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Allison Brook Janney (born 19 November 1960) is an
United States|American actor|actress, best known
as C.J. Cregg on the television series The West
Wing (television)|The West Wing.

Janney was born in Dayton, Ohio|Dayton, Ohio and
harbored dreams of becoming an Olympic figure
skating|figure skater before suffering a serious
childhood injury. Janney attended Kenyon College,
where she was first noticed by director Paul
Newman. She went on to study drama at the
Neighborhood Playhouse in New York and the Royal
Academy of Dramatic Arts in London. Her first
roles on television were as comedic foils on soap
operas: she first played Vi Kaminski for a short
time on As the World Turns, following up with a
two-year stint as Spaulding maid Ginger on Guiding
Light.

Janney has appeared in a number of films with
roles of various sizes, including the 1990s films
American Beauty (1999 movie)|American Beauty, Drop
Dead Gorgeous, The Ice Storm, Primary Colors, and
Private Parts, and the 2000s films Nurse Betty,
The Hours, How to Deal and the animated Finding
Nemo.

In 1999 she was cast in the role of presidential
press secretary C.J. Cregg on the television drama
The West Wing (television)|The West Wing, for
which she has won four Emmy Award|Emmy Awards.
Janney has remained active in theatre; in 1998,
she was nominated for a Tony Award for her role in
Arthur Miller's "A View from the Bridge."

On May 17, 2004, Janney's boyfriend of two years,
Richard Jenik, proposed to her in San Francisco.

In 2004, Janney began lending her voice to
television and radio spots created by Kaiser
Permanente in the health maintenance
organization's broad "Thrive" media campaign, and
in a radio campaign for the American Institute of
Architects.

She currently lives across the street from The
West Wing co-star Janel Moloney.

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