page_title: Allison Janney
section_title: Personal life
hierarchical_section_title: Allison Janney / Personal life
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context_page_description: Allison Brooks Janney is an American actress. A prolific character actress and known for her versatility, Janney is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award and seven Primetime Emmy Awards.
  Born in Boston and raised in Dayton, Ohio, Janney received a scholarship to study at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts following her graduation from Kenyon College. After years of minor and uncredited film and television appearances, Janney's breakthrough came with the role of C. J. Cregg in the NBC political drama The West Wing, for which she received four Primetime Emmy Awards. The character became widely popular and was described as one of the greatest female characters in American television history. In 2014, she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for her role as Margaret Scully on the Showtime period drama Masters of Sex. Since 2013, she has starred as a cynical recovering addict in the CBS sitcom Mom.
  Her performance on the show gained her five consecutive Primetime Emmy Award nominations and won her two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series.
context_section_description: Janney has never been married and has no children, of which she said: "I’ve never had that instinct to have kids, I’m at peace with it". She was romantically involved with computer programmer Dennis Gagomiros. The couple began dating in 1994, and were interested in getting married but ended their relationship after seven years together in 2001. In 2002, she met actor Richard Jenik (her co-star in Our Very Own). The couple got engaged in 2004 but broke up two years later in 2006. In 2012, Janney met production manager Philip Joncas, 20 years her junior. The two met on the sets of The Way, Way Back and began dating soon after. The couple dated for five years before ending their relationship in 2017.
  In interviews related to her role on Mom, Janney discussed her brother, Hal, who fought drug addiction for years before committing suicide. On March 4, 2018, Janney dedicated her Academy Award win to him during her acceptance speech.
  In 2004, she 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. In September 2010, it was announced that Janney would be the voice of the Aly San San spokesdroid in the Disney attraction Star Tours – The Adventures Continue. The attraction later opened at Disney's Hollywood Studios and Disneyland. In October 2016, Janney became the first woman to receive the Alumni Award of The Hotchkiss School and received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her work in the entertainment industry, located at 6100 Hollywood Boulevard.
caption: Janney in 2014
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