Oscars 2018: Allison Janney wins Best Actress in a Supporting Role award for I,

Allison Janney PicAFPFor Best Actress in a Supporting Role Oscar winner Allison Janney mom is the word as the actor took home her first golden knight for the portrayal of an abusive pushy and ambitious mother in I Tonya The 58yearold actor who was a frontrunner for the recognition at the 90th Academy Awards scored her maiden trophy today which was her first nomination in the category Names such as Mary J Blige Mudbound Lesley Manville Phantom Thread Laurie Metcalfe Lady Bird and Octavia Spencer The Shape of Water were also vying for the titleJanney was presented the trophy by last years Best Supporting Actor winner Mahershala Ali I did it all by myself she said as the audience broke into a laughter Ok nothing further from the truth she said as she proceeded to thank her fellow nominees her movies team and her parents Janney had already won a Golden Globe a SAGAFTRA a CCA and a Bafta for the role of infamous American figure skater Tonya Hardings mother LaVona Fay Golden who raised her daughter with a feeling that she was a goodfornothingThe sports drama is a biopic on reallife Olympic figure skater Tonya Harding based on the true events which saw Tonyas nowexhusband Jeff Gilooly plot with her selfappointed bodyguard Shawn Eckhardt to take out her rival Nancy Kerrigan to pave the way for her spot on the US team Interestingly Janney harboured dreams of becoming an Olympic figure skater but was unable to realise the dream when she smashed through a sliding glass window when she was 17Janneys LaVona who is a diner waitress by profession is a foulmouthed smoker who can push a young Tonya off her chair and even throw a knife at her adult version in Margot Robbie to prove her point to her daughter The actor has earlier described her part as a distinct unique mother of a character a role for which she has repeatedly thanked her Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre classmate and friend Steven Rogers the screenwriter of the sports dramaIn her 34yearlong career across television films and theatre Janney has also featured in films such as 10 Things I Hate About You Finding Nemo Juno Finding Dory and The Girl on the Train among others A seventime Primetime Emmy Award winner for her television work the actors breakout role was as White House Press SecretaryturnedChief of Staff C J Cregg on the NBC drama The West Wing 19992006 She presently plays a recovering alcoholic mother Bonnie Plunkett on the CBS sitcom MomOscars 2018 Winners List Live UpdatesCatch up on all the latest entertainment news and gossip here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updatesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever