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.

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Allison Janney

Filmografia

Alla ricerca di Nemo

American Beauty

The Hours

Prop 8: The Musical

Wolf - La belva è fuori

Hairspray - Grasso è bello

Bella da morire

10 cose che odio di te

Funny money - come fare i soldi senza lavorare

Juno

Sei giorni sette notti

La gang del bosco

Pretty Ugly People

I colori della vittoria

Celebrity

Un passo verso il domani

Strangers with Candy

Kidnapped - Il rapimento

Margaret

Contratto d'amore

Parlando e sparlando

L'oggetto del mio desiderio

Perdona e dimentica

Everything's Going to Be Great

The Creator

Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love

Big Night

The Help

American Life

Winter Solstice

Una bugia di troppo

Mr. Peabody & Sherman

Our Very Own

Liberal Arts

Struck by Lightning

Julian Po

Scusa, mi piace tuo padre

Touchy Feely

C'era una volta un'estate

Trust Me

Bad Words

Anita Liberty

Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy

Tammy

Brightest Star

Days and Nights

Spy

True Love: Making The Creator

Professore per amore

Infedeli per sempre

Flux

Dead Funny

L'A.S.S.O. nella manica

Miss You, Love You

Get on Up - La storia di James Brown

Miss Peregrine - La casa dei ragazzi speciali

Minions & More 2

Celia

Minions

Tallulah

Un altro piccolo favore

Ciuccio Nelson senza Ciucciotto

Gli imbroglioni

David e Lisa

La ragazza del treno

Sonny & Pepper - Due irresistibili cowboy

Alla ricerca di Dory

Sun Dogs

Betty Love

Rooftop Kisses

A Happening of Monumental Proportions

The Night Is Young

Tonya

Private Parts

Who Shot Pat?