Name: Allison Janney Birth Name: Allison Brooks Janney Height: 6' Nationality: American Birth Date: November 19, 1959 Birth Place: Dayton, Ohio, USA Profession: Actress Education: The Miami Valley School in Dayton, Ohio Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio (graduated in 1982) Neighborhood Playhouse, New York, New York Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, London, England Claim to fame: Her regular role on the critically acclaimed NBC drama 'The West Wing'
Her dad is a jazz musician, and she has two brothers who are also both musicians. She had dreams of becoming an Olympic skater before a freak accident derailed that -- she ran blindly through a glass door and was severely injured. She was educated at Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio; Neighborhood Playhouse, New York and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, London, England, UK.