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...
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Complete Filmography

The Roses
2025
as Eleanor
Life seems easy for picture-perfect couple Ivy and Theo: successful careers, a loving marriage, great kids. But beneath the façade of their supposed i...

Everything's Going to Be Great
2025
as Macy
When they are unexpectedly forced to move in with an estranged relative, the Smart Family must navigate oversized dreams, identity struggles and regio...

Another Simple Favor
2025
as Aunt Linda McLanden
Stephanie and Emily reunite on the beautiful island of Capri, Italy for Emily's extravagant wedding to a rich Italian businessman. Along with the glam...

True Love: Making The Creator
2023
as Self
Join director Gareth Edwards and crew for nearly an hour look behind the scenes. Hear from actors about the filming experience, and learn about the pr...

The Creator
2023
as Colonel Howell
Amid a future war between the human race and the forces of artificial intelligence, a hardened ex-special forces agent grieving the disappearance of h...

Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
2023
as Self - Guest
Paying tribute to a beloved national icon for her birthday, NBC celebrates Carol Burnett’s illustrious career with a star-studded event featuring an A...

The People We Hate at the Wedding
2022
as Donna
A dysfunctional family that can't seem to get along and get it together reluctantly reunites for a family wedding. As their many skeletons are wrenche...

Minions & More Volume 2
2022
as Madge Nelson (voice)
This collection of 11 short films produced by Illumination includes: From the "Despicable Me" franchise: Mower Minions (2016); Yellow Is the New Black...

To Leslie
2022
as Nancy
A West Texas single mother wins the lottery and squanders it just as fast, leaving behind a world of heartbreak. Years later, with her charm running o...

Lou
2022
as Lou
A young girl is kidnapped during a powerful storm. Her mother joins forces with her mysterious neighbour to set off in pursuit of the kidnapper. Their...

Lou
2022
Executive Producer
A young girl is kidnapped during a powerful storm. Her mother joins forces with her mysterious neighbour to set off in pursuit of the kidnapper. Their...

Still Working 9 to 5
2022
as Self
Examines the 40-year evolution of gender inequality and discrimination in the workplace since the 1980 release of the comedy film “9 to 5” starring Ja...

Breaking News in Yuba County
2021
as Sue Buttons
An overlooked pencil-pusher catches her husband in bed with another woman, the shock of which causes him to die of a heart attack. So she buries his b...

Breaking News in Yuba County
2021
Executive Producer
An overlooked pencil-pusher catches her husband in bed with another woman, the shock of which causes him to die of a heart attack. So she buries his b...

A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote
2020
as C.J. Cregg
Taped at Los Angeles’ iconic Orpheum Theatre, this staged presentation of The West Wing’s “Hartsfield’s Landing” episode stars core cast members along...

Lazy Susan
2020
as Velvet
Susan has always been the self-centered oddball in her family who lazily skated through life with their begrudging support until one day she wakes up ...

Bombshell
2019
as Susan Estrich
Bombshell is a revealing look inside the most powerful and controversial media empire of all time; and the explosive story of the women who brought do...

Expedition Amelia
2019
as Narrator (voice)
Explorer Robert Ballard sets out to solve the mystery of Amelia Earhart's disappearance as he and a team of experts travel to the remote Pacific atoll...

The Addams Family
2019
as Margaux Needler (voice)
The Addams family's lives begin to unravel when they face-off against a treacherous, greedy crafty reality-TV host while also preparing for their exte...

Bad Education
2019
as Pam Gluckin
A superintendent of a school district works for the betterment of the student’s education when an embezzlement scheme is discovered, threatening to de...

Ma
2019
as Doctor Brooks
Sue Ann is a loner who keeps to herself in her quiet Ohio town. One day, she is asked by Maggie, a new teenager in town, to buy some booze for her and...

Troop Zero
2019
as Miss Massey
In rural 1977 Georgia, a misfit girl dreams of life in outer space. When a national competition offers her a chance at her dream, to be recorded on NA...

Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Examine the rise and fall of Hollywood media mogul Harvey Weinstein following the scandal in 2017. Learn from exclusive interviews with those who knew...

The Night Is Young
2018
as Wanda
This is the story of the night Matt and Dave met Amy and Syd. All feeling a bit fed up with their jobs and Los Angeles, luck would have it that they d...

I, Tonya
2017
as LaVona
Competitive ice skater Tonya Harding rises amongst the ranks at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, but her future in the sport is thrown into doub...

Sun Dogs
2017
as Rose Chipley
A man eager to serve his country but rejected by the Marines pairs up with a young runaway to form an unlikely team on a misguided adventure.

