Allison Janney

Allison Brooks Janney (born November 19, 1959)[3] is an American actress. A character actress,[4][5] Janney is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, seven Primetime Emmy Awards, and seven Screen Actors Guild Awards.

Allison Janney
Janney in 2008
Born	Allison Brooks Janney[1] November 19, 1959 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Education	Kenyon College (BA)
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1989–present
Works	Filmography
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[2]
Partner(s)	Richard Jenik (2004–2006)
Awards	Full list

Born in Boston and raised in Dayton, Ohio, Janney received a scholarship to study at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts 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. Since 2013, she has starred as a cynical recovering addict in the CBS sitcom Mom. Her performance on the show gained her five consecutive Primetime Emmy Award nominations and won her two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series.

Janney made her professional stage debut with the Off-Broadway production Ladies and followed with numerous bit parts in various similar productions, before making her Broadway debut in the 1996 revival of Present Laughter. She won Drama Desk Awards and received Tony Award nominations for her performances in the 1997 Broadway revival of A View from the Bridge, and the 2009 original Broadway production of the musical 9 to 5.

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), 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). In 2017, for her portrayal of LaVona Golden in the black comedy film I, Tonya, Janney won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.

Early life and education

Kenyon College, which Janney attended

Allison Brooks Janney was born on November 19, 1959 in Boston, Massachusetts, and raised in Dayton, Ohio.[6] She is the daughter of Macy Brooks Janney (née Putnam), a former actress, and Jervis Spencer Janney, Jr., a real estate developer and jazz musician.[7][8][9] She has two brothers—Hal and Jay.[6][10]

Janney attended the Miami Valley School in Dayton, where she was named a distinguished alumna in 2005,[11] and the Hotchkiss School in Connecticut, where she was named Alumna of the Year in 2016.[11] Janney initially aspired to a career in figure skating, but her tall stature and a freak accident when she was a teenager put an end to that dream.[12] She attended Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio, where she majored in theatre.[10] During her freshman year, Janney met actors Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward at a play for the inaugural event of the college's newly built Bolton Theater, which Newman was directing. The couple encouraged her to continue acting and offered her guidance during the early days in her career.[13] She went on to train at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre in New York and then received a scholarship to study at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in the summer of 1984.[11][14][15]

Career

Television

Janney's first role on television was in the short-lived black-and-white faux-1940s comedy Morton & Hayes; she appeared in two episodes of the 1991 CBS series as Eddie Hayes' wife. She then moved on to soap operas; she first played Vi Kaminski for a short time on As the World Turns, following up with a two-year role as Ginger, one of the Spaulding maids, on Guiding Light. In the spring of 1994, she appeared in the season-four finale of Law & Order, titled "Old Friends", as a reluctant witness against a member of the Russian mob. She was also a cast member on the radio show A Prairie Home Companion.

After a decade of small and uncredited parts, Janney had her breakthrough when she was cast as White House Press Secretary C. J. Cregg in the NBC political drama The West Wing. Creator Aaron Sorkin called Janney to audition for the role after seeing her in the film Primary Colors.[16] Loosely based on Dee Dee Myers, the press secretary during Clinton administration, C.J. is a National Merit Scholar, who succeeds Leo McGarry as White House Chief of Staff. Writing for The Atlantic, John Reid says that "her capability and combination of strength and simple compassion represented the fantasy of the Bartlet White House better than anyone." The publication also ranks her as the best character from the series.[17] In their ranking of the best characters from all the television series created by Sorkin, Vulture, ranks C.J. at #2 and says; "If all the Sorkin women were as classy, self-assured, and legitimately funny (the turkey pardon!) as C.J., we'd never have had the Sorkin woman argument in the first place".[18] For her portrayal of C.J. Cregg, Janney won four Primetime Emmy Awards, four Screen Actors Guild Award, a Satellite Award and four nominations for the Golden Globe Awards, making her the most awarded cast member of the series.[19]

