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Allison Janney

Allison Brooks Janney is an American actress. A character actress, Janney is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, seven Primetime Emmy Awards, and seven Screen Actors Guild Awards.

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Minions

2015
as Madge Nelson (voice)

Finding Dory

2016
as Peach (voice)

Mom

2013
as Bonnie Plunkett

I, Tonya

2017
as LaVona Golden

The Help

2011
as Charlotte Phelan

Finding Nemo

2003
as Peach (voice)

Spy

2015
as Elaine Crocker

The Girl On The Train

2016
as Detective Sgt. Riley

The Creator

2023
as Colonel Howell

Masters of Sex

2013
as Margaret Scully

Over the Hedge

2006
as Gladys (voice)

Lou

2022
as Lou

The Addams Family

2019
as Margaux Needler (voice)

The West Wing

1999
as C.J. Cregg

Bombshell

2019
as Susan Estrich

The DUFF

2015
as Dottie Piper

American Beauty

1999
as Barbara Fitts

Palm Royale

2024
as Evelyn

DuckTales (2017)

2017
as Goldie O’Gilt

Mr. Peabody & Sherman

2014
as Ms. Grunion (voice)

Phineas and Ferb

2007
as Charlene Doofenshmirtz

Juno

2007
as Bren MacGuff

Ma

2019
as Doctor Brooks

Tammy

2014
as Deb

Hairspray

2007
as Prudy Pringleton

A Thousand Words

2012
as Samantha Davis

The Addams Family 2

2021
as Margaux Needler

Bad Education

2020
as Pam Gluckin

The Way Way Back

2013
as Betty Thompson

The Diplomat

2023
as Vice President Grace Penn

Troop Zero

2020
as Miss Massey

The Object of My Affection

1998
as Constance Miller

Tallulah

2016
as Margo

Liberal Arts

2012
as Professor Judith Fairfield

Miracle on 34th Street

1994
as Woman in Christmas Shop

The Hours

2002
as Sally Lester

Web Therapy (2011)

2011
as Judith Frick

Private Parts

1997
as Dee Dee

Away We Go

2009
as Lily

Winter Solstice

2004
as Molly Ripkin

A Book of Common Prayer

2015
as Grace Strasser-Mendana

Rooftop Kisses

2002
as Melissa

Margaret

2011
as Wounded Woman

Anita Liberty

1997
as Gynecologist

Get on Up

2014
as Kathy

Brightest Star

2014
as The Astronomer

Days and Nights

2014
as Elizabeth

The Chumscrubber

2005
as Allie Stiffle

How to Deal

2003
as Lydia Martin

Celebrity

1998
as Evelyn Isaacs

Primary Colors

1998
as Miss Walsh

Touchy Feely

2013
as Bronwyn

Julian Po

1997
as Lilah Leech

The Associate

1996
as Sandy

Faithful

1996
as Saleslady

Binky Nelson Unpacified

2015
as Madge Nelson (voice)

A Girl Thing

2001
as Kathy McCormack

Dead Funny

1994
as Jennifer

Mr. Sunshine

2011
as Crystal Cohen

Piccadilly Jim

2005
as Eugenia Crocker

Lazy Susan

2020
as Velvet

To Leslie

2022
as Nancy

Sun Dogs

2017
as Rose Chipley

Trust Me

2013
as Meg

Struck by Lightning

2012
as Sheryl Phillips

Bad Words

2013
as Dr. Bernice Deagan

...First Do No Harm

1997
as Dr. Melanie Abbasac

Heading Home

1995
as Mary Polanski

Nurse Betty

2000
as Lyla Branch

The Oranges

2011
as Carol Ostroff

Who Shot Patakango?