A Happening of Monumental Proportions
2017
as Principal Nichols
During the course of one day, a group of students at a school in Los Angeles find themselves caught up in a plot of sex, lies and dead bodies.

The Girl on the Train
2016
as Detective Sgt. Riley
Rachel Watson, devastated by her recent divorce, spends her daily commute fantasizing about the seemingly perfect couple who live in a house that her ...

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
2016
as Dr. Golan
A teenager finds himself transported to an island where he must help protect a group of orphans with special powers from creatures intent on destroyin...

Finding Dory
2016
as Peach (voice)
Dory is reunited with her friends Nemo and Marlin in the search for answers about her past. What can she remember? Who are her parents? And where did ...

Tallulah
2016
as Margo
Desperate to be rid of her toddler, a dissatisfied Beverly Hills housewife hires a stranger to babysit and ends up getting much more than she bargaine...

Binky Nelson Unpacified
2015
as Madge Nelson (voice)
After a daring heist at a museum, the youngest member of the villainous Nelson family, Binky, realizes he's left behind his beloved pacifier. Determin...

Minions
2015
as Madge Nelson (voice)
Minions Stuart, Kevin and Bob are recruited by Scarlet Overkill, a super-villain who, alongside her inventor husband Herb, hatches a plot to take over...

Spy
2015
as Elaine Crocker
A desk-bound CIA analyst volunteers to go undercover to infiltrate the world of a deadly arms dealer, and prevent diabolical global disaster.

The DUFF
2015
as Dottie Piper
Bianca's universe turns upside down when she learns that her high school refers to her as a ‘DUFF' (Designated Ugly Fat Friend). Hoping to erase that ...

Days and Nights
2014
as Elizabeth
Reckless desire wreaks havoc over Memorial Day weekend as a family confronts the volatile and fragile nature of love. A modern retelling of Anton Chek...

Get on Up
2014
as Kathy
A chronicle of James Brown's rise from extreme poverty to become one of the most influential musicians in history.

Tammy
2014
as Deb
For Tammy, a burger-joint employee, a bad day keeps getting worse. She wrecks her car, loses her job, and finds that her husband has been unfaithful. ...

The Rewrite
2014
as Mary Weldon
An Oscar-winning writer in a slump leaves Hollywood to teach screenwriting at a college on the East Coast, where he falls for a single mom taking clas...

Mr. Peabody & Sherman
2014
as Ms. Grunion (voice)
A young boy and his dog, who happens to have a genius-level IQ, spring into action when their time-machine is stolen and moments in history begin to b...

Brightest Star
2013
as The Astronomer
A recent college graduate sets out to win back the girl of his dreams.

Touchy Feely
2013
as Bronwyn
Abby is a sought after massage therapist and a free spirit, while her brother Paul thrives on routine, running a failing dental practice with his assi...

Bad Words
2013
as Dr. Bernice Deagan
Forty-year-old misanthrope, Guy Trilby, enters the National Golden Quill Spelling Bee through a loophole in the rules.

Struck by Lightning
2013
as Sheryl Phillips
After being struck and killed by lightning, a young man recounts the way he blackmailed his fellow classmates into contributing to his literary magazi...

Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
2013
as Narrator (voice)
Revisits President John F. Kennedy's presidential legacy through 21 of the more than 800,000 condolence letters written to Jackie Kennedy after JFK's ...

The Way Way Back
2013
as Betty Thompson
Shy 14-year-old Duncan goes on summer vacation with his mother, her overbearing boyfriend, and her boyfriend's daughter. Having a rough time fitting i...

Trust Me
2013
as Meg
In an attempt to sign a Hollywood starlet, struggling talent agent and former child star Howard Holloway must contend with her volatile father, a sche...

Celia
2012
as Celia
A doctor is forced into an uncomfortable decision when her patient turns out to be the daughter of an old friend.

Liberal Arts
2012
as Professor Judith Fairfield
Newly single, 35, and uninspired by his job, Jesse Fisher worries that his best days are behind him. But no matter how much he buries his head in a bo...

A Thousand Words
2012
as Samantha Davis
Jack McCall is a fast-talking literary agent, who can close any deal, any time, any way. He has set his sights on New Age guru Dr. Sinja for his own s...

Margaret
2011
as Monica Patterson
A young woman witnesses a bus accident, and is caught up in the aftermath, where the question of whether or not it was intentional affects many people...

The Oranges
2011
as Carol Ostroff
A man's affair with his friend's much-younger daughter throws two neighboring families into turmoil.

