Acting
Allison Janney
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
Not Alone
Film · 2027
Miss You, Love You
Film · 2026
Minions & Monsters
Film · 2026
The Dog Stars
Film · 2026
Everything's Going to Be Great
Film · 2025
Another Simple Favor
Film · 2025
The Roses
Film · 2025
Palm Royale
Series · 2024
The Creator
Film · 2023
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
Film · 2023
True Love: Making The Creator
Film · 2023
The Diplomat
Series · 2023
The Diplomat
Series · 2023
Minions & More 2
Film · 2022
Lou
Film · 2022
The People We Hate at the Wedding
Film · 2022
To Leslie
Film · 2022
Still Working 9 to 5
Film · 2022
Be My Guest with Ina Garten
Series · 2022
Breaking News in Yuba County
Film · 2021
Lazy Susan
Film · 2020
A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote
Film · 2020
Celebrity IOU
Series · 2020
The Addams Family
Film · 2019
Troop Zero
Film · 2019
Bad Education
Film · 2019
Bombshell
Film · 2019
Ma
Film · 2019
Expedition Amelia
Film · 2019
Human Discoveries
Series · 2019
The Night Is Young
Film · 2018
Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal
Film · 2018
The Kominsky Method
Series · 2018
Sun Dogs
Film · 2017
A Happening of Monumental Proportions
Film · 2017
I, Tonya
Film · 2017
DuckTales
Series · 2017
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Film · 2016
Tallulah
Film · 2016
The Girl on the Train
Film · 2016
Finding Dory
Film · 2016
Chelsea
Series · 2016
Spy
Film · 2015
The DUFF
Film · 2015
Minions
Film · 2015
Binky Nelson Unpacified
Film · 2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Series · 2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Series · 2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Series · 2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Series · 2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Series · 2015
Mr. Peabody & Sherman
Film · 2014
Tammy
Film · 2014
Days and Nights
Film · 2014
The Rewrite
Film · 2014
Get On Up
Film · 2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Series · 2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Series · 2014
Struck by Lightning
Film · 2013
Touchy Feely
Film · 2013
The Way Way Back
Film · 2013
Trust Me
Film · 2013
Bad Words
Film · 2013
Brightest Star
Film · 2013
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
Film · 2013
Mom
Series · 2013
Hollywood Game Night
Series · 2013
Masters of Sex
Series · 2013
The Arsenio Hall Show
Series · 2013
A Thousand Words
Film · 2012
Liberal Arts
Film · 2012
Celia
Film · 2012
Comedy Bang! Bang!
Series · 2012
Veep
Series · 2012
Margaret
Film · 2011
The Help
Film · 2011
The Oranges
Film · 2011
Mr. Sunshine
Series · 2011
Web Therapy
Series · 2011
Life During Wartime
Film · 2010
Love and Distrust
Film · 2010
Who Do You Think You Are?
Series · 2010
Away We Go
Film · 2009
It's Still Me!
Film · 2009
9 to 5: The Musical
Film · 2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Series · 2009
Prop 8: The Musical
Film · 2008
Pretty Ugly People
Film · 2008
The Bonnie Hunt Show
Series · 2008
Web Therapy
Series · 2008
In Plain Sight
Series · 2008
Hairspray
Film · 2007
Juno
Film · 2007
You Can’t Stop the Beat: The Long Journey of "Hairspray"
Film · 2007
The EcoZone Project
Series · 2007
Phineas and Ferb
Series · 2007
The Graham Norton Show
Series · 2007
Over the Hedge
Film · 2006
Strangers with Candy
Film · 2006
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
Series · 2006
The Megan Mullally Show
Series · 2006
The Chumscrubber
Film · 2005
Our Very Own
Film · 2005
Weeds
Series · 2005
American Dad!
Series · 2005
Winter Solstice
Film · 2004
Piccadilly Jim
Film · 2004
Lost
Series · 2004
The Soup
Series · 2004
Finding Nemo
Film · 2003
How to Deal
Film · 2003
Chicken Party
Film · 2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Series · 2003
Two and a Half Men
Series · 2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Series · 2003
Celebrity Poker Showdown
Series · 2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Series · 2003
The Hours
Film · 2002
Rooftop Kisses
Film · 2002
A Girl Thing
Series · 2001
Nurse Betty
Film · 2000
Auto Motives
Film · 2000
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Series · 2000
American Beauty
Film · 1999
Drop Dead Gorgeous
Film · 1999
10 Things I Hate About You
Film · 1999
The Debtors
Film · 1999
Family Guy
Series · 1999
The West Wing
Series · 1999
Family Guy
Series · 1999
Family Guy
Series · 1999
Six Days Seven Nights
Film · 1998
Primary Colors
Film · 1998
Celebrity
Film · 1998
The Object of My Affection
Film · 1998
The Impostors
Film · 1998
David and Lisa
Film · 1998
LateLine
Series · 1998
...First Do No Harm
Film · 1997
Julian Po
Film · 1997
Anita Liberty
Film · 1997
Private Parts
Film · 1997
The Ice Storm
Film · 1997
Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing
Film · 1997
King of the Hill
Series · 1997
The View
Series · 1997
The Associate
Film · 1996
Walking and Talking
Film · 1996
Big Night
Film · 1996
Faithful
Film · 1996
Flux
Film · 1996
Rescuing Desire
Film · 1996
The Daily Show
Series · 1996
Aliens in the Family
Series · 1996
Heading Home
Film · 1995
The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA
Series · 1995
Wolf
Film · 1994
Dead Funny
Film · 1994
The Cowboy Way
Film · 1994
Miracle on 34th Street
Film · 1994
New York Undercover
Series · 1994
Blind Spot
Film · 1993
Frasier
Series · 1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Series · 1993
Intimate Portrait
Series · 1993
Frasier
Series · 1993
Law & Order
Series · 1990
Law & Order
Series · 1990
Who Shot Pat?
Film · 1989
The Simpsons
Series · 1989
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Series · 1988
People's Choice Awards
Series · 1975
People's Choice Awards
Series · 1975
Saturday Night Live
Series · 1975
Tony Awards
Series · 1956
Tony Awards
Series · 1956
Tony Awards
Series · 1956
The Oscars
Series · 1953
Golden Globe Awards
Series · 1944
The Heart
Film
Fonda
Film