Allison Jenny is an American film, television and theater actress. The leading roles in the telenovelas "Mommy", "The West Wing" and work in the films "Juno", "American Beauty", "Tonya Against All" brought fame to the performer. During her career, the Oscar winner for Best Supporting Actress received seven Emmy statuettes, as well as Golden Globe and Drama Desk awards.
The main work of Allison Brooks Jenny is television series. This is evident in her awards and nominations. However, a Hollywood celebrity can replenish the collection of prizes with major film awards.
Carier start
The biography of the future artist began in 1959. The girl was born into a creative family in Boston on November 9. Her mother, Macy Brooks Putnam, was an actress who chose to run at home over a career, and the head of the family, Jervis Spencer Jenny, was a jazz musician who worked as a real estate developer. The parents also raised the eldest and youngest sons, Jay and Hal.
Allison received her education at Miami Valley School and at Hotchiss Private School. In "Kennion College" she studied acting, studied at the New York drama school, London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. During her studies, Jenny worked as both a waitress and a photographer for National Geographic.
The novice lyceum took part in theatrical performances. One of them was directed by Paul Newman. Artistic creativity was opened by work in serial television projects. The performer starred in the character of Wee Kaminski in the telenovela "How the World Turns", and also appeared in the role of Ginger for Guiding Light.
The mid-nineties brought an invitation to participate in the rating television project "Law and Order". The series was followed by work in "Ice Wind", "Body Parts", "Impostors". Jenny was nominated for the Clotrudis award for her participation in Big Night, a film about emigrants.
Cinema and theater
The star was nominated twice for a Tony Award for her work in the theater. She performed one of the leading roles in the play about forbidden love with the tragic ending “View from the Bridge” in 1998 and participated in the 2009 musical “From Nine to Five”.
The artist starred with real celebrities. She starred opposite Harrison Ford in the adventure comedy Six Days, Seven Nights, opposite Whoopi Goldberg. The drama "Basic Colors," in which Allison starred with John Travolta, received a BAFTA. The actress glorified the Oscar-winning psychological film "American Beauty".
The new star role was the heroine of the "West Wing". Two of the 26 Emmy awards awarded to the project, as well as the same number of Screen Actors Guild awards, were intended for Allison, who was reincarnated as the chief of the presidential press service. CJ Gress has become a role model for the performer. The actress spoke of her character as an intelligent woman who knows what and when to say. However, Jenny is not very pleasant to understand that in reality she is also associated with a fictional employee of the White House.
With Julianne Moore, the celebrity starred in the drama "The Watch". In 2007, the premiere screening of the film "Juno" took place. Allison played the main character's stepmother.
Duplications and roles
In a hilarious film adaptation of the successful musical Hairspray, the actress starred as the main character's mother. The film about a schoolgirl who loves singing and dancing won the Teen Choice Awards and several nominations for the most prestigious awards.
Another notable role was the work in Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. The character of the actress was Golan, a psychotherapist. In the fantasy genre, the woman was one of the many faces of Mr. Barron.
Jenny played in several episodes of the TV series Lost. The TV project told about the life of the passengers of the aircraft who found themselves after a plane crash on an uninhabited and very strange island.
The star received the People's Choice Awards for the image of the main character in the movie Mom. Jenny took part in an episode of the comedy sitcom Two and a Half Men. She again starred in the telenovela on the presidential theme "Vice President".
The actress is engaged in dubbing. She "gave" her voice to the characters of "The Simpsons", "Finding Dory", "King of the Hill", "Minions", "Finding Nemo".
Life off the screen
The star does not plan to demonstrate his personal life to anyone. It is known that a celebrity does not have a single child. In the early 2000s, she had a relationship with Dennis Gagomiros. In 2004, actors Richard Jenick and Allison Jenny, after their engagement on the Tom Marr Show live radio, announced their intention to officially become husband and wife. However, the agreement was terminated a couple of years later.
There were reports in 2014 of an affair with Philip Joncas. The actress herself adores wearing high heels and listening to rock music. In 2016, the celebrity received a personal star on the Walk of Fame.
The performer who dreamed of a career as a figure skater in her childhood to some extent managed to realize her desire, playing Lavona Fay Golden, the athlete's mother, in the movie "Tonya Against All". The high-profile events that preceded the American championship were transformed from a drama into a comedy with elements of black humor.
The press actively discussed the history of the attack on the skater Nancy Kerrigan by ex-wife of Tony Harding. The directors did not investigate the circumstances of the incident. Their attention was drawn to problems leading to one of the most dramatic incidents. The image of Lavona was created especially for Jenny.
The work has brought several prestigious awards. The film was awarded the second prize at the Toronto Film Festival and was nominated for three Oscars. The film premiered at the end of 2017.
