Allison Janney : Actress Height, Weight, Age, Movies, Biography, News, Images & Videos

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

Allison Janney Movies and TV Shows

• 10 Things I Hate About You [17 June 2015 (Indonesia)]

  Minions Kevin, Stuart and Bob decide to find a new master. They embark on a global trip and meet Scarlett Overkill, a female super-villain who recruits them and hatches a plan to take over the world.

• A Thousand Words [14 September 2012 (USA)]

  A New York college adviser (Josh Radnor) becomes involved with a student (Elizabeth Olsen) when he returns to his alma mater in Ohio for a favorite professor's (Richard Jenkins) retirement party.

• American Beauty [9 July 1999]

  An annual beauty pageant in small-town Minnesota turns ridiculously competitive and ultimately chaotic in this biting comedy. Amber Atkins (Kirsten Dunst), the daughter of hard-drinking mom Annette (Ellen Barkin), and Becky Leeman (Denise Richards), who is motivated by her former beauty-queen mother, Gladys (Kirstie Alley), are among the top contenders in the event. As Amber, Becky, and other local girls prepare for the big day, bizarre incidents occur, leading up to an ending with a bang.… MORE

• Away We Go [16 April 2010 (Italy)]

  Nothing comes easily for Joy (Shirley Henderson) and her sisters, Trish (Allison Janney) and Helen (Ally Sheedy). Joy, unhappy with her job and her sleazy husband (Michael Kenneth Williams), is haunted by her dead boyfriend's ghost (Paul Reubens). Trish's pedophile husband (Ciarán Hinds) is behind bars, and she's ready to move on with her life. As an increasingly bitter Helen approaches middle age with a failing screenwriting career, it becomes clear her mother offers little comfort.… MORE

• Bad Education [13 July 2007 (Los Angeles)]

  Tracy emerges from being an overweight teenager to a television superstar. However, her journey is interrupted when she becomes a victim of racial discrimination and decides to fight back.

• Bad Words [18 July 2003 (USA)]

  For teenager Halley (Mandy Moore), love seems like an alien concept. Her mother, Lydia (Allison Janney), and father, Len (Peter Gallagher), are divorced. Lydia doesn't date, and Len is now seeing a younger woman. Halley's sister, Ashley (Mary Catherine Garrison), is about to get married and doesn't realize that her fiancé (Mackenzie Astin) is not the man of her dreams. But, when Halley meets edgy Macon (Trent Ford), she learns what love is really all about.… MORE

• Big Night [9 March 2012 (Canada)]

  A dishonest agent is afflicted by a curse that would kill him if he speaks over 1000 words. When his attempts to keep quiet wreak havoc on his life, he tries to find a way to break the curse.

• Bombshell [3 January 2020 (India)]

  The provocative real story of three whip-smart, ambitious, strong women who anchored one of America's most powerful news networks -- becoming headlines themselves when they risked everything to stand up to the man who made them famous.

• Days and Nights [18 June 2017]

  Following his third failed attempt to join the military, a misfit takes a Marine officer's advice to`protect the homefront' a little too seriously. He enlists the help of a young runaway, and, together, they form an unlikely anti-terrorism unit.

• Drop Dead Gorgeous [9 July 1999]

  An annual beauty pageant in small-town Minnesota turns ridiculously competitive and ultimately chaotic in this biting comedy. Amber Atkins (Kirsten Dunst), the daughter of hard-drinking mom Annette (Ellen Barkin), and Becky Leeman (Denise Richards), who is motivated by her former beauty-queen mother, Gladys (Kirstie Alley), are among the top contenders in the event. As Amber, Becky, and other local girls prepare for the big day, bizarre incidents occur, leading up to an ending with a bang.… MORE

• Finding Nemo [21 June 2013 (India)]

  Mike and Sulley, two monsters, join Monsters University in order to graduate as the scariest monsters on the planet. While they are arch-rivals, gradually, they become best friends.

• Hairspray [13 July 2007 (Los Angeles)]

  Tracy emerges from being an overweight teenager to a television superstar. However, her journey is interrupted when she becomes a victim of racial discrimination and decides to fight back.

• How to Deal [2 October 1998]

  Chaos ensues after Burtom, a lead actor, decides to get even with two out-of-work actors, Arthur and Maurice, who insulted him.