The Help
2011
as Charlotte Phelan
Aibileen Clark is a middle-aged African-American maid who has spent her life raising white children and has recently lost her only son; Minny Jackson ...

Backwash
2010
as Self
The tale of three slacker friends and the adventures that ensure after one of them inadvertently robs a bank armed only with a large salami. Many gues...

Love and Distrust
2010
as Grechen (segment "Auto Motives")
This collection of five short films artfully portrays desire's ability to both empower and destroy those who encounter it.

Life During Wartime
2010
as Trish Maplewood
Friends, family, and lovers struggle to find love, forgiveness, and meaning in an almost war-torn world riddled with comedy and pathos. Follows Solond...

Away We Go
2009
as Lily
Verona and Burt have moved to Colorado to be close to Burt's parents but, with Verona expecting their first child, Burt's parents inexplicably decide ...

It's Still Me!
2009
as Narrator (voice)
A guide for people with aphasia and their loved ones, in order to help them learn how to communicate with each other more effectively.

Prop 8: The Musical
2008
as Prop 8 Leader's #1 Wife
The conflict of the aftermath of Proposition 8 (banning gay marriage in California) is solved by Jesus.

Pretty Ugly People
2008
as Suzanna
Lucy has always used food to escape life's problems, but when this self-titled "fat friend" lures her group of old college buddies to the Montana wild...

Juno
2007
as Bren MacGuff
Faced with an unplanned pregnancy, sixteen year old high-schooler, Juno MacGuff, makes an unusual decision regarding her unborn child.

Hairspray
2007
as Prudy Pringleton
Pleasantly plump teenager Tracy Turnblad auditions to be on Baltimore's most popular dance show - The Corny Collins Show - and lands a prime spot. Thr...

Strangers with Candy
2006
as Alice
A prequel to the critically acclaimed series featuring Jerri Blank, a 46 year old ex-junkie, ex-con who returns to high school in a bid to start her l...

Over the Hedge
2006
as Gladys (voice)
A scheming raccoon fools a mismatched family of forest creatures into helping him repay a debt of food, by invading the new suburban sprawl that poppe...

Our Very Own
2005
as Joan Whitfield
In 1978, five teenagers in Shelbyville, Tennessee look to meet the actress Sondra Locke, who's rumored to return to town for the local premiere of her...

The Chumscrubber
2005
as Allie Stiffle
The Chumscrubber is a dark comedy about the lives of people who live in upper-class suburbia. It all begins when Dean Stiffle finds the body of his fr...

Piccadilly Jim
2004
as Eugenia Crocker
Set in the 1930s, an American with a scandalous reputation on both sides of the Atlantic must do an about-face in order to win back the woman of his d...

Winter Solstice
2004
as Molly Ripkin
A widower confronts his older son's decision to leave home and his younger son's self-destructive behavior.

Chicken Party
2003
as Barbara Strasser
A comedic look at crime, love, tolerance and fried chicken.

How to Deal
2003
as Lydia Martin
Halley is convinced true love doesn't exist based on the crazy relationships around her. Her mother is divorcing her father who is dating a younger wo...

Finding Nemo
2003
as Peach (voice)
Nemo, an adventurous young clownfish, is unexpectedly taken from his Great Barrier Reef home to a dentist's office aquarium. It's up to his worrisome ...

The Hours
2002
as Sally Lester
The story of three women searching for more potent, meaningful lives. Each is alive at a different time and place, all are linked by their yearnings a...

Rooftop Kisses
2002
as Melissa
This is a film that tells the story of a twelve year old boy who has to come to terms with the death of his father as it relates to the selling of his...

A Girl Thing
2001
as Kathy McCormack
A Girl Thing is a mini-series that revolves around a New York city street, a coffee house and a shrinks office. Dr. Beth Noonan is the therapist to on...

Nurse Betty
2000
as Lyla
What happens when a person decides that life is merely a state of mind? If you're Betty, a small-town waitress and soap opera fan from Fair Oaks, Kans...

American Beauty
1999
as Barbara Fitts
Lester Burnham, a depressed suburban father in a mid-life crisis, decides to turn his hectic life around after developing an infatuation with his daug...

Drop Dead Gorgeous
1999
as Loretta
In a small Minnesota town, the annual beauty pageant is being covered by a TV crew. Former winner Gladys Leeman wants to make sure her daughter follow...

10 Things I Hate About You
1999
as Ms. Perky
On the first day at his new school, Cameron instantly falls for Bianca, the gorgeous girl of his dreams. The only problem is that Bianca is forbidden ...

