Allison Janney

Acting

Born 1959-11-19 Boston, Massachusetts, USA 170 credits Academy Awards 1 Primetime Emmy Awards 7 Golden Globe Awards 1 BAFTA Awards 1 Screen Actors Guild Awards 6 Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Cast 2 Satellite Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama 1 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play 1

Awards

Won 1 Academy Award

Academy Awards 1 won

2018 Best Supporting Actress Won I, Tonya

Primetime Emmy Awards 7 won · 2 nominated

2015 Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Won Mom
2014 Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series Won Masters of Sex
2014 Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Won Mom
2006 Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series Nominated The West Wing
2004 Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series Won The West Wing
2003 Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series Nominated The West Wing
2002 Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series Won The West Wing
2001 Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Won The West Wing
2000 Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Won The West Wing

Golden Globe Awards 1 won · 2 nominated

2018 Golden Globe Awards Won
2003 Best Actress – Television Series Drama Nominated The West Wing
2002 Best Actress – Television Series Drama Nominated The West Wing

BAFTA Awards 1 won

2018 Best Actress in a Supporting Role Won I, Tonya

Screen Actors Guild Awards 6 won · 9 nominated

2012 Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Won The Help
2008 Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Nominated Hairspray
2006 Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Nominated The West Wing
2005 Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Nominated The West Wing
2005 Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series Nominated The West Wing
2004 Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Nominated The West Wing
2004 Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series Nominated The West Wing
2003 Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series Nominated The West Wing
2003 Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Nominated The West Wing
2003 Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Nominated The Hours
2002 Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Won The West Wing
2002 Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series Won The West Wing
2001 Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Won The West Wing
2001 Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series Won The West Wing
2000 Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Won American Beauty

Tony Awards 2 nominated

2009 Best Actress in a Musical Nominated
1998 Best Actress in a Play Nominated

Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female 2 nominated

2011 Best Supporting Female Nominated Life During Wartime
2006 Best Supporting Female Nominated Our Very Own

Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Cast 2 won

2011 Best Cast Won The Help
2007 Best Cast Won Hairspray

Satellite Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama 1 won · 1 nominated

2003 Best Actress – Television Series Drama Nominated The West Wing
2001 Best Actress – Television Series Drama Won The West Wing

Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play 1 won · 1 nominated

1998 Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play Won
1997 Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play Nominated

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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.