Actor
Allison Janney
Biography

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
Acting
2023 -- True Love: Making The Creator | Self
2023 -- The Creator | Colonel Howell
2023 -- Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love | Self - Guest
2022 -- The People We Hate at the Wedding | Donna
2022 -- Minions & More Volume 2 | Madge Nelson (voice)
2022 -- To Leslie | Nancy
2022 -- Lou | Lou
2022 -- Still Working 9 to 5 | Self
2021 -- Breaking News in Yuba County | Sue Buttons
2020 -- A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote | C.J. Cregg
2020 -- Lazy Susan | Velvet
2019 -- Bombshell | Susan Estrich
2019 -- Expedition Amelia | Narrator (voice)
2019 -- The Addams Family | Margaux Needler (voice)
2019 -- Bad Education | Pam Gluckin
2019 -- Ma | Doctor Brooks
2019 -- Troop Zero | Miss Massey
2018 -- Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal | Self (archive footage)
2017 -- I, Tonya | LaVona
2017 -- Sun Dogs | Rose Chipley
2017 -- A Happening of Monumental Proportions | Principal Nichols
2016 -- The Girl on the Train | Detective Sgt. Riley
2016 -- Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children | Dr. Golan
2016 -- Finding Dory | Peach (voice)
2016 -- Tallulah | Margo
2015 -- Binky Nelson Unpacified | Madge Nelson (voice)
2015 -- The Night Is Young | Wanda
2015 -- Minions | Madge Nelson (voice)
2015 -- Spy | Elaine Crocker
2015 -- The DUFF | Dottie Piper
2014 -- Days and Nights | Elizabeth
2014 -- Get on Up | Kathy
2014 -- Tammy | Deb
2014 -- The Rewrite | Mary Weldon
2014 -- Mr. Peabody & Sherman | Ms. Grunion (voice)
2014 -- Brightest Star | The Astronomer
2013 -- Bad Words | Dr. Bernice Deagan
2013 -- Touchy Feely | Bronwyn
2013 -- Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy | Narrator (voice)
2013 -- Struck by Lightning | Sheryl Phillips
2013 -- The Way Way Back | Betty Thompson
2013 -- Trust Me | Meg
2012 -- Celia | Celia
2012 -- Liberal Arts | Professor Judith Fairfield
2012 -- A Thousand Words | Samantha Davis
2011 -- Margaret | Monica Patterson
2011 -- The Oranges | Carol Ostroff
2011 -- The Help | Charlotte Phelan
2010 -- Backwash | Self
2010 -- Love and Distrust | Grechen (segment "Auto Motives")
2010 -- Life During Wartime | Trish Maplewood
2009 -- Away We Go | Lily
2009 -- It's Still Me! | Narrator (voice)
2008 -- Prop 8: The Musical | Prop 8 Leader's #1 Wife
2008 -- Pretty Ugly People | Suzanna
2007 -- Juno | Bren MacGuff
2007 -- Hairspray | Prudy Pringleton
2006 -- Strangers with Candy | Alice
2006 -- Over the Hedge | Gladys (voice)
2005 -- Our Very Own | Joan Whitfield
2005 -- The Chumscrubber | Allie Stiffle
2004 -- Piccadilly Jim | Eugenia Crocker
2004 -- Winter Solstice | Molly Ripkin
2003 -- Chicken Party | Barbara Strasser
2003 -- How to Deal | Lydia Martin
2003 -- Finding Nemo | Peach (voice)
2002 -- The Hours | Sally Lester
2002 -- Rooftop Kisses | Melissa
2001 -- A Girl Thing | Kathy McCormack
2000 -- Nurse Betty | Lyla
1999 -- American Beauty | Barbara Fitts
1999 -- Drop Dead Gorgeous | Loretta
1999 -- 10 Things I Hate About You | Ms. Perky
1998 -- David and Lisa | Alix
1998 -- The Impostors | Maxine (Max)
1998 -- Celebrity | Evelyn Isaacs
1998 -- Six Days Seven Nights | Marjorie
1998 -- The Object of My Affection | Constance Miller
1998 -- Primary Colors | Miss Walsh
1997 -- The Ice Storm | Dot Halford
1997 -- Julian Po | Lilah Leech
1997 -- Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing | Assistant D.A.
1997 -- Private Parts | Dee Dee
1997 -- ...First Do No Harm | Dr. Melanie Abbasac
1997 -- Anita Liberty | Gynecologist
1996 -- The Associate | Sandy
1996 -- Big Night | Ann
1996 -- Walking and Talking | Gum Puller
1996 -- Rescuing Desire | Betsy
1996 -- Faithful | Saleslady
1996 -- Flux | Heather
1995 -- Heading Home | Mary Polanski
1994 -- Miracle on 34th Street | Woman in Christmas Shop
1994 -- Wolf | Party Guest
1994 -- The Cowboy Way | NYPD Computer Operator
1994 -- Dead Funny | Jennifer
1993 -- Blind Spot | Doreen
1989 -- Who Shot Pat? | Miss Penny
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