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Allison Janney

Highest Rated: 99% Finding Nemo (2003)

Lowest Rated: 0% Days and Nights (2013)

Birthday: Nov 19, 1959

Birthplace: Dayton, Ohio, USA

After spending almost two decades in regional theater, actress Allison Janney became a household name playing White House press secretary C.J. Gregg on the popular and acclaimed television drama, "The West Wing" (NBC, 1999-2006). Prior to this success, Janney was a New York-based performer looking for her first big break while taking whatever role she could get her hands on. Frustrated to the point of almost quitting for good, she had her first real breakthrough with a stunning Broadway debut in Neil Coward's "Present Laughter" (1996). More Broadway success came her way the following year when she earned a Tony Award nomination for her turn in Arthur Miller's "A View From the Bridge" (1997). During her high-profile run on "The West Wing" - during which she netted four Emmy Awards - she managed to also find time for several well-regarded supporting turns in independent films like "The Hours" (2002) and "Winter Solstice" (2005). But it was her memorable performance as the caring, but disappointed stepmother of a pregnant teenager in "Juno" (2007) that allowed audiences to see the depth and breadth of Janney's talent in both mediums. She followed this up with her critically-acclaimed role as the matriarch of a multi-generationally dysfunctional family in the Chuck Lorre sitcom "Mom" (CBS 2013- ), in which she starred opposite Anna Faris.

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Highest-Rated Movies

99% 86% Finding Nemo Watchlist
97% 84% Big Night
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95% 78% Spy Watchlist 94% 83% Bad Education Watchlist 93% 88% Juno Watchlist 93% Still Working 9 to 5 Watchlist
93% 92% A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote
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93% 86% To Leslie Watchlist
92% 84% Hairspray
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90% 88% I, Tonya Watchlist

Filmography

Movies TV Shows
The Creator 68% 76% 2023 Colonel Howell Actor Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love 80% 2023 Self The People We Hate at the Wedding 31% 39% 2022 Actor To Leslie 93% 86% 2022 Nancy Actor Lou 69% 61% 2022 Lou Actor, Executive Producer Still Working 9 to 5 93% 2022 Self Breaking News in Yuba County 11% 45% 2021 Sue Buttons Actor, Executive Producer A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote 93% 92% 2020 C.J. Cregg Actor Lazy Susan 10% 49% 2020 Velvet Actor Bad Education 94% 83% 2019 Pam Gluckin Actor Troop Zero 69% 75% 2019 Miss Massey Actor Bombshell 68% 84% 2019 Susan Estrich Actor The Addams Family 46% 69% 2019 Margaux Needler Voice Ma 55% 64% 2019 Doctor Brooks Actor Troupe Zero 2019 Actor A Happening of Monumental Proportions 29% 51% 2017 Principal Nichols Actor Sun Dogs 68% 2017 Rose Chipley Actor I, Tonya 90% 88% 2017 LaVona Golden Actor The Girl on the Train 44% 49% 2016 Detective Riley Actor Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 65% 60% 2016 Dr. Golan Actor Tallulah 85% 69% 2016 Actor Minions 55% 49% 2015 Madge Nelson Voice Spy 95% 78% 2015 Elaine Crocker Actor The DUFF 73% 66% 2015 Dottie Actor The Rewrite 66% 43% 2014 Mary Weldon Actor
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