Allison Janney’s net worth, biography, fact, career, awards and life story
Isabella Bartlett | Net Worth: | $14 Million |
| Salary: | $200 Thousand Per Episode |
| Date of Birth: | Nov 19, 1959 (61 years old) |
| Gender: | Female |
| Height: | 6 ft (1.83 m) |
| Profession: | Actor, Voice Actor, Musician |
| Nationality: | United States of America |
| Last Updated: | 2020 |
Allison Janney net worth and salary: Allison Janney is an American actress who has a net worth of $14 million dollars. During her career Allison has appeared in dozens of notable films and television shows. She is perhaps best-known for starring on the TV shows “The West Wing”, “Mom” and “Masters of Sex”. Notable film roles include 2011’ss “The Help” and 2017’s “I, Tonya”, for which she won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Allison Janney grew up in Dayton, Ohio, and graduated from Kenyon College. At the suggestion of one of her teachers, famed actor Paul Newman, she continued to pursue a career in performance after college. She attended both the Neighborhood Playhouse and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. She began her professional career appearing in small roles on television and film, in such productions as, “Who Shot Patakango”, “Morton & Hayes”, “Guiding Light”, and “Law & Order”.
Throughout the 90s, she went back and forth between film and television roles, until she was cast in the role that would make her a household name, as C.J. Gregg on “The West Wing”. She went on to win four Emmy Awards for her work on the show. She appeared in 145 of the show’s 156 episodes. She has had a number of notable film roles post-West Wing, including the 2011 movie “The Help”, the 2015 movie “Minions” and the 2017 movie “I, Tonya”. For her work in “I, Tonya”, Allison Janney was won a Best Supporting Actress Academy Award.
In 2013, Allison began starring in the CBS sitcom “Mom”. As of this writing, “Mom” has aired 157 episodes, easily enough to qualify for syndication.
Salary History: For the first few seasons, Allison and her co-star Anna Faris earned $125,000 per episode. Sometime in the third or fourth season their salaries were bumped to $200,000 per episode. Her peak salary per episode of The West Wing was $70,000.
Real Estate: Interestingly, Allison lost a home in Palm Springs to foreclosure in 2012. Allison and a partner paid $4 million for the house in 2006, it eventually sold at auction for $2.2 million.
