Allison Janney

Acting · Born 1959-11-19 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Biography

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…

Filmography

• Finding Nemo as Peach (voice)
• American Beauty as Barbara Fitts
• The Hours as Sally Lester
• 10 Things I Hate About You as Ms. Perky
• Juno as Bren MacGuff
• The Creator as Colonel Howell
• Big Night as Ann
• The Help as Charlotte Phelan
• The Way Way Back as Betty Thompson
• Finding Dory as Peach (voice)

TV

• Frasier as Susanna
• The West Wing as C.J. Cregg
• Frasier as Phyllis (voice)
• Phineas and Ferb as Charlene Doofenshmirtz (voice)
• DuckTales as Goldie O'Gilt (voice)
• Curb Your Enthusiasm as Cynthia
• The Simpsons as Julia (voice)
• Lost as Mother
• Weeds as Ms. Greenstein
• Law & Order as Nora