1989
as Miss Penny

The Cowboy Way

1994
as NYPD Computer Operator

Big Night

1996
as Ann

The Rewrite

2014
as Mary Weldon

Walking and Talking

1996
as Gum Puller

Celia

2012
as Celia

Wolf

1994
as Party Guest

Our Very Own

2005
as Joan Whitfield

The Ice Storm

1997
as Dot Halford

Guest Star

Episode Chelsea Lately
Allison Janney
2014
Episode DuckTales (2017)
Escape from the ImpossiBin!
2020
Episode DuckTales (2017)
The Outlaw Scrooge McDuck!
2019
Episode Conan (2010)
Allison Janney, Brett Gelman, Brooks Wheelan
2014
Episode The Graham Norton Show
Episode 18
2018
Episode The Big C
Life Rights
2012
Episode Variety: Actors on Actors
Episode 2
2018
Episode The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Allison Janney, Colin Quinn, Margaret Cho
2015
Episode Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Allison Williams & Allison Janney
2014
Episode Law & Order
Star Struck
1992
Episode Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Allison Janney, Dana Bash, Best Coast
2021
Episode The Late Late Show with James Corden
Allison Janney, 5 Seconds of Summer
2020
Episode Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Allison Janney, Maisie Williams, Kent Jones
2018
Episode The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Allison Janney/Emeril Lagasse/Chingy
2006
Episode Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Allison Janney, Ilana Glazer, ScaryPoolParty
2020
Episode Hiking With Kevin
Hiking with Kevin - Allison Janney
2018
Episode Veep
First Response
2013
Episode Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Allison Janney, Chris Estrada, Frankie Quiñones, Yung Gravy
2022
Episode The Late Late Show with James Corden
Allison Janney, Bryan Cranston, Brett Goldstein, SG Lewis, Tove Lo
2023
Episode The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Allison Janney/John C. McGinley/the 88
2006
Episode Phineas and Ferb
I Scream, You Scream
2008
Episode New York Undercover
Digital Underground
1995
Episode In Plain Sight
When Mary Met Marshall
2010
Episode Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
The Disaster Show
2007
Episode The Daily Show
Allison Janney
2002
Episode Frasier
Three Blind Dates
2002
Episode The Late Late Show with James Corden
Allison Janney, Ludacris, Iliza Shlesinger
2017
Episode The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Allison Janney, Charlie Puth
2016
Episode The Late Late Show with James Corden
Usain Bolt, Allison Janney, Owen Wilson, Eliza Skinner
2016
Episode The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Allison Janney, Ben Schwartz
2013
Episode Morton & Hayes
Society Saps
1991
Episode Law & Order
Old Friends
1994
Episode Conan (2010)
Anna Faris, Allison Janney, Joe Lo Truglio, Borns
2015
Episode Weeds
Lude Awakening
2005
Episode Lost
Across the Sea
2010
Episode Cosby
Happily Ever Hilton
1996
Episode The Late Late Show with James Corden
Allison Janney, Samuel L. Jackson, Jonas Brothers
2019
Episode The Late Late Show with James Corden
Allison Janney, Judd Apatow, Death Cab for Cutie
2018
Episode In Plain Sight
Coma Chameleon
2010
Episode The Wright Verdicts
Sins of the Father
1995
Episode LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Keegan-Michael Key, Chris Pine, Allison Janney
2016
Episode DuckTales (2017)
Happy Birthday, Doofus Drake!
2019
Episode DuckTales (2017)
The Golden Lagoon of White Agony Plains!
2018
Episode DuckTales (2017)
The Forbidden Fountain of the Foreverglades!
2020
Episode The Late Late Show with James Corden
Allison Janney, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Leona Lewis
2015
Episode The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Allison Janney, Ṣọpẹ́,Dìrísù, Pooh Shiesty
2021
Episode Morton & Hayes
Home Buddies
1991
Episode LateLine
The Minister of Television
1999
Episode The Late Late Show with James Corden
Allison Janney, Inhaler
2021
Episode Two and a Half Men
My Damn Stalker
2007
Episode The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Allison Janney/Alicia Keys
2004
Episode The Late Late Show with James Corden
Allison Janney, Jonathan Van Ness, Tom Walker
2019
Episode Masters of Sex
Catherine
2013
Episode King of the Hill
Full Metal Dust Jacket
2003
Episode Close Up With The Hollywood Reporter
Comedy Actresses
2016
Episode The Simpsons
Friends and Family
2016
Episode The Late Late Show with James Corden
Allison Janney, Bradley Whitford, Gwen Stefani, Bibi Bourelly
2016
Episode The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Allison Janney/Liev Schreiber
2004
Episode Saturday Night Live
Al Gore/Phish
2002
Episode The Ellen DeGeneres Show
1,300th Show!
2011
Episode The Late Late Show with James Corden
Allison Janney, Jerry Ferrara, Paul Dano
2015
Episode On Air With Ryan Seacrest
1/23/04
2004
Episode The Late Late Show with James Corden
Allison Janney, Joel McHale, Liam Gallagher
2018
Episode The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
DNC, Allison Janney, Anthony Weiner, Ryan Adams
2016
Episode The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Allison Janney/Laura Linney/Loretta Lynn
2005