Allison Janney
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 (167 Appearances)
The Dog Stars
Not Alone
Fonda
The Heart
Minions & Monsters
Miss You, Love You
The Roses
Everything's Going to Be Great
Another Simple Favor
Palm Royale
True Love: Making The Creator
The Creator
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
The Diplomat
The People We Hate at the Wedding
Minions & More 2
To Leslie
Lou
Be My Guest with Ina Garten
Still Working 9 to 5
Breaking News in Yuba County
A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote
Celebrity IOU
Lazy Susan
Bombshell
Expedition Amelia
The Addams Family
Bad Education
Human Discoveries
Ma
Troop Zero
The Kominsky Method
Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal
The Night Is Young
I, Tonya
DuckTales
Sun Dogs
A Happening of Monumental Proportions
The Girl on the Train
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Finding Dory
Tallulah
Chelsea
Binky Nelson Unpacified
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Minions
Spy
The Late Late Show with James Corden
The DUFF
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Days and Nights
Get On Up
Tammy
The Rewrite
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Mr. Peabody & Sherman
Brightest Star
Masters of Sex
Mom
The Arsenio Hall Show
Bad Words
Touchy Feely
Hollywood Game Night
Struck by Lightning
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
The Way Way Back
Trust Me
Celia
Liberal Arts
Comedy Bang! Bang!
Veep
A Thousand Words
Margaret
The Oranges
The Help
Web Therapy
Mr. Sunshine
Love and Distrust
Life During Wartime
Who Do You Think You Are?
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Away We Go
It's Still Me!
Prop 8: The Musical
Pretty Ugly People
Web Therapy
The Bonnie Hunt Show
In Plain Sight
Juno
It's 'Hairspray'!
You Can’t Stop the Beat: The Long Journey of "Hairspray"
Phineas and Ferb
Hairspray
The EcoZone Project
The Graham Norton Show
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
The Megan Mullally Show
Strangers with Candy
Over the Hedge
Weeds
Our Very Own
The Chumscrubber
American Dad!
Piccadilly Jim
Lost
The Soup
Winter Solstice
Celebrity Poker Showdown
Chicken Party
Two and a Half Men
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
How to Deal
Finding Nemo
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The Hours
Rooftop Kisses
A Girl Thing
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Nurse Betty
Auto Motives
The West Wing
American Beauty
The Debtors
Drop Dead Gorgeous
10 Things I Hate About You
Family Guy
David and Lisa
The Impostors
Celebrity
Six Days Seven Nights
The Object of My Affection
Primary Colors
LateLine
The Ice Storm
Julian Po
The View
Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing
Private Parts
...First Do No Harm
Anita Liberty
King of the Hill
The Associate
Big Night
The Daily Show
Walking and Talking
Rescuing Desire
Faithful
Aliens in the Family
Flux
Heading Home
The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA
Miracle on 34th Street
New York Undercover
Wolf
The Cowboy Way
Dead Funny
Intimate Portrait
Frasier
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Blind Spot
Law & Order
The Simpsons
Who Shot Pat?
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Saturday Night Live
People's Choice Awards