Allison Janney

ALLISON JANNEY has starred in numerous feature films, including Life During Wartime, A Thousand Words, Away We Go, Juno, and Hairspray. She also appeared in the comedy Strangers with Candy, was heard as the voice of Gladys in DreamWorks‘ animated comedy Over the Hedge and received an Independent Spirit Award nomination for her work in Our Very Own. Janney starred opposite Meryl Streep in Hours, which received a SAG®, The Award nomination for Outstanding Ensemble… (more)

Movies
2025	A Book of Common Prayer
2023	The Creator
	The Heart
2022	Lou
	The People We Hate at the Wedding
	To Leslie
2021	Breaking News In Yuba County
2020	A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote (TV movie)
	Lazy Susan
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2019	Bad Education
	Bombshell
	Ma
	The Addams Family
	The Night Is Young
	Troop Zero
2017	A Happening of Monumental Proportions
	I, Tonya
	Sun Dogs
2016	Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
	Tallulah
	The Girl on the Train
2015	Spy
	The DUFF
	The Minions
2014	Days and Nights
	Mr. Peabody & Sherman
	Tammy
	The Rewrite
2013	Bad Words
	Brightest Star
	The Way Way Back
	Touchy Feely
	Trust Me
2012	A Thousand Words
	Friday Night Dinner (TV movie)
	Liberal Arts
	Struck by Lightning
2011	Margaret
	The Help
	The Oranges
2010	Love & Distrust
2009	Away We Go
	Life During Wartime
2008	Pretty Ugly People
2007	Hairspray
	Juno
2006	Over the Hedge
2005	Our Very Own
	Piccadilly Jim
	Strangers with Candy
	The Chumscrubber
2004	Winter Solstice
2003	Finding Nemo
	How to Deal
2002	The Hours
2001	A Girl Thing (TV movie)
	Intimate Portrait: Allison Janney (TV movie)
2000	Nurse Betty
1999	10 Things I Hate About You
	American Beauty
	Drop Dead Gorgeous
	The Debtors
1998	Celebrity
	David and Lisa (TV movie)
	Perfect Couple
	Six Days Seven Nights
	The Impostors
	The Object of My Affection
1997	...First Do No Harm (TV movie)
	Julian Po
	Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing (TV movie)
	Private Parts
	The Ice Storm
1996	Big Night
	Faithful
	The Associate
	Walking and Talking
1995	Heading Home
1994	Dead Funny
	Miracle on 34th Street
	The Cowboy Way
	Wolf
1993	Blind Spot (TV movie)
1989	Who Shot Patakango?