• I, Tonya [1 February 2018 (Russia)]

  In 1991, talented figure skater Tonya Harding becomes the first American woman to complete a triple axel during a competition. In 1994, her world comes crashing down when her ex-husband conspires to injure Nancy Kerrigan, a fellow Olympic hopeful, in a poorly conceived attack that forces the young woman to withdraw from the national championship. Harding's life and legacy instantly become tarnished as she's forever associated with one of the most infamous scandals in sports history.… MORE

• Juno [4 December 2007 (Westwood)]

  Social misfit Juno protects herself with a caustic wit, but her unplanned pregnancy has the teen getting more involved in the lives of her baby's adoptive parents than she expected.

• Liberal Arts [18 November 1994 (USA)]

  Six-year-old Susan Walker (Mara Wilson) is skeptical of the Christmas myth surrounding Santa Claus, a trait she perhaps learned from her mother, Dorey (Elizabeth Perkins). When tasked with hiring the Santa who will pose with kids at Macy's, Dorey enlists a man with the curious name of Kris Kringle (Richard Attenborough) who claims to be Santa himself. His assertions are met with scoffs and threats of institutionalization, but a young lawyer, along with Susan and Dorey, comes to his defense.… MORE

• Life During Wartime [26 August 2005]

  After a friend who sells prescription medication is killed, Dean (Jamie Bell) is confronted by Billy (Justin Chatwin), the high-school drug dealer, who demands he hand over the remaining stash. Dean refuses, causing Billy and his partner to plot to kidnap his younger brother, Charlie (Rory Culkin). However, unaware of what Charlie looks like, they accidentally abduct another boy. When neither parents nor law enforcement believes his story, Dean is forced to go on a rescue mission.… MORE

• Minions []

• Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children [7 October 2016 (India)]

  A young boy named Jake discovers a house full of children with supernatural powers run by Miss Peregrine. Soon, he must help protect their home from terrifying enemies called Hollowgasts.

• Mr. Peabody & Sherman [20 March 1998 (USA)]

  In this adaptation of the best-selling roman a clef about Bill Clinton's 1992 run for the White House, the young and gifted Henry Burton (Adrian Lester) is tapped to oversee the presidential campaign of Gov. Jack Stanton (John Travolta). Burton is pulled into the politician's colorful world and looks on as Stanton -- who has a wandering eye that could be his downfall -- contends with his ambitious wife, Susan, (Emma Thompson) and an outspoken adviser, Richard Jemmons (Billy Bob Thornton).… MORE

• Nurse Betty [5 October 2012 (USA)]

  A man's (Hugh Laurie) affair with his friend's much-younger daughter (Leighton Meester) throws two neighboring families into turmoil.

• Our Very Own [6 September 2013 (USA)]

  A dentist (Josh Pais) gains the ability to heal his patients' physical pain while his sister (Rosemarie DeWitt), a massage therapist, develops an aversion to touching and being touched.

• Over the Hedge [30 April 2006 (Los Angeles)]

  When a group of forest animals discover a housing development encroaching on their forest land, they meet RJ, a crafty racoon, who fools them into finding food for him from the suburbia.

• Primary Colors [20 March 1998 (USA)]

  In this adaptation of the best-selling roman a clef about Bill Clinton's 1992 run for the White House, the young and gifted Henry Burton (Adrian Lester) is tapped to oversee the presidential campaign of Gov. Jack Stanton (John Travolta). Burton is pulled into the politician's colorful world and looks on as Stanton -- who has a wandering eye that could be his downfall -- contends with his ambitious wife, Susan, (Emma Thompson) and an outspoken adviser, Richard Jemmons (Billy Bob Thornton).… MORE

• Private Parts [27 September 1997 (USA)]

  In the 1970s, an outwardly wholesome family begins cracking at the seams over the course of a tumultuous Thanksgiving break. Frustrated with his job, the father, Ben (Kevin Kline), seeks fulfillment by cheating on his wife, Elena (Joan Allen), with neighborhood seductress Janey (Sigourney Weaver). Their teenage daughter, Wendy (Christina Ricci), dabbles in sexual affairs too -- with Janey's son Mikey (Elijah Wood). The family's strained relations continue to tauten until an ice storm strikes.… MORE

