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Allison Janney

Allison Janney

  • Interprétation
  • 19 novembre 1959 · 66 ans
  • Boston, Massachusetts, USA

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.

Titres phares

  • Série4.9
  • Série5.1
  • Série8.0

    The Simpsons

    Les Simpson

    1989 · 11K votes

  • Série7.3

    Law & Order

    New York Police Judiciaire

    1990 · 733 votes

  • Série6.1
  • Série6.4

    The Daily Show

    Le Daily Show

    1996 · 670 votes

  • Série7.4

    Family Guy

    Les Griffin

    1999 · 5.1K votes

  • Série7.0

    American Dad!

    2005 · 2.5K votes

Filmographie48

  1. 2026
  2. 2025
  3. 2023
  4. 2019
  5. 2017
  6. 2016
  7. 2015
  8. 2014
  9. 2011
    • The Help

      La Couleur des sentiments

      Film8.2

  10. 2009
  11. 2007
  12. 2006
  13. 2005
  14. 2004
    • Lost

      Lost : Les Disparus

      Série8.0

  15. 2003
  16. 2000
  17. 1999
  18. 1998
  19. 1997
  20. 1996
  21. 1993
  22. 1990
  23. 1989
  24. 1988
  25. 1975
  26. 1944