Allison Janney

Allison Janney

Allison Brooks Janney is an American actress. Known for her performances across the screen and stage, she has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, eight Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Golden Globe Award, 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 in London following her graduation from Kenyon College. After years of minor and uncredited film and television appearances, Janney's breakthrough came with the role of C. J. Cregg in the NBC political drama series The West Wing, for which she received four Primetime Emmy Awards. In 2014, for her guest role of Margaret Scully, a sexually repressed 1950s housewife on Showtime's period drama series Masters of Sex, she won a fifth Emmy. For her portrayal of Bonnie Plunkett, a cynical recovering addict on the CBS sitcom Mom, Janney won two more Emmys.

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• Entity:  Actor

• Born:  Allison Brooks Janney, November 19, 1959, Boston, Massachusetts, U.s.
• Age:  66 Years
• Education:  Kenyon College, Royal Academy Of Dramatic Art
• Occupation:  Actress
• Years active:  1989–Present
• Partner(s):  Dennis Gagomiros (1994–2001), Richard Jenik (2002–2006)
• Born:  19 November 1959
• Wikidata description:  American Actress (Born 1959)
• Wikidata label:  Allison Janney
• Wikidata aliases:  Allison Janney

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