Janel Moloney

Birthplace: Woodland Hills, California, USA
Birthday: October 3, 1969

A classic California blond, Janel Moloney grew up in the Los Angeles suburb of Woodland Hills and knew from a young age she wanted to be an actress. The youngest in a tight-knit family of four children, Moloney has a fraternal twin. She studied dance from the age of five to fifteen but has always said she knew she wanted to be an actress and a serious, professional one at that. As a child, Moloney would often put on perfomances for her family, mostly from the musical "Annie," her favorite musical at the time. She admits her gracious…more

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Amber Frey: Witness For the Prosecution
Amber Frey
Bang, Bang, You're Dead
Ellie Milford
To Save a Child
Janelle Lowry
The West Wing
Donna Moss
... And Then She Was Gone
Mary Connally

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Career Milestones

2007
Joined the cast of the Showtime drama "Brotherhood," playing a woman who has an affair with local politician Tommy Caffee
2002
Appeared in Showtime movie "Bang, Bang, You're Dead"
2000 to 2006
Cast as Donna Moss, assistant to Deputy Chief of Staff Josh Lyman (played by Bradley Whitford) in the NBC political drama, "The West Wing"; earned Emmy nominations in 2002 and 2004 for Best Supporting Actress
1999
Cast in pilot of Sorkin and Shlamme's show "The West Wing"; taken on as frequent guest star
1998
Had guest role on "Sports Night"; met writer producers Aaron Sorkin and Tommy Shlamme