• Six Days, Seven Nights [3 April 2020 (USA)]

  A frumpy, bumbling, unmotivated woman named Susan always manages to get herself into the most ridiculous situations imaginable. One day, Susan wakes up to realize that her relationships have all tanked, her family is estranged, and she has no prospects. She decides to take charge and turn things around but finds that becoming a better woman on her own is difficult.… MORE

• Spy [13 May 2016 (India)]

  Azhar Mohammad, who belongs to a middle class family, becomes an eminent cricketer. However, accusations of match-fixing begin to jeopardise his reputation.

• Struck by Lightning [26 October 2013 (Austin)]

  After his girlfriend dumps him, a young man (Chris Lowell) tries to become the kind of person she desires, but his growing love for a singer (Jessica Szohr) and some advice from an astronomer (Allison Janney) help him remain true to himself.

• Tallulah [23 January 2016]

  A young woman takes a baby from an irresponsible mother and pretends the child is her own. Without a place of her own, she asks for help of her ex-boyfriend's mother, telling her the baby is her granddaughter.

• Tammy [20 September 2016 (London)]

  Rachel, a divorcee, idealises Scott and Megan, a young couple who live next to her ex-husband. However, when Megan suddenly goes missing, Rachel gets dragged into the ensuing investigation.

• The Addams Family [11 October 2019 (USA)]

  Members of the mysterious and spooky Addams family -- Gomez, Morticia, Pugsley, Wednesday, Uncle Fester and Grandma -- are readily preparing for a visit from their even creepier relatives. But trouble soon arises when shady TV personality Margaux Needler realizes that the Addams' eerie hilltop mansion is standing in the way of her dream to sell all the houses in the neighborhood.… MORE

• The Chumscrubber [26 August 2005]

  After a friend who sells prescription medication is killed, Dean (Jamie Bell) is confronted by Billy (Justin Chatwin), the high-school drug dealer, who demands he hand over the remaining stash. Dean refuses, causing Billy and his partner to plot to kidnap his younger brother, Charlie (Rory Culkin). However, unaware of what Charlie looks like, they accidentally abduct another boy. When neither parents nor law enforcement believes his story, Dean is forced to go on a rescue mission.… MORE

• The DUFF [12 June 1998 (USA)]

  Robin Monroe's vacation with her boyfriend turns into a nightmare when she finds herself stranded on a deserted island with a pilot whom she dislikes.

• The Girl on the Train [20 September 2016 (London)]

  Rachel, a divorcee, idealises Scott and Megan, a young couple who live next to her ex-husband. However, when Megan suddenly goes missing, Rachel gets dragged into the ensuing investigation.

• The Help [25 November 2011 (India)]

  Skeeter, an aspiring author, decides to write a book on African-American maids and the struggles they face on a daily basis.

• The Hours [18 December 2002 (USA)]

  As Virginia Woolf begins writing her novel 'Mrs Dalloway', in the future, Laura Brown and Clarissa Vaughan find solace in the novel and read to escape their monotonous life.

• The Object of My Affection [31 July 2009 (USA)]

  In Taiji, Japan, local fishermen hide a gruesome secret: the capture and slaughter of dolphins. Activist Ric O'Barry, who trained dolphins for the "Flipper" TV series, joins forces with filmmaker Louis Psihoyos and the Ocean Preservation Society to expose the brutal practice, risking life and limb in the process.

• The Oranges [16 February 1997]

  When debilitating conventional treatments fail, a woman (Meryl Streep) tries a controversial diet for her epileptic son (Seth Adkins).

• The Rewrite [11 January 2013 (USA)]

  A teen (Chris Colfer), fated to meet an electrifying end, coerces his classmates into writing for a literary magazine he started to ensure admittance to his dream college.

• The Way, Way Back [3 January 2020 (India)]

  The provocative real story of three whip-smart, ambitious, strong women who anchored one of America's most powerful news networks -- becoming headlines themselves when they risked everything to stand up to the man who made them famous.

• Troop Zero [24 January 1996]

  Two Italian brothers, a chef and a businessman, must do whatever it takes to impress a famous American-Italian singer and save their failing restaurant.