Broadway Vet Allison Janney Joins Cast of Upcoming Movie 'The Oranges'

Variety is reporting that Broadway star Allison Janney is set to star alongside Hugh Laurie, Catherine Keener, Leighton Meester, Oliver Platt, Alia Shawkat, Adam Brody and Sam Rosen in the upcoming indie dark comedy The Oranges.

According to Variety, the movie focuses on "a man (Laurie) who begins an affair with the daughter (Meester) of the family who lives across the street."

The movie will be produced by Anthony Bregman of Likely Story and Leslie Urdang and Dean Vanech of Olympus Pictures. Julian Farino is directing the film. The script is written by Jay Reiss and Ian Hefler.

Allison Janney has appeared on stage as well as in numerous film and television roles. Film roles include 'Juno', 'Hairspray', 'Away We Go', 'Nurse Betty', 'American Beauty', and '10 Things I Hate About You'. Janney's most notable television role was on the Aaron Sorkin political drama , 'The West Wing' where she played press secretary C.J. Cregg from 1999-2006; a role which garnered Janney for Emmy wins and four Golden Globe award nominations. Janney's theatre credits include her 1996 Broadway debut in Present Laughter opposite Frank Langella, the 1998 production 'A View from the Bridge' for which she was nominated for a Tony Award, and most recently she played the role of 'Violet Newstead' in the Broadway musical '9 to 5' based on the 1980 film which starred Dolly Parton, Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin. Janney was nominated for a Tony Award for her role as Violet and she won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical.

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