Janney guest starred on the sitcom Frasier in a 2002 episode Three Blind Dates and appeared in the short-lived Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip in a guest appearance as herself in the episode "The Disaster Show". In late 2009, she was chosen to play the role of Sheila Jackson in the pilot episode of Shameless, but when Showtime picked up the series, she was replaced after the pilot by Joan Cusack. In 2010, Janney appeared as Allison Pearson in In Plain Sight. In May 2010, she appeared in the antepenultimate episode of the ABC television series Lost as the adoptive mother of the show's two mythological opponents, Jacob and The Man in Black. She starred in the ABC network comedy Mr. Sunshine. The series, which was created by Matthew Perry, was a mid-season replacement for the 2010–11 television season.[20][21]

Following few short-lived shows and a brief sabbatical from television, Janney returned to the small screen with the CBS sitcom Mom. Janney plays Bonnie Plunkett, a self-centered, cynical recovering addict who tries to regain the love and trust of her daughter (played by Anna Faris). She was influenced to take on the role following the demise of her younger brother from drug addiction, as well as her longtime desire to work on multicam comedy.[22] For her performance on the series, Janney has received critical acclaim and five Primetime Emmy Award nominations, winning twice as Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series, and six nominations at the Critics' Choice Television Awards winning twice for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series.[23]

From 2014 to 2016, Janney guest-starred in Showtime's period drama Masters of Sex, portraying a sexually repressed homemaker in 1950s who struggles to understand the disintegration of her marriage.[24][5] Her performance received praise with Janney receiving three consecutive nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series winning one in 2014, and winning the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Guest Performer in a Drama Series. [23]

Janney appeared as herself, in an episode of the second season of the Netflix series The Kominsky Method.[25][26] On the Disney Channel animated show Phineas and Ferb, Janney voiced Charlene.

Film

Janney made her film debut with a minor part in Who Shot Patakango? (1989). This was followed by a series of minor roles in numerous films throughout the 90s, including; Wolf, The Object of My Affection, Big Night, The Impostors, Drop Dead Gorgeous, The Ice Storm, Primary Colors, 10 Things I Hate About You, Private Parts, and American Beauty. For the last of these she won the Screen Actors Guild Award and Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Acting Ensemble. She also appeared in Nurse Betty (2000), The Hours (2002), Finding Nemo (2003), How to Deal (2003), The Chumscrubber (2005), Winter Solstice (2004), and Our Very Own (2005). For the last of these, she received a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female.

In 2007, Janney starred in Jason Reitman's comedy-drama Juno, playing Bren MacGuff, the titular character's stepmother. In the same year, she appeared in the musical Hairspray, and won the Austin Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress and the Critics' Choice Movie Awards for Best Acting Ensemble.[27][28][29] In 2010, Janney earned praise for her performance in Todd Solondz's comedy-drama Life During Wartime.[30][31]

In 2011, Janney appeared in Tate Taylor's period drama The Help, which won the Screen Actors Guild Award and Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Acting Ensemble.[32] She also appeared in Margaret (2011), Struck by Lightning (2012), Liberal Arts (2012), Spy (2015), The DUFF (2015), Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016), Tallulah (2016), and The Girl on the Train (2016).[33][34]

In 2017, Janney starred in the black comedy I, Tonya, based on the life of figure skater Tonya Harding.[35] Screenwriter Steven Rogers wrote the role of LaVona specifically for Janney and refused to sell his screenplay until Janney was cast in the film. Janney would consider the part as one of the most challenging of her career.[36] Janney earned numerous accolades for her performance in the film including the Academy Award, Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild Award, Critics' Choice Movie Award, Independent Spirit Award, and BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actress.[37][38]

Janney at the TIFF premiere of Bad Education in 2019

Janney appeared in five movies in 2019. She had cameo appearances in the family comedy Troop Zero, the psychological thriller Ma, and Bombshell. For the last of these she received nominations at the Screen Actors Guild Award, and Critics' Choice Movie Award Best Acting Ensemble.[39][40] Janney also voiced for the role of Margaux Needler in the animated version of The Addams Family.[41][42][43] Janney also appeared in Bad Education.[44]

Janney is currently in production with two films; Tate Taylor's comedy-drama Breaking News in Yuba County and J. J. Abrams's thriller Lou.[45][46]

Theater

Janney made her professional stage debut in 1989 with an uncredited part in the Off-Broadway production Ladies. Following minor roles in similar productions like; Prescribed Laughter In The Emergency Café, Five Women Wearing the Same Dress and Blue Window, Janney made her Broadway debut with the 1996 revival of Noël Coward's Present Laughter. She played Liz Essendine, the estranged wife of the lead character (played by Frank Langella). Although a minor role, her performance garnered praise and attention with The New York Times calling it "The most fully accomplished performance on the stage".[47] For her performance in the play, Janney won the Theatre World Award, Clarence Derwent Award for Most Promising Female, Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play and received a nomination for the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play.

