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Allison Janney Personal Profile

Famous as:	Actress
Birth Name:	Allison Brooks Janney
Birth Date:	November 19, 1959
Birth place:	Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Height:	1.83 m
Nationalty:	American
Hair Color:	Blonde
Eye Color:	Blue
Education:	Kenyon College, Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Father:	Jervis Spencer Janney, Jr.
Mother:	Macy Brooks Putnam
Brother:	Jay Janney, Hal Janney

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Allison Brooks Janney better known as Allison Janney is a famous American actress. She was born on November 19, 1959 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. She is the daughter of Macy Brooks Putnam and Jervis Spencer Janney, Jr. She has two brothers Jay and Hal. She made her first debut in 1989 in the film Who Shot Patakango? in which she played the role of Miss Penny. In 1991 she made her debut in TV series Morton & Hayes in which she played the role of Beatrice Caldicott. In 1996 she made her appearance in the film Big Night in which she played the role of Ann for which she was nominated for Chlotrudis Award for Best Supporting Actress. In 1999 she made her debut in the film American Beauty in which she appeared as Barbara Fitts and for her performance in the film she won two awards: Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast and Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture. In 2002 she played the role of Sally Lester in the film The Hours for which she was nominated for Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast and Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture. In 2005 she was nominated for Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female for her performance in the film Our Very Own. In 2011 she won several awards and nominations for her performance in the film The Help in which she played the role of Charlotte Phelan. In 2012 she portrayed the role of Prof. Judith Fairfield in the film Liberal Arts. In 2013 she made her appearance in the film The Way, Way Back in which she appeared as Betty.

Allison Janney Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role
1989	Who Shot Patakango?	Miss Penny
1994	Dead Funny	Jennifer
	The Cowboy Way	NYPD computer operator
	Wolf	Party guest
	Miracle on 34th Street	Christmas shop woman
1995	Heading Home	Unknown role
1996	Flux	Heather
	Rescuing Desire	Betsy
	Walking and Talking	Gum Puller
	Big Night	Ann
	Faithful	Saleswoman
	The Associate	Sandy
1997	Anita Liberty	Gynecologist
	Private Parts	Dee Dee
	The Ice Storm	Dot Halford
	Julian Po	Lilah Leech
1998	Primary Colors	Miss Walsh
	The Object of My Affection	Constance Miller
	The Impostors	Maxine
	Six Days Seven Nights	Marjorie, Robin’s boss
	Celebrity	Evelyn Isaacs
1999	10 Things I Hate About You	Ms. Perky
	Drop Dead Gorgeous	Loretta
	American Beauty	Barbara Fitts
	The Debtors
2000	Leaving Drew	Paula
	Auto Motives	Gretchen
	Nurse Betty	Lyla Branch
	Rooftop Kisses	Melissa
2002	The Hours	Sally Lester
2003	Finding Nemo	Peach
	How to Deal	Lydia Martin
	Chicken Party	Barbara Strasser
2004	Piccadilly Jim	Eugenia Crocker
	Winter Solstice	Molly Ripkin
2005	Strangers with Candy	Alice
	The Chumscrubber	Allie Stiffle
	Our Very Own	Joan Whitfield
2006	Over the Hedge	Gladys Sharp
2007	Hairspray	Prudy Pingleton
	Juno	Brenda ‘Bren’ MacGuff
2008	Pretty Ugly People	Suzanna
	Prop 8: The Musical	Prop 8 leader’s wife
2009	Away We Go	Lily
2009	Life During Wartime	Trish
2011	Margaret	Wounded woman / Monica Patterson
	A Thousand Words	Samantha Davis
	The Help	Charlotte Phelan
2012	The Oranges	Cathy Ostroff
	Struck By Lightning	Sheryl Phillips
	Liberal Arts	Prof. Judith Fairfield
2013	The Way, Way Back	Betty
2013	Days and Nights
2013	Bad Words
TBD	Untitled Marc Lawrence film
2014	Tammy
	Mr. Peabody & Sherman	Mrs. Grunion

Television

Year	Title	Role
1991	Morton & Hayes	Beatrice Caldicott
1993	Blind Spot	Doreen
1993–95	Guiding Light	Ginger
1992–94	Law & Order	Ann Madsen/Nora
1995	The Wright Verdicts
	New York Undercover	Vivian
1996	Aliens in the Family	Principal Sherman
	Cosby	Podiatric Nurse
1997	…First Do No Harm	Dr. Melanie Abbasac
	Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing	Assistant District Attorney
1998	David and Lisa	Alix
1999	LateLine	Helen Marschant
2000	A Girl Thing	Kathy McCormack
2001–02	Frasier	Phyllis/Susanna
2003	King of the Hill	Laura
2005	Weeds	Ms. Greenstein – Attorney
1999–2006	The West Wing	C.J. Cregg
2007	Two and a Half Men	Beverly
	Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip	Herself
2008–present	Phineas and Ferb	Charlene Doofenshmirtz
2009	63rd Tony Awards	Violet from 9 to 5/Herself
2010	Shameless (U.S. TV series)	Sheila
	Family Guy	Teen People Editor
	Lost	“Mother”
	In Plain Sight	Allison Pearson
2011	Mr. Sunshine	Crystal Cohen
2013	Veep (TV series)	Janet Ryland
	Mom	Bonnie

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