Arts
2012 · Professor Judith Fairfield
Celia
2012 · Celia
Comedy Bang! Bang!
2012 · Self
Veep
2012 · Janet Ryland
Margaret
2011 · Monica Patterson
The Help
2011 · Charlotte Phelan
The Oranges
2011 · Carol Ostroff
Mr. Sunshine
2011 · Crystal Cohen
Web Therapy
2011 · Judith Frick
Life During Wartime
2010 · Trish Maplewood
Love and Distrust
2010 · Grechen (segment "Auto Motives")
Who Do You Think You Are?
2010 · Self
Away We Go
2009 · Lily
It's Still Me!
2009 · Narrator (voice)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 · Self - Guest
Prop 8: The Musical
2008 · Prop 8 Leader's #1 Wife
Pretty Ugly People
2008 · Suzanna
The Bonnie Hunt Show
2008 · Self
Web Therapy
2008 · Judith Frick
In Plain Sight
2008 · Allison Pearson
Hairspray
2007 · Prudy Pringleton
Juno
2007 · Bren MacGuff
You Can’t Stop the Beat: The Long Journey of "Hairspray"
2007 · Self
It's 'Hairspray'!
2007 · Self
The EcoZone Project
2007
Phineas and Ferb
2007 · Charlene Doofenshmirtz (voice)
The Graham Norton Show
2007 · Self
Over the Hedge
2006 · Gladys (voice)
Strangers with Candy
2006 · Alice
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
2006 · Self
The Megan Mullally Show
2006 · Self - Guest
The Chumscrubber
2005 · Allie Stiffle
Our Very Own
2005 · Joan Whitfield
Weeds
2005 · Ms. Greenstein
American Dad!
2005 · Aunt Jesse (voice)
Winter Solstice
2004 · Molly Ripkin
Piccadilly Jim
2004 · Eugenia Crocker
Lost
2004 · Mother
The Soup
2004 · Self
Finding Nemo
2003 · Peach (voice)
How to Deal
2003 · Lydia Martin
Chicken Party
2003 · Barbara Strasser
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003 · Self
Two and a Half Men
2003 · Beverly
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Self, Self - Guest
Celebrity Poker Showdown
2003 · Self
The Hours
2002 · Sally Lester
Rooftop Kisses
2002 · Melissa
A Girl Thing
2001 · Kathy McCormack
Nurse Betty
2000 · Lyla
Auto Motives
2000 · Grechen
Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000 · Cynthia
American Beauty
1999 · Barbara Fitts
Drop Dead Gorgeous
1999 · Loretta
10 Things I Hate About You
1999 · Ms. Perky
The Debtors
1999
Family Guy
1999 · Teen People Editor (voice), Crystal Quagmire (voice), Mistress Vita (voice)
The West Wing
1999 · C.J. Cregg
Six Days Seven Nights
1998 · Marjorie
Primary Colors
1998 · Miss Walsh
Celebrity
1998 · Evelyn Isaacs
The Object of My Affection
1998 · Constance Miller
The Impostors
1998 · Maxine (Max)
David and Lisa
1998 · Alix
LateLine
1998
...First Do No Harm
1997 · Dr. Melanie Abbasac
Julian Po
1997 · Lilah Leech
Anita Liberty
1997 · Gynecologist
Private Parts
1997 · Dee Dee
The Ice Storm
1997 · Dot Halford
Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing
1997 · Assistant D.A.
King of the Hill
1997 · Laura (voice)
The View
1997 · Self
The Associate
1996 · Sandy
Walking and Talking
1996 · Gum Puller
Big Night
1996 · Ann
Faithful
1996 · Saleslady
Flux
1996 · Heather
Rescuing Desire
1996 · Betsy
The Daily Show
1996 · Self
Aliens in the Family
1996
Heading Home
1995 · Mary Polanski
The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA
1995 · Self
Wolf
1994 · Party Guest
Dead Funny
1994 · Jennifer
The Cowboy Way
1994 · NYPD Computer Operator
Miracle on 34th Street
1994 · Woman in Christmas Shop
New York Undercover
1994 · Vivian
Blind Spot
1993 · Doreen
Frasier
1993 · Susanna, Phyllis (voice)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993 · Self - Guest
Intimate Portrait
1993 · Self
Law & Order
1990 · Nora, Ann Madsen
Who Shot Pat?
1989 · Miss Penny
The Simpsons
1989 · Julia (voice)
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988 · Self - Guest
People's Choice Awards
1975 · Self - Host, Self - Presenter
Saturday Night Live
1975 · Self (uncredited)
Tony Awards
1956 · Self - Nominee, Self - Presenter, Self - Nominee / Performer
The Oscars
1953 · Self
Golden Globe Awards
1944 · Self - Nominee