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  "textContent": "[caption id=\"attachment_161147\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"451\"] (Photo: JC Olivera/Getty Images)[/caption] Allison Janney says that in her 20s, she was always getting cast as a 40-year-old. It makes sense, cause she's just kind of elegant. In fact, she was about 40 when she got the role that would make her career - as the press secretary CJ Cregg on the West Wing. She won four Emmys for the role, which allowed her to stretch her talents. Janney went on to play Bonnie on the CBS sitcom _Mom_ for 8 years. She also earned the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her 2017 performance in _I, Tonya_. These days, you can catch Allison Janney in the new movie _Miss You, Love You,_ as well as the Netflix drama _The Diplomat_. When Allison Janney joined us back in 2014, she was starring on two TV shows - Showtime's _Masters of Sex_ and CBS's _Mom_. She spoke to us about her early days of acting (including auditioning for an intimidatingly handsome Paul Newman), the ways her mom’s background and brother’s struggle with addiction gave her insight and empathy for her role in _Mom_ , and much more.  _A version of this interview aired in August, 2014_",
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