Allison Janney to Star in New TV Show 'Mr. Sunshine' with Matthew Perry

According to The Hollywood Reporter, stage and screen actress Allison Janney will co-star in the new Matthew Perry TV show 'Mr. Sunshine' helmed by Tommy Schlamme. 'Sunshine', written by Perry along with Alex Barnow and Marc Firek, centers on Perry who, "as the manager of an aging San Diego stadium realizes on his 40th birthday that he can no longer get by on just his charming, noncommittal ways." Janney will play 'Crystal', Perry's boss.

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.