Allison Janney
Acting
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…
Filmography
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The Dog Stars
2026
Minions & Monsters
2026
Miss You, Love You
2026
The Roses
2025
Everything's Going to Be Great
2025
Another Simple Favor
2025
Palm Royale
2024
True Love: Making The Creator
2023
The Creator
2023
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
2023
The Diplomat
2023
The People We Hate at the Wedding
2022
Minions & More 2
2022
To Leslie
2022
Lou
2022
Be My Guest with Ina Garten
2022
Still Working 9 to 5
2022
Breaking News in Yuba County
2021
A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote
2020
Celebrity IOU
2020
Lazy Susan
2020
Bombshell
2019
Expedition Amelia
2019
The Addams Family
2019
Bad Education
2019
Human Discoveries
2019
Ma
2019
Troop Zero
2019
The Kominsky Method
2018
Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal
2018
The Night Is Young
2018
I, Tonya
2017
DuckTales
2017
Sun Dogs
2017
A Happening of Monumental Proportions
2017
The Girl on the Train
2016
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
2016
Finding Dory
2016
Tallulah
2016
Chelsea
2016
Binky Nelson Unpacified
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
Minions
2015
Spy
2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
The DUFF
2015
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
Days and Nights
2014
Get On Up
2014
Tammy
2014
The Rewrite
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
Mr. Peabody & Sherman
2014
Brightest Star
2013
Masters of Sex
2013
Mom
2013
The Arsenio Hall Show
2013
Touchy Feely
2013
Bad Words
2013
Hollywood Game Night
2013
Struck by Lightning
2013
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
2013
The Way Way Back
2013
Trust Me
2013
Celia
2012
Liberal Arts
2012
Comedy Bang! Bang!
2012
Veep
2012
A Thousand Words
2012
Margaret
2011
The Oranges
2011
The Help
2011
Web Therapy
2011
Mr. Sunshine
2011
Love and Distrust
2010
Life During Wartime
2010
Who Do You Think You Are?
2010
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
Away We Go
2009