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In 2010, Janney appeared as Allison Pearson in In Plain Sight. In May 2010, she appeared in the antepenultimate episode of the ABC television series Lost as the adoptive mother of the show's two mythological opponents, Jacob and The Man in Black. She starred in the ABC network comedy Mr. Sunshine.
With her reputation becoming more broadly established during her work on "The West Wing" Janney won more substantive roles in feature films, in the acclaimed The Hours (2002) where she was Meryl Streep's lesbian lover, and in How to Deal (2003) where she played Mandy Moore's mother.
- November 19, 1959
Oct 19, 2020 · Macy Janney was “the doyenne of Dayton, Ohio,” said Allison Janney, who credited her mother for her strong feminist stance and her organizational skills and mindset. Allison Janney once...
Aug 21, 2014 · Allison Janney was born on November 19, 1959, in Dayton, Ohio. ... In late 2017, Janney starred as the mother of infamous figure skater Tonya Harding, played by Margot Robbie, in the biopic I, Tonya.
- Janney’s Brother Committed Suicide, Which Shook Her World. Allison Janney’s family has experienced tragedy. She has spoken openly about it, and she dedicated her Oscar to her late brother Henry “Hal” Janney, saying: ‘This is for Hal.
- Her Mother, an Actress, Was a Stickler for Manners. According to Esquire Magazine, Janney’s mother stressed manners. “…manners are very important. She’d say, ‘The ship goes out to sea.’
- Her Father Played Piano But Wasn’t Very Talkative. Janney often plays talkative characters, but her father was anything but. “…my father learned to play the piano so he wouldn’t have to talk to anybody.
- Janney Says She Will Probably Never Get Married & Says People Often Think She Is a Lesbian. Janney has said that people think she’s gay because she’s tall and not married.
Apr 15, 2021 · Allison Janney can do anything. She's played a droid (Star Tours: The Adventures Continue), ... she has been playing a single mother in recovery on CBS's Mom. As Bonnie Plunkett, ...
May 13, 2024 · Her films from 2007 include the musical Hairspray and Juno, the latter a popular comedy in which Janney played the mother of a teenager who becomes pregnant. She was later cast as an offensive suburbanite in Mendes’s Away We Go (2009).
