Personal Info
Birth date
1976-02-16 (49 Years)
Gender
Female
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Arizona, USA
Also known as
Τζάνετ Βάρνεϊ
Janet Varney
Biography
Janet Varney (born February 16, 1976) is an American comedic actress best known for being the current hostess of TBS's Dinner and a Movie.
Filmography
Bones
8.215
Overview:
Dr. Temperance Brennan and her colleagues at the Jeffersonian's Medico-Legal Lab assist Special Agent Seeley Booth with murder investigations when the remains are so badly decomposed, burned or destroyed that the standard identification methods are useless.How I Met Your Mother
8.1
Overview:
A father recounts to his children - through a series of flashbacks - the journey he and his four best friends took leading up to him meeting their mother.@midnight with Chris Hardwick
5.2
Overview:
Chris Hardwick will lead three celebrity contestants down the ultimate internet wormhole. Culling from the darkest recesses of social media, they will compete to determine who has the funniest take on the day's pop culture.Psych
7.889
Overview:
Thanks to his police officer father's efforts, Shawn Spencer spent his childhood developing a keen eye for detail (and a lasting dislike of his dad). Years later, Shawn's frequent tips to the police lead to him being falsely accused of a crime he solved. Now, Shawn has no choice but to use his abilities to perpetuate his cover story: psychic crime-solving powers, all the while dragging his best friend, his dad, and the police along for the ride.The Legend of Korra
8.2
Overview:
Avatar Korra, a headstrong, rebellious, feisty young woman who continually challenges and breaks with tradition, is on her quest to become a fully realized Avatar. In this story, the Avatar struggles to find balance within herself.The Exes
6.538
Overview:
A sitcom about three divorced men sharing an apartment across the hall from their female divorce attorney, who is also their landlord.Um, Actually...
9.5
Overview:
Introducing a game show of fandom minutiae one-upmanship, where nerds do what nerds do best: flaunt encyclopedic nerd knowledge at Millennium Falcon nerd-speed.The Legend of Vox Machina
8.235
Overview:
They're rowdy, they're ragtag, they're misfits turned mercenaries for hire. Vox Machina is more interested in easy money and cheap ale than actually protecting the realm. But when the kingdom is threatened by evil, this boisterous crew realizes that they are the only ones capable of restoring justice.Hot in Cleveland
7.387
Overview:
Three fabulous, eccentric, LA best friends of a certain age have their lives changed forever when their plane unexpectedly lands in Cleveland and they soon rediscover themselves in this new "promised land."Entourage
7.362
Overview:
Film star Vince Chase navigates the vapid terrain of Los Angeles with a close circle of friends and his trusty agent.Harley Quinn
8.337
Overview:
Harley Quinn has finally broken things off once and for all with the Joker and attempts to make it on her own as the criminal Queenpin of Gotham City.Warehouse 13
7.665
Overview:
After saving the life of the President, two secret service agents - Myka Bering and Pete Lattimer - find themselves assigned to the top secret Warehouse 13. The Warehouse is a massive, top secret facility that houses dangerous and fantastical objects. Together, Pete and Myka along with fellow agents Claudia, Steve Jinks and Warehouse caretaker Artie, must recover artifacts from around the globe before they can cause catastrophic damage.Childrens Hospital
7.2
Overview:
A hospital isn't a place for lazy people. It's a place for smart people who take care of people who aren't smart enough to keep themselves healthy. So begins Children's Hospital, a parody series that follows the lives, loves and laughs of a hospital staff.You're the Worst
7.436
Overview:
Narcissistic, brash, and self-destructive Jimmy Shive-Overly thinks all relationships are doomed. Cynical, people-pleasing, and stubborn Gretchen Cutler knows that relationships aren't for her. So when they meet at a wedding, it's only natural that the two of them go home together.Love, Inc.
