Allison Janney

Allison Janney

1959-11-19 Boston, Massachusetts, USA 105 Credits

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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The Roses

The Roses

2025

as Eleanor

Acting

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

Everything's Going to Be Great

2025

as Macy

Acting

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

Another Simple Favor

2025

as Aunt Linda McLanden

5.8
Acting

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

True Love: Making The Creator

2023

as Self

8.0
Acting

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

The Creator

2023

as Colonel Howell

7.0
Acting

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

Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love

2023

as Self - Guest

8.4
Acting

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

The People We Hate at the Wedding

2022

as Donna

6.3
Acting

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

Minions & More Volume 2

2022

as Madge Nelson (voice)

7.3
Acting

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

To Leslie

2022

as Nancy

7.0
Acting

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

Lou

2022

as Lou

6.5
Acting

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

Lou

2022

Executive Producer

6.5
Producing

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

Still Working 9 to 5

2022

as Self

10.0
Acting

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

Breaking News in Yuba County

2021

as Sue Buttons

5.8
Acting

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

Breaking News in Yuba County

2021

Executive Producer

5.8
Producing

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

A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote

2020

as C.J. Cregg

8.0
Acting

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

Lazy Susan

2020

as Velvet

4.5
Acting

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

Bombshell

2019

as Susan Estrich

6.8
Acting

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

Expedition Amelia

2019

as Narrator (voice)

7.3
Acting

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

The Addams Family

2019

as Margaux Needler (voice)

6.6
Acting

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

Bad Education

2019

as Pam Gluckin

6.7
Acting

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

Ma

2019

as Doctor Brooks

5.8
Acting

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

Troop Zero

2019

as Miss Massey

6.9
Acting

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

Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal

2018

as Self (archive footage)

5.7
Acting

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

The Night Is Young

2018

as Wanda

6.9
Acting

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

I, Tonya

2017

as LaVona

7.5
Acting

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

Sun Dogs

2017

as Rose Chipley

6.6
Acting

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

A Happening of Monumental Proportions

2017

as Principal Nichols

5.2
Acting

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

The Girl on the Train

2016

as Detective Sgt. Riley

6.4
Acting

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

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

2016

as Dr. Golan

6.8
Acting

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

Finding Dory

2016

as Peach (voice)

7.0
Acting

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

Tallulah

2016

as Margo

6.7
Acting

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

Binky Nelson Unpacified

2015

as Madge Nelson (voice)

6.2
Acting

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

Minions

2015

as Madge Nelson (voice)

6.4
Acting

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

Spy

2015

as Elaine Crocker

6.8
Acting

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

The DUFF

2015

as Dottie Piper

6.8
Acting

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

Days and Nights

2014

as Elizabeth

4.5
Acting

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

Get on Up

2014

as Kathy

6.8
Acting

A chronicle of James Brown's rise from extreme poverty to become one of the most influential musicians in history.

Tammy

Tammy

2014

as Deb

5.3
Acting

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

The Rewrite

2014

as Mary Weldon

6.0
Acting

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

Mr. Peabody & Sherman

2014

as Ms. Grunion (voice)

6.7
Acting

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

Brightest Star

2013

as The Astronomer

4.2
Acting

A recent college graduate sets out to win back the girl of his dreams.

Touchy Feely

Touchy Feely

2013

as Bronwyn

4.7
Acting

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

Bad Words

2013

as Dr. Bernice Deagan

6.4
Acting

Forty-year-old misanthrope, Guy Trilby, enters the National Golden Quill Spelling Bee through a loophole in the rules.

Struck by Lightning

Struck by Lightning

2013

as Sheryl Phillips

6.2
Acting

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

Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy

2013

as Narrator (voice)

6.6
Acting

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

The Way Way Back

2013

as Betty Thompson

7.1
Acting

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

Trust Me

2013

as Meg

5.8
Acting

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

Celia

2012

as Celia

5.2
Acting

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

Liberal Arts

Liberal Arts

2012

as Professor Judith Fairfield

6.4
Acting

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

A Thousand Words

2012

as Samantha Davis

6.1
Acting

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

Margaret

2011

as Monica Patterson

6.3
Acting

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

The Oranges

2011

as Carol Ostroff

5.5
Acting

A man's affair with his friend's much-younger daughter throws two neighboring families into turmoil.

