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Allison Janney: West Wing
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Allison Janney could have added, "and the stage is my first love." She's hoping to spend her summer hiatus from "The West Wing" doing Shakespeare at the New York Public Theater in Central Park. Last summer she starred in its production of "The Taming of the Shrew." In effect, she's doing a Hillary � going from the White House to New York � and loving it.
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Synopsis: West Wing co-star Allison Janney appears in this episode as Suzanne, one of three blind dates set up for Frasier (Kelsey Grammer) by three different people. First, Niles (David Hyde Pierce) arranges for Frasier to meet bookstore owner Lisa (Bellamy Young) -- a meeting that may never come off.Read More
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"The West Wing" is nominated by the critics as best drama, best new program of the year and program of the year, while cast members Martin Sheen and Allison Janney and executive producer Aaron Sorkin were nominated for their work. Source: CANOE - Canadian Online Explorer
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Allison Janney is probably best known for her starring role as CJ Cregg in the award-winning NBC series "The West Wing." She won a remarkable four SAG Awards and four Emmys for her work on the series. She earned Golden Globe nominations four years in a row for her performance on the show as well.
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Allison Brooks Janney is an Emmy-winning American actress, most famous for her portrayal of press secretary, C.J. Cregg on the American television series "The West Wing". Janney has ... enjoyed an active career in theater -- in 1998, she was nominated for a Tony Award for her role in Arthur Miller's "A View from the Bridge". 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. In 2006 she was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for her performance in the film "Our very own".
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Now a recognizable performer to many Americans, Janney continued to prove her skills with an unforgettable supporting turn as an acerbic soap opera producer in "Nurse Betty" (2000). She was next featured alongside Rebecca DeMornay and Glenne Headley as one of a trio of sisters forced to live together for a week in order to collect an inheritance in the "The Three Sisters" segment of the Showtime anthology special "A Girl Thing" (2001). As she continued to earn accolades for expertly fleshing out her "West Wing" character with show creator Aaron Sorkin, she ... continued to make potent supporting turns in major films, including her role as Meryl Streep's lesbian companion in the acclaimed motion picture "The Hours" (2002). In 2003 she took on a slightly larger supporting part, playing Mandy Moore's divorced, embittered mother in the teen romance "How to Deal," and voiced peach the Starfish in the Disney/Pixar's CGI-animated phenomenon "Finding Nemo" (2003). Janney then played the new neighbor of a widower (Anthony LaPaglia) within whom she sparks long lost feelings in the well-reviewed ensemble drama, “Winter Solstice†(2005).
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