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Allison Janney
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Person

Allison Janney

b. 1959

American actress (born 1959)

Born
19 Nov 1959 · Boston

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 77 years
  1. 19 Nov 1959BornBorn in Boston
  2. 1997AwardTheatre World Award
  3. 1998AwardDrama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play
  4. 2000AwardActor Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
  5. 2000AwardPrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
  6. 2001AwardPrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
  7. 2001AwardSatellite Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama
  8. 2001AwardScreen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
  9. 2001AwardScreen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
  10. 2002AwardPrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
  11. 2002AwardScreen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
  12. 2002AwardScreen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1959 – today).

  1. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  2. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  3. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  4. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  5. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  6. 1968Prague Spring
  7. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  8. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  9. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  10. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  11. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  12. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  13. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  14. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  15. 1985Schengen Agreement
  16. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  17. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
  18. 19901990 FIFA World Cup
  19. 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
  20. 19941994 FIFA World Cup
  21. 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
  22. 19981998 FIFA World Cup
  23. 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan
  24. 2003 – 2011Iraq War
  25. 20042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
  26. 20062006 FIFA World Cup
  27. 20082008 Summer Olympics
  28. 2008Russo-Georgian War
  29. 20102010 Haiti earthquake
  30. 2010 – 2012Arab Spring
  31. 20112011 Norway attacks
  32. 2011Libyan civil war
  33. 2011 – 2024Syrian civil war
  34. 20122012 Summer Olympics
  35. 20142014 FIFA World Cup
  36. 2014Russo-Ukrainian war
  37. 2015Paris Agreement
  38. 20182018 FIFA World Cup
  39. 2020COVID-19 pandemic
  40. 20212020 Summer Olympics

Biography

Allison Brooks Janney (born November 19, 1959) 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 (1999–2006), 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 (2013–2021), Janney won two more Emmys. She portrayed Vice President turned President Grace Penn in the Netflix drama series The Diplomat (2024–), earning her eighth Emmy for its third season.

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 Actress in a Play for 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).

Janney has also played character roles in various films, including Primary Colors (1998), American Beauty (1999), 10 Things I Hate About You (1999), The Hours (2002), Juno (2007), Hairspray (2007), The Help (2011), Spy (2015), Bad Education (2019), and Bombshell (2019). For her portrayal of LaVona Golden in the film I, Tonya (2017), Janney won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.

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