The Help

The Help

2011

as Charlotte Phelan

8.2
Acting

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

Backwash

2010

as Self

Acting

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

Love and Distrust

2010

as Grechen (segment "Auto Motives")

3.8
Acting

This collection of five short films artfully portrays desire's ability to both empower and destroy those who encounter it.

Life During Wartime

Life During Wartime

2010

as Trish Maplewood

6.0
Acting

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

Away We Go

2009

as Lily

6.7
Acting

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!

It's Still Me!

2009

as Narrator (voice)

Acting

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

Prop 8: The Musical

2008

as Prop 8 Leader's #1 Wife

7.2
Acting

The conflict of the aftermath of Proposition 8 (banning gay marriage in California) is solved by Jesus.

Pretty Ugly People

Pretty Ugly People

2008

as Suzanna

4.3
Acting

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

Juno

2007

as Bren MacGuff

7.1
Acting

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

Hairspray

Hairspray

2007

as Prudy Pringleton

6.7
Acting

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

Strangers with Candy

2006

as Alice

5.6
Acting

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

Over the Hedge

2006

as Gladys (voice)

6.6
Acting

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

Our Very Own

2005

as Joan Whitfield

5.9
Acting

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

The Chumscrubber

2005

as Allie Stiffle

6.5
Acting

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

Piccadilly Jim

2004

as Eugenia Crocker

6.5
Acting

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

Winter Solstice

2004

as Molly Ripkin

5.9
Acting

A widower confronts his older son's decision to leave home and his younger son's self-destructive behavior.

Chicken Party

Chicken Party

2003

as Barbara Strasser

Acting

A comedic look at crime, love, tolerance and fried chicken.

How to Deal

How to Deal

2003

as Lydia Martin

5.5
Acting

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

Finding Nemo

2003

as Peach (voice)

7.8
Acting

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

The Hours

2002

as Sally Lester

7.3
Acting

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

Rooftop Kisses

2002

as Melissa

7.0
Acting

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

A Girl Thing

2001

as Kathy McCormack

3.8
Acting

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

Nurse Betty

2000

as Lyla

6.1
Acting

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

American Beauty

1999

as Barbara Fitts

8.0
Acting

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

Drop Dead Gorgeous

1999

as Loretta

6.4
Acting

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

10 Things I Hate About You

1999

as Ms. Perky

7.6
Acting

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

David and Lisa

1998

as Alix

5.5
Acting

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

The Impostors

1998

as Maxine (Max)

5.8
Acting

Wrongly accused of physically abusing a fellow actor, starving thespians Arthur and Maurice find themselves pursued by the law aboard a cruise ship.

Celebrity

Celebrity

1998

as Evelyn Isaacs

6.0
Acting

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

Six Days Seven Nights

1998

as Marjorie

6.1
Acting

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

The Object of My Affection

1998

as Constance Miller

5.8
Acting

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

Primary Colors

1998

as Miss Walsh

6.3
Acting

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

The Ice Storm

1997

as Dot Halford

6.9
Acting

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

Julian Po

1997

as Lilah Leech

6.5
Acting

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

Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing

1997

as Assistant D.A.

6.0
Acting

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

Private Parts

1997

as Dee Dee

6.5
Acting

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

...First Do No Harm

1997

as Dr. Melanie Abbasac

6.9
Acting

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

Anita Liberty

1997

as Gynecologist

7.0
Acting

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

The Associate

1996

as Sandy

6.3
Acting

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

Big Night

1996

as Ann

7.0
Acting

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

Walking and Talking

Walking and Talking

1996

as Gum Puller

6.1
Acting

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

3.3
Acting

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

Faithful

1996

as Saleslady

5.4
Acting

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

Acting

1996 short film

Heading Home

Heading Home

1995

as Mary Polanski

Acting

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

Miracle on 34th Street

1994

as Woman in Christmas Shop

6.8
Acting

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

Wolf

1994

as Party Guest

6.1
Acting

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

The Cowboy Way

1994

as NYPD Computer Operator

5.7
Acting

Two championship rodeo partners travel to New York to find their missing friend, Nacho Salazar who went missing there.

Dead Funny

Dead Funny

1994

as Jennifer

5.0
Acting

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

Blind Spot

1993

as Doreen

6.0
Acting

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?

Who Shot Pat?

1989

as Miss Penny

4.5
Acting

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

Acting

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

Acting

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...