Series
2024	Palm Royale
	Maxine Throws a Party (E10)
	Maxine Makes a Splash (E09)
	Maxine Saves the Whale (E08)
	more episodes (7)
2021	Mom
	My Kinda People and the Big To-Do (S08E18)
	A Community Hero and a Wide Turn (S08E17)
	Scooby-Doo Checks and Salisbury Steak (S08E16)
	more episodes (9)
2020	DuckTales
	Escape from the Impossibin! (S03E13)
	The Forbidden Fountain of the Foreverglades! (S03E11)
	Mom
	Big Sad Eyes and a Wrinkled Hot Dog (S07E20)
	Texas Pete and a Parking Lot Carnival (S07E19)
	A Judgy Face and Your Grandma's Drawers (S07E18)
	more episodes (13)
2019	Mom
	Crazy Hair and a Teeny Tiny Part of Canada (S06E22)
	Fingers Guns and a Beef Bourguignon (S06E21)
	Triple Dip and an Overhand Grip (S06E20)
	more episodes (18)
	The Kominsky Method
	Chapter 16. A Thetan Arrives (S02E08)
2018	DuckTales
	The Golden Lagoon of White Agony Plains! (S01E15)
	Mom
	Diamond Earrings and a Pumpkin Head (S05E22)
	Phone Confetti and a Wee Dingle (S05E21)
	Ocular Fluid and Fighting Robots (S05E20)
	more episodes (22)
2017	American Dad!
	Family Plan (S14E17)
	DuckTales
	Woo-oo!/Escape to/from Atlantis! (S01E01)
	F is for Family
	Landing the Plane (S02E10)
	F Is for Fixing It (S02E08)
	Fight Night (S02E07)
	Mom
	An Epi-pen and a Security Cat (S05E08)
	Too Many Hippies and Huevos Rancheros (S05E07)
	Smooth Jazz and a Weird Floaty Eye (S05E06)
	more episodes (5)
	Nobodies
	Bring Out the Champagne (S01E12)
	The Rat, the Cheese and the Trap (S01E02)
2016	Mom
	Atticus Finch and the Downtrodden (S03E22)
	Lockjaw and a Liquid Diet (S04E22)
	A Few Thongs and a Hawaiian Funeral (S04E21)
	more episodes (35)
	The Simpsons
	Friends and Family (S28E02)
2015	Family Guy
	Encyclopedia Griffin (S13E11)
	Quagmire's Mom (S13E10)
	Masters of Sex
	Matters of Gravity (S03E05)
	Undue Influence (S03E04)
	Mom
	Horny-Goggles and a Catered Intervention (S03E06)
	A Pirate, Three Frogs and a Prince (S03E05)
	Sawdust and Brisket (S03E04)
	more episodes (3)
2014	Break a Hip
	Masters of Sex
	Parallax (S02E01)
	Mom
	Fun Girl Stuff and Eternal Salvation (S02E22)
	Patient Zero and the Chocolate Fountain (S02E21)
	Sick Popes and a Red Ferrari (S02E20)
	more episodes (19)
	Phineas and Ferb
	Tales from the Resistance: Back to the 2nd Dimension (S04E45)
2013	Masters of Sex
	Manhigh (S01E12)
	Fallout (S01E10)
	Love and Marriage (S01E08)
	more episodes (3)
	Mom
	Smokey Taylor and a Deathbed Confession (S01E22)
	Broken Dreams and Blocked Arteries (S01E21)
	Clumsy Monkeys and a Tilted Uterus (S01E20)
	more episodes (19)
	Phineas and Ferb
	Bee Story (S04E12)
	Bee Day (S04E11)
	Veep
	First Response (S02E08)
2012	Phineas and Ferb
	This Is Your Backstory (S03E61)
	Excaliferb (S03E30)
	Robot Chicken
	In Bed Surrounded by Loved Ones (S06E07)
	The Big C
	Life Rights (S03E06)
2011	Mr. Sunshine
	The Best Man (E13)
	Cohen and Donovan (E12)
	Family Business (E11)
	more episodes (10)
	Web Therapy
2010	Family Guy
	Dial Meg for Murder (S08E11)
	In Plain Sight
	Coma Chameleon (S03E03)
	When Mary Met Marshall (S03E02)
	Lost
	Across the Sea (S06E15)
	Phineas and Ferb
	Brain Drain (S02E62)
	Split Personality (S02E61)
2009	Phineas and Ferb
	Finding Mary McGuffin (S02E32)
	The Bully Code (S02E31)
	De Plane! De Plane! (S02E14)
	Thaddeus and Thor (S02E13)
2008	Phineas and Ferb
	Hail Doofania! (S01E43)
	Out of Toon (S01E42)
	I Scream, You Scream (S01E15)
	Run Away Runway (S01E09)
	The Battery's Down
2007	Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
	The Disaster Show (E17)
	Two and a Half Men
	My Damn Stalker (S04E15)
2006	The West Wing
	Tomorrow (S07E22)
	Institutional Memory (S07E21)
	The Last Hurrah (S07E20)
	more episodes (10)
2005	The West Wing
	2162 Votes (S06E22)
	Things Fall Apart (S06E21)
	In God We Trust (S06E20)
	more episodes (19)
	Weeds
	Lude Awakening (S01E05)
2004	The West Wing
	Memorial Day (S05E22)
	Gaza (S05E21)
	No Exit (S05E20)
	more episodes (19)
2003	King of the Hill
	Full Metal Dust Jacket (S07E08)
	The West Wing
	Twenty Five (S04E23)
	Commencement (S04E22)
	Life on Mars (S04E21)
	more episodes (18)
2002	Frasier
	Three Blind Dates (S09E17)
	The West Wing
	Posse Comitatus (S03E21)
	We Killed Yamamoto (S03E20)
	The Black Vera Wang (S03E19)
	more episodes (19)
2001	Frasier
	The Two Hundredth (S09E08)
	The West Wing
	Two Cathedrals (S02E22)
	18th and Potomac (S02E21)
	The Fall's Gonna Kill You (S02E20)
	more episodes (19)
2000	The West Wing
	What Kind of Day Has It Been (S01E22)
	Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics (S01E21)
	Mandatory Minimums (S01E20)
	more episodes (19)
1999	The West Wing
	In Excelsis Deo (S01E10)
	The Short List (S01E09)
	Enemies (S01E08)
	more episodes (7)
1994	Law & Order
	Old Friends (S04E22)
1992	Law & Order
	Star Struck (S02E12)
1991	Morton & Hayes
1952	The Guiding Light