David and Lisa
1998
as Alix
A psychiatrist tries to treat an emotionally disturbed teenage boy who has a pathological fear of being touched. The only person who can communicate e...

The Impostors
1998
as Maxine (Max)
Wrongly accused of physically abusing a fellow actor, starving thespians Arthur and Maurice find themselves pursued by the law aboard a cruise ship.

Celebrity
1998
as Evelyn Isaacs
The career and personal life of writer Lee are at a standstill, so he divorces his bashful wife, Robin, and dives into a new job as an entertainment j...

Six Days Seven Nights
1998
as Marjorie
In the South Pacific island of Makatea, career-driven magazine editor Robin Monroe is on a week-long vacation getaway with her boyfriend, Frank Martin...

The Object of My Affection
1998
as Constance Miller
A pregnant New York social worker begins to develop romantic feelings for her gay best friend, and decides she'd rather raise her child with him, much...

Primary Colors
1998
as Miss Walsh
In this adaptation of the best-selling roman à clef about Bill Clinton's 1992 run for the White House, the young and gifted Henry Burton is tapped to ...

The Ice Storm
1997
as Dot Halford
In the weekend after thanksgiving 1973 the Hood family is skidding out of control. Then an ice storm hits, the worst in a century.

Julian Po
1997
as Lilah Leech
Christian Slater is a stranger who comes to a small town. The local citizens think he's up to no good. After bothering him for a while, he blurts out ...

Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing
1997
as Assistant D.A.
The incredible story of the events leading up to the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center in New York and the capture of the terrorists.

Private Parts
1997
as Dee Dee
The life and career of shock-jock superstar Howard Stern is recounted from his humble beginnings to his view from the top. Possessing a desire to be a...

...First Do No Harm
1997
as Dr. Melanie Abbasac
When Lori Reimuller learns that her young son Robbie has epilepsy, she first trusts the judgment of the hospital staff in how best to bring it under c...

Anita Liberty
1997
as Gynecologist
Anita's boyfriend Mitchell dumped her after 3.5 years for Heather. All she can think about is humiliating him, mostly in poems that are bitter, banal,...

The Associate
1996
as Sandy
Laurel Ayres is a businesswoman trying to make it but unfortunately she works at a investment firm where she does all the work but all the senior inve...

Big Night
1996
as Ann
Primo and Secondo, two immigrant brothers, pin their hopes on a banquet honoring Louis Prima to save their struggling restaurant.

Walking and Talking
1996
as Gum Puller
Just as Amelia thinks she's over her anxiety and insecurity, her best friend announces her engagement, bringing her anxiety and insecurity right back.
Rescuing Desire
1996
as Betsy
Toni, a very accomplished social worker and award winning nurse, is engaged to successful physician, Dr Ralph Mallory and works in a hospital run by R...

Faithful
1996
as Saleslady
A depressed housewife whose husband is having an affair contemplates suicide, but changes her mind when she faces death by a killer hired to do her in...
Flux
1996
as Heather
1996 short film

Heading Home
1995
as Mary Polanski
A Vietnam War–era drama chronicling the emotional journey of two unlikely friends who form a bond en route to Washington, D.C.

Miracle on 34th Street
1994
as Woman in Christmas Shop
Six-year-old Susan Walker has doubts about childhood's most enduring miracle—Santa Claus. Her mother told her the secret about Santa a long time ago, ...

Wolf
1994
as Party Guest
Aging publisher Will Randall is at the end of his rope when a younger co-worker snatches his job out from under his nose. But after being bitten by a ...

The Cowboy Way
1994
as NYPD Computer Operator
Two championship rodeo partners travel to New York to find their missing friend, Nacho Salazar who went missing there.

Dead Funny
1994
as Jennifer
When her practical joker boyfriend dies, a young woman recalls all the pranks he pulled as she tries to figure out who murdered him.

Blind Spot
1993
as Doreen
Tragedy befalls Congresswoman Nell Harrington and her family when her son-in-law dies in a car accident, and Harrington's pregnant daughter, Phoebe, i...

Who Shot Pat?
1989
as Miss Penny
A coming-of-age tale set in Brooklyn during the late '50s which centers around the high school life of a group of teens that have to deal with racial ...
Miss You, Love You
N/A
With her husband's funeral to plan and grieving to be done, a woman reaches out to her estranged son. He refuses to come home, choosing instead to sen...
The Heart
N/A
A couple who, while desperate for cash, agree to take the job of delivering a human heart from New York to Florida in 24 hours. When they realize that...