Janney starred in the 1998 revival of Arthur Miller's A View from the Bridge[48] to positive reviews.[49] For her performance, Janney won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play, Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play, and received a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play.

In 2009, Janney starred in the musical 9 to 5 alongside Stephanie J. Block and Megan Hilty.[50] Her performance garnered positive reviews,[51][52] and Janney earned the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical and a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical.[53]

In 2017, Janney returned to Broadway with the revival of John Guare's Six Degrees of Separation in the role of Ouisa Kittredge.[54] Janney received nominations for the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play, Drama League Award for Distinguished Performance and won the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play.

Personal life

Janney has never been married and has no children, of which she said: "I’ve never had that instinct to have kids, I’m at peace with it".[55] She was romantically involved with computer programmer Dennis Gagomiros. The couple began dating in 1994, and were interested in getting married but ended their relationship after seven years together in 2001.[56] In 2002, she met actor Richard Jenik (her co-star in Our Very Own). The couple got engaged in 2004 but broke up two years later in 2006.[57][58] In 2012, Janney met production manager Philip Joncas, 20 years her junior. The two met on the sets of The Way, Way Back and began dating soon after. The couple dated for five years before ending their relationship in 2017.[59][60]

Janney in 2014

In interviews related to her role on Mom, Janney discussed her brother, Hal, who fought drug addiction for years before his death by suicide.[61] On March 4, 2018, Janney dedicated her Academy Award win to him during her acceptance speech.[62][63]

In 2004, she began lending her voice to television and radio spots created by Kaiser Permanente in the health maintenance organization's broad "Thrive" media campaign, and in a radio campaign for the American Institute of Architects.[64] In September 2010, it was announced that Janney would be the voice of the Aly San San spokesdroid in the Disney attraction Star Tours – The Adventures Continue.[65] The attraction later opened at Disney's Hollywood Studios and Disneyland. In October 2016, Janney became the first woman to receive the Alumni Award of The Hotchkiss School[66] and received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her work in the entertainment industry, located at 6100 Hollywood Boulevard.[67][68]

Activism

Janney has campaigned for numerous issues like same-sex marriage, gay rights, women's rights, mental health, and addiction recovery. In 2018, Janney participated in the 2018 Women's March in Los Angeles, part of a larger national movement for women's rights, human rights, and social justice.[69][70] She supports various charities including American Heart Association, American Stroke Association, Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, and GLAAD.[71]

In 2016, Janney was honored at the White House at the event "Champions of Change", which honored 10 accomplished individuals from across the country who were being recognized for advancing addiction prevention, treatment, and recovery. She also participated in a panel discussion with Surgeon General Vivek Murthy to talk about the portrayal of addiction and recovery in the media.[72][73][74] In 2017, Janney donated $250,000 to Planned Parenthood.[75] In 2020 with the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic, Janney donated $10,000 to the Dayton Foodbank, an organisation providing the food supply to the homeless.[76][77] She frequently promotes her charitable causes through her social media accounts.[78][79][80]