Documentaries
2022	Still Working 9 to 5
2018	The Harvey Weinstein Scandal - a.f.
2013	Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
2004	Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde (TV movie)
2003	Nicole Kidman: An American Cinematheque Tribute (TV movie)
1990	Intimate Portrait (series)

Short
2015	Binky Nelson Unpacified
2012	Celia
2011	Star Tours: The Adventures Continue
2008	Prop 8: The Musical
2003	Chicken Party
2002	Rooftop Kisses
2000	Auto Motives
	Leaving Drew
1997	Anita Liberty
1996	Flux

Shows
2020	26th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards
2019	The 76th Annual Golden Globe Awards
	The 91st Annual Academy Awards
2018	Hollywood Insider
	The 24th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards
	The 75th Golden Globe Awards
	The 90th Annual Academy Awards
2017	Hollywood First Look
	IMDb at Toronto International Film Festival
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	IMDb on the Scene - Interviews
	The 69th Primetime Emmy Awards
	The 71st Annual Tony Awards
2016	The 68th Primetime Emmy Awards
2015	5th Critics' Choice Television Awards
	67th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
	Close Up with the Hollywood Reporter
	The 41st Annual People's Choice Awards
	The 67th Primetime Emmy Awards
	The Late Late Show with James Corden
	The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2014	2014 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards
	66th Primetime Emmy Awards, The
	The 40th Annual People's Choice Awards
	The Meredith Vieira Show
2013	Hollywood Game Night
	Ok! TV
	The 65th Primetime Emmy Awards
	The Arsenio Hall Show
2011	Dish Nation
	The Chew
2010	Conan
	Janela Indiscreta
	The Talk
2009	The 63rd Annual Tony Awards
2006	The 58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
2005	Entertainment Tonight Canada
	The 59th Annual Tony Awards
2004	CMT Insider
	The 56th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
	The Insider
2003	100 Years of Hope and Humor
	Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show
	The 55th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
	The 60th Annual Golden Globe Awards
2002	The 54th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
2001	7th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards
	The 53rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
2000	The 52nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
1998	The 52nd Annual Tony Awards
1995	E! Live from the Red Carpet
1994	WGN Morning News
1993	Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1992	Gomorron
1989	The More You Know
1981	Entertainment Tonight
1979	CBS News Sunday Morning
	SAG Foundation Conversations

The Creator (2023)

Liberal Arts (2012)

A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote (TV movie)

Friday Night Dinner (TV movie)

A Girl Thing (TV movie)

Intimate Portrait: Allison Janney (TV movie)

David and Lisa (TV movie)

...First Do No Harm (TV movie)

Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing (TV movie)

Blind Spot (TV movie)

Maxine Throws a Party (E10)

Maxine Makes a Splash (E09)

Maxine Saves the Whale (E08)

My Kinda People and the Big To-Do (S08E18)

A Community Hero and a Wide Turn (S08E17)

Scooby-Doo Checks and Salisbury Steak (S08E16)

Escape from the Impossibin! (S03E13)

The Forbidden Fountain of the Foreverglades! (S03E11)

Big Sad Eyes and a Wrinkled Hot Dog (S07E20)

Texas Pete and a Parking Lot Carnival (S07E19)

A Judgy Face and Your Grandma's Drawers (S07E18)

Crazy Hair and a Teeny Tiny Part of Canada (S06E22)

Fingers Guns and a Beef Bourguignon (S06E21)

Triple Dip and an Overhand Grip (S06E20)

Chapter 16. A Thetan Arrives (S02E08)

The Golden Lagoon of White Agony Plains! (S01E15)

Diamond Earrings and a Pumpkin Head (S05E22)

Phone Confetti and a Wee Dingle (S05E21)

Ocular Fluid and Fighting Robots (S05E20)

Family Plan (S14E17)

Woo-oo!/Escape to/from Atlantis! (S01E01)

Landing the Plane (S02E10)

F Is for Fixing It (S02E08)

Fight Night (S02E07)

An Epi-pen and a Security Cat (S05E08)

Too Many Hippies and Huevos Rancheros (S05E07)

Smooth Jazz and a Weird Floaty Eye (S05E06)

Bring Out the Champagne (S01E12)

The Rat, the Cheese and the Trap (S01E02)

Atticus Finch and the Downtrodden (S03E22)

Lockjaw and a Liquid Diet (S04E22)

A Few Thongs and a Hawaiian Funeral (S04E21)

Friends and Family (S28E02)

Encyclopedia Griffin (S13E11)

Quagmire's Mom (S13E10)

Matters of Gravity (S03E05)

Undue Influence (S03E04)

Horny-Goggles and a Catered Intervention (S03E06)