Career

Television

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Janney at the Deauville American Film Festival in 2011

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, entitled "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.

In 1999, she was cast in the role of presidential press secretary C. J. Cregg on the political drama The West Wing, for which she eventually won four Primetime Emmy Awards. Two of them were for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 2000 and 2001, and the other two were for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in 2002 and 2004.[4] She received two more nominations for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in 2003 and 2006.[4] Janney also won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series in 2001 and 2002,[4] while the cast of The West Wing won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series the same two years, as well.[4] Additional nominations for Janney's work in The West Wing include four Golden Globe Award nominations (2001-2004) and the AFI Award for Actor of the Year - Female - TV Series (2001). In 2001, she won the Satellite Award for Best Actress in a Television Series - Drama.

Janney appeared in the short-lived Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip in a guest appearance as herself in the episode "The Disaster Show". In 2010, she 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.[6][7] For her role in the sitcom Mom, opposite Anna Faris, she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series in 2014 and 2015. In 2014, she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for her recurring role in the period drama Masters of Sex. On the Disney Channel animated show Phineas and Ferb, Janney voiced Charlene.

Film

Janney at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival

Janney has appeared in numerous films, including the 1990s films American Beauty, The Object of My Affection, Big Night, The Impostors, Drop Dead Gorgeous, The Ice Storm, Primary Colors, 10 Things I Hate About You, and Private Parts, and the early 2000s films Nurse Betty, The Hours, The Chumscrubber, How to Deal, Winter Solstice, and a considerable voice role in the animated movie Finding Nemo, voicing Peach, the starfish.

In 2006, she had roles in the feature films Margaret and Over the Hedge. That same year, Janney was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female for her performance in the film Our Very Own. In 2007, she appeared in Juno, playing the part of Bren MacGuff, the title character's stepmother, for which she won the Austin Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress. In the same year, Janney appeared in the Golden Globe Award-nominated film Hairspray as Prudy Pingleton, Penny's (Amanda Bynes) strict and religious mother. She appeared in such films as The Help (2011), Struck by Lightning (2012), and Liberal Arts (2012). Janney appeared in the 2015 films Spy and The DUFF. She then co-starred in the fantasy film Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children,[8] and portrayed a homicide detective in the mystery thriller The Girl on the Train.[9]

Breakthrough (2017-present)

In 2017, Janney starred in the biographical black comedy I, Tonya, portraying LaVona Golden, volatile mother of the titular Tonya Harding.[10] Her performance received wide critical acclaim, with various critics and publications citing her performance as the film's highlight and one of the best of her career. Janney received various accolades for her performance including the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress, Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role, Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Supporting Actress, Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female, and BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role.

Immidiately following the sucess of I, Tonya, Janney was cast in Troupe Zero, opposite Viola Davis, The Addams Family, Bad Education, opposite Hugh Jackman, as well as in the ensemble Fair and Balanced.[11][12][13][14] Additionally, Janney will film lead roles in Breaking News in Yuba County, as well as in Lou, in early 2019.[15][16]

Theater

Janney has remained active in theater. Her first Broadway role was in the 1996 revival of Present Laughter, opposite Frank Langella. In 1998, she was nominated for a Tony Award for her role in Arthur Miller's A View from the Bridge.[17] In 2007, she participated in a workshop for a new musical of the film 9 to 5.[18] In late 2008, Janney joined Broadway stars Stephanie J. Block, Megan Hilty, and Marc Kudisch in 9 to 5. Based on the film of the same name, Janney starred as Violet Newstead, the super-efficient office manager, played by Lily Tomlin in the original film. She was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical[19] and won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical for the role.[20] In 2017, Janney returned to Broadway to play the leading role of Ouisa Kittredge in John Guare's Six Degrees of Separation.[21]

Other interests

Janney in October 2014

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.[22] 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.[23] 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[24] and received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her work in the television industry, located at 6100 Hollywood Boulevard.[25][26]

Personal life

In interviews related to her role on Mom, Janney discussed her brother, Hal, who fought addiction and committed suicide.[27] On March 4, 2018, Janney dedicated her Academy Award win to him during her acceptance speech. Janney has never married and has no children.[28]

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
1995	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
2019	Ma	Unknown	Post-production
2019	Troupe Zero	Miss Massey	Post-production
2019	The Addams Family	Margaux Needler (voice)	In production
2019	Bad Education		Filming
2019	Fair and Balanced	Susan Estrich	Filming

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
1993-1995	Guiding Light	Ginger	Unknown 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	145 episodes
2000	A Girl Thing	Kathy McCormack	Television film
2000-2003	Scruff	Holly (voice)
2001-2002	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"
2008-2013	Phineas and Ferb	Charlene Doofenshmirtz (voice)	9 episodes
2010-2015	Family Guy	Mistress Vita / Crystal Quagmire / Teen People Editor (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	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"
2013-2015	Masters of Sex	Margaret Scully	9 episodes
2013-present	Mom	Bonnie Plunkett	Main cast
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	F Is for Family	Henrietta Van Horne (voice)	3 episodes[29]
2017	Nobodies	Herself	2 episodes
2017	American Dad!	Jessie (voice)	Episode: "Family Plan"
2018	DuckTales	Goldie O'Gilt (voice)	Episode: "The Golden Lagoon of White Agony Plains!"

Music video

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2016	Let Me Be Your Girl[30]	Clown	Artist: Rachael Yamagata; Director: Josh Radnor

Awards and nominations

Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Allison Janney Charities

Allison Janney supports the following charitable causes: Breast Cancer, Animals, Cancer.

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