Janney has also been an active supporter of voter registration, posting about voter ID issues and suggesting fans check VoteRiders for details.[81] She and her West Wing costars were part of Michelle Obama's When We All Vote initiative.[82] More recently, she participated in Divas for Democracy: United We Slay, a streaming variety show supporting voter registration.[83]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1989	Who Shot Patakango?	Miss Penny
1994	Dead Funny	Jennifer
1994	The Cowboy Way	NYPD computer operator
1994	Wolf	Party Guest
1994	Miracle on 34th Street	Woman in Christmas Shop
1994	Heading Home	Mary Polanski
1996	Flux	Heather
1996	Rescuing Desire	Betsy
1996	Walking and Talking	Gum Puller
1996	Big Night	Ann
1996	Faithful	Saleswoman
1996	The Associate	Sandy
1997	Anita Liberty	Gynecologist	Short film
1997	Private Parts	Dee Dee
1997	The Ice Storm	Dot Halford
1997	Julian Po	Lilah Leech
1998	Primary Colors	Miss Walsh
1998	The Object of My Affection	Constance Miller
1998	The Impostors	Maxine
1998	Six Days, Seven Nights	Marjorie, Robin's boss
1998	Celebrity	Evelyn Isaacs
1999	10 Things I Hate About You	Ms. Perky
1999	Drop Dead Gorgeous	Loretta
1999	American Beauty	Barbara Fitts
1999	The Debtors
2000	Leaving Drew	Paula	Short film
2000	Auto Motives	Gretchen	Short film
2000	Nurse Betty	Lyla Branch
2000	Rooftop Kisses	Melissa	Short film
2002	The Hours	Sally Lester
2003	Finding Nemo	Peach (voice)
2003	How to Deal	Lydia Martin
2003	Chicken Party	Barbara Strasser	Short film
2004	Piccadilly Jim	Eugenia Crocker
2004	Winter Solstice	Molly Ripkin
2005	Strangers with Candy	Alice
2005	The Chumscrubber	Allie Stifle
2005	Our Very Own	Joan Whitfield
2006	Over the Hedge	Gladys Sharp (voice)
2007	Hairspray	Prudy Pingleton
2007	Juno	Brenda "Bren" MacGuff
2008	Pretty Ugly People	Suzanna
2008	Prop 8: The Musical	Prop 8 leader's wife
2009	Away We Go	Lily
2009	Life During Wartime	Trish Maplewood
2011	Margaret	Wounded woman / Monica Patterson
2011	A Thousand Words	Samantha Davis
2011	The Help	Charlotte Phelan
2012	The Oranges	Cathy Ostroff
2012	Struck by Lightning	Sheryl Phillips
2012	Liberal Arts	Prof. Judith Fairfield
2013	The Way, Way Back	Betty Thompson
2013	Days and Nights	Elizabeth
2013	Bad Words	Dr. Bernice Deagan
2013	Trust Me	Meg
2013	Brightest Star	The Astronomer
2014	Tammy	Deb
2014	Mr. Peabody & Sherman	Mrs. Grunion (voice)
2014	The Rewrite	Prof. Mary Weldon
2014	Get on Up	Kathy
2015	The DUFF	Dottie Piper
2015	Spy	Elaine Crocker
2015	Minions	Madge Nelson (voice)
2016	Tallulah	Margaret "Margo" Mooney
2016	Finding Dory	Peach (voice)	Cameo
2016	Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children	Dr. Nancy Golan / Mr. Barron
2016	The Girl on the Train	Detective Riley
2017	A Happening of Monumental Proportions	Principal Nichols
2017	Sun Dogs	Rose Chipley
2017	I, Tonya	LaVona Golden	Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
2019	Troop Zero	Miss Massey
2019	Ma	Dr. Brooks
2019	Bad Education	Pamela "Pam" Gluckin
2019	The Addams Family	Margaux Needler (voice)
2019	Bombshell	Susan Estrich
2020	Lazy Susan	Velvet Swensen
2021	Breaking News in Yuba County	Sue Buttons	Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1991	Morton & Hayes	Beatrice Caldicott-Hayes	2 episodes
1992	Law & Order	Nora	Episode: "Star Struck"
1993	Blind Spot	Doreen	Television film
1993–95	Guiding Light	Ginger	2 episodes
1994	Law & Order	Ann Madsen	Episode: "Old Friends"
1995	The Wright Verdicts	Alice Klein	Episode: "Sins of the Father"
1995	New York Undercover	Vivian	Episode: "Digital Underground"
1996	Aliens in the Family	Principal Sherman	Episode: "A Very Brody Tweeznax"
1996	Cosby	Podiatric Nurse	Episode: "Happily Ever Hilton"
1997	...First Do No Harm	Dr. Melanie Abbasac	Television film
1997	Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing	Assistant District Attorney	Television film
1998	David and Lisa	Alix	Television film
1999	LateLine	Helen Marschant	Episode: "The Minister of Television"
1999–2006	The West Wing	C. J. Cregg	Main cast; 145 episodes
2000-2003	Scruff	Holly	Main role
2000	A Girl Thing	Kathy McCormack	Television film
2001–02	Frasier	Phyllis (voice) / Susanna	2 episodes
2003	King of the Hill	Laura	Episode: "Full Metal Dust Jacket"
2005	Weeds	Ms. Greenstein	Episode: "Lude Awakening"
2007	Two and a Half Men	Beverly	Episode: "My Damn Stalker"
2007	Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip	Herself	Episode: "The Disaster Show"
2008–13	Phineas and Ferb	Charlene Doofenshmirtz (voice)	9 episodes
2010–15	Family Guy	Various (voice)	3 episodes
2010	Lost	"Mother"	Episode: "Across the Sea"
2010	In Plain Sight	Allison Pearson	2 episodes
2011	Glenn Martin, DDS	Marcia	Episode: "GlennHog Day"
2011	Mr. Sunshine	Crystal Cohen	Main cast; 13 episodes
2012	The Big C	Rita Strauss	Episode: "Life Rights"
2012	Robot Chicken	Grammi Gummi / Woman (voice)	Episode: "In Bed Surrounded by Loved Ones"
2013	Veep	Janet Ryland	Episode: "First Response"
2013–15	Masters of Sex	Margaret Scully	9 episodes
2013–present	Mom	Bonnie Plunkett	Main role; 152 episodes
2014	Web Therapy	Judith Frick	2 episodes
2016	The Simpsons	Julia (voice)	Episode: "Friends and Family"
2016	Comedy Bang! Bang!	Herself	Episode: "Allison Janney Wears a Chambray Western Shirt and Suede Fringe Boots"
2017–18	F Is for Family	Henrietta Van Horne (voice)	5 episodes[84]
2017	Nobodies	Herself	2 episodes
2017	American Dad!	Jessie (voice)	Episode: "Family Plan"
2018–20	DuckTales	Goldie O'Gilt (voice)	5 episodes
2019	The Kominsky Method	Herself	Episode: "Chapter 16. A Thetan Arrives"

