Researching Allison Janney
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 162 people with the Janney surname? In that year Janney was ranked number 3417 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Allison means "Form of ALISON - noble, kind" and is of Teutonic origin.
Records of Allison Janney on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Allison Janney and the Janney Family Tree
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| Did you know that there are currently 184 people with the Janney surname in the UK? Janney is now ranked number 3870 for popularity in the UK. |
Janney Family Tree Databases
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| Did you know that there are currently 3038 people with the Janney surname in the USA? Janney is ranked number 156 for popularity in the USA. |
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Allison Janney
Allison Brooks Janney (born November 19, 1959) is an American actress. In a career spanning across film, television and theatre, Janney is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, six Critics' Choice Awards, a Golden Globe Award, seven Primetime Emmy Awards, seven Screen Actors Guild 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 Arts 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 The West Wing (1999–2006), for which she received four Primetime Emmy Awards. In 2014, she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for her role as Margaret Scully on the Showtime period drama Masters of Sex. For her portrayal of Bonnie Plunkett, a cynical recovering addict on the CBS sitcom Mom (2013–2021), Janney received six Primetime Emmy Award nominations and won twice for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series.
Janney made her professional stage debut with the Off-Broadway production Ladies (1989), and followed with numerous bit parts in various similar productions, before making her Broadway debut with the 1996 revival of Present Laughter. She won two Drama Desk Awards and has been nominated for two Tony Awards for Best Featured Actress in a Play her performance in the Broadway revival of A View from the Bridge (1997), and for Best Actress in a Musical for her role in the original Broadway production of the musical 9 to 5 (2009).
Her film roles include Private Parts (1997), Primary Colors (1998), 10 Things I Hate About You (1999), Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999), American Beauty (1999), Nurse Betty (2000), The Hours (2002), Hairspray (2007), Juno (2007), The Help (2011), The Way, Way Back (2013), Tammy (2014), The Rewrite (2014), Spy (2015), Tallulah (2016), The Girl on the Train (2016), Bad Education (2019) and Bombshell (2019). She voiced roles in Finding Nemo (2003), Over the Hedge (2006), Minions (2015), and The Addams Family (2019). In 2017, for her portrayal of LaVona Golden in the black comedy I, Tonya, Janney won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
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