Allison Janney
Allison Janney
Allison Brooks Janneyis an American actress. A seven-time Primetime Emmy Award winner for her television work, her first four Emmy wins were for her role as C. J. Cregg on the NBC drama The West Wing. In 2014, she won the Emmy for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for her role as Margaret Scully on the Showtime series Masters of Sex. In 2014 and 2015, she won the Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actress
Date of Birth19 November 1959
CountryUnited States of America
I love working on the fly when the writers come up with new jokes on show nights. It's exciting. I love it so much.
I like people trying to do two things at once.
I'd like to make really important movies, like American Beauty. I was really proud to be a part of that movie.
I'm afraid of flying.
I love wasting time and learning to lip-sync to songs; it's a silly hobby of mine.
It is a very difficult job, being the servant of two masters.
I can access emotions very easily.
If I could stomach the awful part of being a veterinarian, which involves sticking your hand up animals' behinds, I would be a vet.
Don't ever underestimate the power of mentoring someone, or helping some young actor, doing a favor for them, or introducing- everyone needs somebody to help them along when they're first starting out.
I guess my height has hurt me as much as it's helped me. In comedy people don't mind casting tall women next to shorter men. It adds to the humour.
Someone said I wasn't attractive enough. People say those things, but they make you stronger. Then you can win an Emmy and think, ha, ha, ha.
One out of forty American men wears women's clothing. We've had more than forty presidents. One of these guys has been dancing around the Oval Office in a prom dress.
Most Republicans call the show 'The Left Wing.'
I also went on a tour of the White House, visited the tourist's spots, including all the monuments, then went to New York to have lunch with former press secretary, Dede Myers.