Allison Janney is an award-winning American actress. Janney has never married and has no children, stating, “I’ve never had that instinct to have kids, and I’m at peace with it.”
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Allison Janney is known for her performances on screen and stage across multiple genres in a career spanning three decades.
Janney made her breakthrough as C. J. Cregg in the NBC political drama The West Wing (1999-2006), for which she received four Primetime Emmy Awards.

She received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series in 2014 for her portrayal of Margaret Scully on the Showtime period drama Masters of Sex.
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Janney received six Primetime Emmy Award nominations and won twice for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her portrayal of Bonnie Plunkett, a cynical recovering addict on the CBS sitcom Mom (2013-2021).
She received two Drama Desk Awards and was nominated for two Tony Awards: Best Actress in a Play for her performance in the Broadway revival of A View from the Bridge (1997) and Best Actress in a Musical for her role in the original Broadway production of 9 to 5.


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