Photo Coverage: Allison Janney Celebrates Her 50th Birthday 'Las Vegas Style'
Stage and screen favorite Allison Janney celebrated her 50th birthday at TAO Las Vegas, Las Vegas Nevada on November 19, 2009.
Janney was last seen on Broadway in the role of Violet Newstead in the recent musical version of 9 to 5 for which she earned a Tony nomination and Drama Desk Award. She appeared in the movie version of the Tony Award winning play Hairspray.
Television fans will remember Allison's starring role as CJ Cregg in the award-winning NBC series The West Wing, where she won a remarkable four Emmy and four SAG Awards for her work on the show. She made her Broadway debut in Noel Coward's Present Laughter for which she earned the Outer Critics Circle Award and Clarence Derwent Award. For her Broadway performance in Arthur Miller's A View from the Bridge she was nominated for a Tony Award and won the Outer Critics Circle Award and the Drama Desk Award for Best Supporting Actress. In addition she has starred in the New York Public Theater's production of Taming of the Shrew, which was part of the Shakespeare in the Park series and in the Williamstown Theatre Festival's production of Lillian Hellman's The Autumn Garden.
Photos by Al Powers/Retna Ltd.
Allison Janney Celebrates the big '50' at TAO in Las Vegas
Allison Janney reads her birthday fortune!
Allison Janney and friends!
Happy Birthday Allison Janney! Come back to Broadway soon!
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