Allison Janney Biography
Allison Janney is an American actress who has garnered numerous awards for her performances on television and stage, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, a Golden Globe Award, and seven Primetime Emmy Awards, as well as two Tony nominations.
How old is Allison Janney? – Age
She is 64 years old as of 19 November 2023. She was born in 1959 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Her real name is Allison Brooks Janney.
Allison Janney Family – Education
She is the daughter of former actress Macy Brooks Janney (née Putnam) and Jervis Spencer Janney Jr., a real estate entrepreneur and jazz pianist. She has an older brother, Jay, and a younger brother, Hal (1961–2011). Hal, who had battled depression and addiction for many years, committed suicide in 2011 at the age of 49. She went to Miami Valley School in Dayton, where she was awarded a notable alumnus in 2005, and Hotchkiss School in Connecticut, where she was honored alumnus of the Year in 2016. She attended Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio, and majored in theatre. She went on to learn at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre in New York before receiving a scholarship to study at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in mid-1984.
Who is Allison Janney’s partner? – Wife – Children
Janney has never been married and has no children. She was in a romantic relationship with computer programmer Dennis Gagomiros. The couple started dating in 1994 and planned to marry, however their romance ended after seven years in 2001. In 2002, she met actor Richard Jenik (her co-star in Our Very Own). The couple were engaged in 2004, but split up two years later, in 2006. In 2012, Janney met Philip Joncas, the production manager. They met on the set of The Way, Way Back and started dating shortly after. The couple dated for five years before breaking up in 2017.
Allison Janney Net Worth
She has an estimated net worth of $14 million.
Allison Janney Palm Royale
She appeared as Evelyn Rollins in the ten-part period comedy-drama miniseries Palm Royale. Set in 1969, outsider Maxine Dellacorte-Simmons works her way into Palm Beach, Florida’s high society through the town’s most exclusive country club, learning what she will and will not do to get there.
Allison Janney The Kominsky Method
Janney featured as herself in a 2019 episode of Netflix’s second season of The Kominsky Method. The Kominsky Method is an American comedy-drama television series developed by Chuck Lorre that aired on Netflix on November 16, 2018. The second season began on October 25, 2019, while the third and final season, which did not feature Arkin, premiered on May 28, 2021.
This was Arkin’s final television endeavor, released just five years before his death from cardiac arrest on June 29, 2023, at the age of 89. The Kominsky Method follows Sandy Kominsky, an actor who briefly achieved stardom and is now a renowned Hollywood acting coach.
Allison Janney Mom
She appeared as Bonnie Plunkettin the American television sitcom Mom. Mom follows. Christy Plunkett is a single mother who, after suffering alcoholism and drug addiction, decides to begin her life in Napa, California, working as a waitress and attending Alcoholics Anonymous. Her mother, Bonnie Plunkett, is also a recovering addict. Christy’s daughter, Violet, who was born when Christy was 17, has also become a teen mother through her boyfriend, Luke. Christy also has a small boy named Roscoe with her affluent husband Baxter, a deadbeat but lovable pothead.
Christy eventually goes to school to pursue her dream of becoming a lawyer, while Bonnie establishes a romantic relationship with Adam Janikowski, a former stuntman whom she later marries. Throughout it all, Christy and Bonnie rely on their AA support system, which includes the wise Marjorie, affluent and materialistic Jill, obedient and occasionally excessively emotional Wendy, and loudmouthed but lovely Tammy. They support each other stay sober in the midst of conflicts.
Allison Janney Movies
♦ 2023 – The Creator
♦ 2022 – To Leslie
♦ 2022 – Lou
♦ 2022 – The People We Hate at the Wedding
♦ 2021 – Breaking News in Yuba County
♦ 2020 – Lazy Susan
♦ 2019 – Troop Zero
♦ 2019 – Ma
♦ 2019 – Bad Education
♦ 2019 – The Addams Family
♦ 2019 – Bombshell
♦ 2017 – A Happening of Monumental Proportions
♦ 2017 – Sun Dogs
♦ 2017 – I, Tonya
♦ 2016 – Tallulah
♦ 2016 – Finding Dory
♦ 2016 – Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
Allison Janney TV Shows
♦ 2024 – Palm Royale
♦ 2024 – Curb Your Enthusiasm
♦ 2022 – Who Do You Think You Are?
♦ 2021 – Q-Force
♦ 2020 – A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote
♦ 2020 – Celebrity IOU
♦ 2019 – The Kominsky Method
♦ 2018–20 – DuckTales
♦ 2017–18 – F Is for Family
♦ 2017 – Nobodies
♦ 2017 – American Dad!
♦ 2016 – The Simpsons
♦ 2016 – Comedy Bang! Bang!
♦ 2015 – Key & Peele
♦ 2014 – Web Therapy
♦ 2013–21 – Mom
♦ 2013–15 – Masters of Sex
♦ 2013 – Veep
♦ 2012 – The Big C