Allison Janney
Known for: Acting
Born: November 19, 1959
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…
Known for
Everything's Going to Be Great
2025
Our Very Own
2005
Brightest Star
2013
Days and Nights
2014
Flux
1996
Miss You, Love You
2026
Rooftop Kisses
2002
Breaking News in Yuba County
2021
Lou
2022
It's Still Me!
2009
Touchy Feely
2013
Celia
2012
Tallulah
2016
Binky Nelson Unpacified
2015
Bad Education
2019
Expedition Amelia
2019
The Heart
Lazy Susan
2020
Chicken Party
2003
Fonda
...First Do No Harm
1997
How to Deal
2003
A Happening of Monumental Proportions
2017
I, Tonya
2017
The People We Hate at the Wedding
2022
Minions & Monsters
2026
It's 'Hairspray'!
2007
The Creator
2023
Winter Solstice
2004
Mr. Peabody & Sherman
2014
The Oranges
2011
Anita Liberty
1997
Minions
2015
Sun Dogs
2017
Troop Zero
2019
Still Working 9 to 5
2022
Drop Dead Gorgeous
1999
Life During Wartime
2010
A Thousand Words
2012
Trust Me
2013
Bad Words
2013
True Love: Making The Creator
2023
Dead Funny
1994
Another Simple Favor
2025
David and Lisa
1998
Bombshell
2019
Heading Home
1995
A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote
2020
To Leslie
2022
The Dog Stars
2026
Juno
2007
Six Days Seven Nights
1998
Away We Go
2009
Liberal Arts
2012
Struck by Lightning
2013
The Way Way Back
2013
Tammy
2014
Spy
2015
The Rewrite
2014
The Girl on the Train
2016
Piccadilly Jim
2004
Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing
1997
Finding Nemo
2003
American Beauty
1999
Pretty Ugly People
2008
The Object of My Affection
1998
The Help
2011
Julian Po
1997
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
2016
The Night Is Young
2018
Not Alone
2027
Over the Hedge
2006
Big Night
1996
The Addams Family
2019
Rescuing Desire
1996
Auto Motives
2000
Margaret
2011
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
2013
Nurse Betty
2000
The DUFF
2015
Blind Spot
1993
The Roses
2025
The Debtors
1999
Hairspray
2007
10 Things I Hate About You
1999
The Cowboy Way
1994
You Can’t Stop the Beat: The Long Journey of "Hairspray"
2007
Prop 8: The Musical
2008
Miracle on 34th Street
1994
Who Shot Pat?
1989
Ma
2019
Strangers with Candy
2006
Faithful
1996
Private Parts
1997
The Hours
2002
Primary Colors
1998
Wolf
1994
Celebrity
1998
The Chumscrubber
2005
The Impostors
1998
The Ice Storm
1997
Walking and Talking
1996
Finding Dory
2016
Get On Up
2014
The Associate
1996
Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal
2018
Minions & More 2
2022
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
2023
Love and Distrust
2010
Weeds
2005
Law & Order
1990
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
Family Guy
1999
The Daily Show
1996
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
2006
King of the Hill
1997
The View
1997
Two and a Half Men
2003
Human Discoveries
2019
LateLine
1998
Frasier
1993
New York Undercover
1994
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
Aliens in the Family
1996
The EcoZone Project
2007
Mr. Sunshine
2011
Mom
2013
The Bonnie Hunt Show
2008
The West Wing
1999
Comedy Bang! Bang!
2012
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
Chelsea
2016
Intimate Portrait
1993
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
Phineas and Ferb
2007
Palm Royale
2024
The Graham Norton Show
2007
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Hollywood Game Night
2013
Celebrity Poker Showdown
2003
DuckTales
2017
Web Therapy
2008
Masters of Sex
2013
Who Do You Think You Are?
2010
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
The Arsenio Hall Show
2013
Veep
2012
Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000
The Kominsky Method
2018
The Simpsons
1989
American Dad!
2005
The Oscars
1953
Lost
2004
Celebrity IOU
2020
The Megan Mullally Show
2006
Golden Globe Awards
1944
The Diplomat
2023
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
Web Therapy
2011
In Plain Sight
2008
A Girl Thing
2001
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
The Soup
2004
People's Choice Awards
1975
The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA
1995
Tony Awards
1956
Be My Guest with Ina Garten
2022
Saturday Night Live
1975