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Allison Brooks Janney (born November 19, 1959) is an American actress. In a career spanning three decades, she is known for her performances across multiple genres of screen and stage. Janney has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, a Golden Globe Award, and seven Primetime Emmy Awards, in addition to nominations for two Tony Awards. Born in Boston and raised in Dayton, Ohio, Janney received a scholarship to study at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art 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 (1999–2006), for which she received four Primetime Emmy Awards. 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. For her portrayal of Bonnie Plunkett, a cynical recovering addict on the CBS sitcom Mom (2013–2021), Janney received six Primetime Emmy Award nominations and won twice for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. Janney made her professional stage debut with the Off-Broadway production Ladies (1989), and followed with numerous bit parts in various similar productions, before making her Broadway debut with the 1996 revival of Present Laughter. She won two Drama Desk Awards and has been nominated for two Tony Awards: for Best Actress in a Play for her performance in the Broadway revival of A View from the Bridge (1997), and for Best Actress in a Musical for her role in the original Broadway production of the musical 9 to 5 (2009). Her film roles include Private Parts (1997), Primary Colors (1998), 10 Things I Hate About You (1999), Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999), American Beauty (1999), Nurse Betty (2000), The Hours (2002), Hairspray (2007), Juno (2007), The Help (2011), The Way, Way Back (2013), Tammy (2014), The Rewrite (2014), Spy (2015), Tallulah (2016), The Girl on the Train (2016), Bad Education (2019) and Bombshell (2019). She voiced roles in Finding Nemo (2003), Over the Hedge (2006), Minions (2015), and The Addams Family (2019). For her performance in the black comedy I, Tonya (2017), Janney won an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, and a Golden Globe Award, all for Best Supporting Actress.
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for Harper Gritstone in The Echoes of the Prairie Wind
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The Echoes of the Prairie Wind is a 2026 American neo-Western crime film written, co-produced, and directed by Jodie Foster. Produced by Legendary Pictures and The Stone Quarry and distributed by Universal Pictures, it is the installment in the Frontier's Wild trilogy and the first film directed by Foster herself about the modern American Western Frontier. The film stars Cara Delevingne, Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Shannon, Brad Pitt, Vincent D'Onofrio, Scott Eastwood, Olivia Wilde, Laurence Fishburne, Diane Lane, and Allison Janney. It follows Clementine Gritstone, a young police ranger who works with her veteran partner, Darrell Cyrus, to solve a series of violent murders across several Native American territories within North Dakota's half of the Drift Prairie. The Echoes of the Prairie Wind had its world premiere in Las Vegas on January 29th, 2026, and opened in theaters on February 10th; it received widespread acclaim and grossed over $715 million worldwide at the box-office, making it the eleventh-highest-grossing film of 2026. Critics praised its direction, visuals, style, themes, story, and Delevingne and Jackson's performances. However, they were slightly conflicted over the violent content and deemed the third act "emotionally draining", and some were divided over its excessive 3-hour runtime. A sequel is in development.