5.3
Overview:
The energetic staff of LOVE, INC. takes pride in their success as full-service dating consultants. Leading the flourishing team is owner and founder of LOVE, INC., Clea. After her marriage of nine years falls apart, she now finds herself thrust into the dating world once again. Denise Johnson, an energetic, pragmatic, young woman who helps Clea make the company a success, is skilled at helping her clients find their seemingly unattainable soulmates, yet struggles with her inability to find true love. Making the hip busy offices run smoothly is Francine, who in addition to being a excellent wingwoman, has a great sense of fashion style and encourages her clients to trust it. Rounding out the staff is Viviana, a quick-witted and sharp tongued receptionist, and Barry, a wingman whose quirky ways and comments always stun everyone.Key & Peele
7.648
Overview:
Key & Peele is an American sketch comedy television show. It stars Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele, both former cast members of MADtv. Each episode of the show consists of several pre-taped sketches starring the two actors, introduced by Key and Peele in front of a live studio audience.Platonic
6.9
Overview:
A platonic pair of former best friends approaching midlife reconnect after a long rift. The duo’s friendship becomes more consuming—and destabilizes their lives in a hilarious way.Crossballs: The Debate Show
10
Overview:
Crossballs: The Debate Show is a Comedy Central television show which poked fun at cable news networks' political debate shows, especially CNN's Crossfire and MSNBC's Hardball with Chris Matthews. In each episode, comedians posing as experts on a particular subject would debate two real commentators. The true experts were unaware that the show was a sham. Topics ranged from reality television to religion to violence in video games. It debuted on July 6, 2004 and ran for eight weeks. It aired Tuesday-Friday at 7:30 p.m. ET. The twenty-third and final episode aired on August 24, 2004. Show number 24 was taped but never aired, after one of the unsuspecting guests, James March, threatened to sue Comedy Central.Burning Love
7.264
Overview:
Burning Love is a scripted comedy series which is a web spoof of the television shows The Bachelor, The Bachelorette and Bachelor Pad. Depending on the season, the show either follows a man or a woman who is looking for the perfect mate from a pool of contestants, or has contestants living together in a mansion competing for a cash prize. Ben Stiller is executive co-producer. Season 1 showcases fireman Mark Orlando as the bachelor. Season 2 of the series, which premiered in February 2013, stars June Diane Raphael reprising her role as season 1 contestant Julie, now the bachelorette given the chance to find the perfect man. Season 3 also premiered in 2013 and starred former contestants from Seasons 1 and 2 competing for a $900 prize rather than for love.Better Off Ted
7.638
Overview:
Ted, a successful but morally conscious man, runs a research and development department at a morally questionable corporation, Veridian Technologies. No achievement is too far fetched and no invention too unorthodox for Veridian. Ted loves his seemingly perfect job; he loves his superhuman boss, Veronica, and colleagues Lem, Phil and Linda, but he's starting to take a closer look at the company's extremely questionable practices... especially when they try to cryogenically freeze one of Ted's scientists for testing purposes.Bless the Harts
6.7
Overview:
The lives of a group of Southerners who are always broke as a joke and struggling for the American dream of status and wealth. What they don’t realize is that they’re already rich — in friends, family and laughter.MyMusic
5
Overview:
MyMusic was the primary series that aired on the MyMusicShow YouTube channel. It documented the antics of MyMusic, a transmedia production company where, rather than referring to each other by name, the staff go by the varying music genres with which they associate. CEO and founder Indie heads the team, which consists of people following extremely different–and frequently conflicting–tastes and attitudes. The company claims to have been given the YouTube original channel, which brings along with it a documentary crew filming them day to day. The second season picks up following the burning of the MyMusic building at the conclusion of the first season. After this fire, Indie has the MyMusic team returning to its roots, as well as focus more on social media and the MyMusic blog.HarmonQuest
7.765
Overview:
A fantasy comedy adventure series that melds live action comedians riffing on a stage in front of a live studio audience with animated forays into a fantasy adventure roleplaying game. The intrepid comedians, Dan Harmon, Jeff Davis, and Erin McGathy, along with a rotating special guest member, gather around a kitchen table and attempt to play the game and fail in hilarious fashion, to the chagrin of their adjudicator-referee- Game Master Spencer Crittenden.What About Brian
6.2
Overview:
Serial monogamist Brian O'Hara hits his mid-30s and suddenly realizes he's the last bachelor standing in his circle of friends. Not averse to the happily ever after his friends have achieved, Brian wonders whether he'll ever find Mrs. Right. The fact that he's in love with his best friend's girlfriend doesn't help his chances.American Housewife
7.7
Overview:
A family comedy narrated by Katie, a strong-willed mother, raising her flawed family in a wealthy town filled with perfect wives and their perfect offspring.Dicktown
5.7
Overview:
Welcome to Richardsville, NC (aka DICKTOWN to the locals), its famous boy detective, John Hunchman, and his hired muscle, David Purefoy. Except they're not boys any more and while they're still detectives, they still only solve crimes for teenagers.Happy Hour
4.8
Overview:
Happy Hour is a sitcom that debuted on Fox in the United States and on CTV in Canada on September 7, 2006. The show starred John Sloan as Henry Beckman, a young man rebuilding his life after losing his girlfriend, his job, and his apartment. The series was produced by married duo Jackie and Jeff Filgo of That '70s Show. Fox put the show on hiatus in September 2006, and officially canceled it the following May. