Allison Janney is an Emmy Award-winning actress, who portrayed White House Press Secretary C.J. Cregg on the NBC television series The West Wing for five years. In 2007, Janney starred in the popular films Juno and Hairspray.
Janney was nominated for a Best Actress in a Musical Tony Award for her role in 9 to 5: The Musical.Tony Awards: Nominations
Before West Wing
Before her success on West Wing Janney appeared in several soap operas including As The World Turns and Guiding Light. Janney also gain critical acclaim for her stage work in A View From the Bridge on Broadway.
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Allison Janney Timeline
Note: Many of the links in this timeline are to IMDb, which has pop-ups.
November 19, 1959: Born
1997: ‘‘The Ice Storm’’ IMDb | Mahalo | Rotten Tomatoes
1998: ‘‘The Object of My Affection’’ IMDb | Rotten Tomatoes | Wikipedia
1998: ‘‘Six Days Seven Nights’’ IMDb | Rotten Tomatoes | Wikipedia
1999: ‘‘American Beauty’’ IMDb | Mahalo | Rotten Tomatoes
1999: ‘‘Drop Dead Gorgeous’’ IMDb | Rotten Tomatoes | Wikipedia
1999: ‘'10 Things I Hate About You’’ IMDb | Mahalo | Rotten Tomatoes
2000: ‘‘Nurse Betty’’ IMDb | Rotten Tomatoes | Wikipedia
2002: ‘‘The Hours’’ IMDb | Rotten Tomatoes | Wikipedia
2003: ‘‘Finding Nemo’’ IMDb | Mahalo | Rotten Tomatoes
2003: ‘‘How to Deal’’ IMDb | Rotten Tomatoes | Wikipedia
2005: ‘‘Our Very Own’’ IMDb | Rotten Tomatoes | Wikipedia
2006: ‘‘Over the Hedge’’ IMDb | Mahalo | Rotten Tomatoes
2007: ‘‘Hairspray’’ IMDb | Mahalo | Rotten Tomatoes
2007: ‘‘Juno’’ IMDb | Mahalo | Rotten Tomatoes
2008: ‘‘Pretty Ugly People’’ IMDb
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Fast Facts
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Name
Allison Brooks Janney
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Born
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Birthplace
Dayton, Ohio
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College
Kenyon College
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Height
6'
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Fact:
Four-time Emmy winner for The West Wing
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Tony Award nomination in 1998 for A View from the Bridge and again in 2009 for Pal Joey