Stage

Year	Title	Role	Venue	Notes
1989	Ladies	Performer	Off-Broadway
1991	Prescribed Laughter In The Emergency Café	Performer	Off-Broadway
1992	Making Book	Megan Chamber	Off-Broadway
1993	Five Women Wearing the Same Dress	Mindy	Manhattan Class Company, Off-Broadway
1993	Class One Acts	Performer	Off-Broadway
1993	Breaking Up	Alice	Delacorte Theater, Off-Broadway
1995	New England	Gemma Baker	New York Theatre Workshop, Off-Broadway
1996	Blue Window	Boo	Second Stage Theater, Off-Broadway
1996	Present Laughter	Liz Essendine	Playwrights Horizons, Broadway
1997	A View from the Bridge	Beatrice Carbone	Brooks Atkinson Theatre, Broadway
1999	The Taming of the Shrew	Katherina	Ethel Barrymore Theatre, Off-Broadway
2007	The Autumn Garden	Constance Tuckerman	Williamstown Theatre Festival
2009	9 to 5: The Musical	Violet Newstead	Biltmore Theatre, Broadway
2017	Six Degrees of Separation	Ouisa Kittredge	Ethel Barrymore Theatre, Broadway

Music video

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2016	Let Me Be Your Girl[85]	Clown	Artist: Rachael Yamagata; Director: Josh Radnor

Awards and nominations

See also

• List of RADA alumni
• List of Kenyon College people
• List of Primetime Emmy Award winners
• List of stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
• List of actors with Academy Award nominations

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External links

• Allison Janney
• Allison Janney at IMDb
• Allison Janney at the TCM Movie Database
• Allison Janney at the Internet Broadway Database
• Allison Janney at Internet Off-Broadway Database
• Allison Janney at The Interviews: An Oral History of Television
• "Allison Janney". The Guardian. London, UK. January 28, 2008. The Guardian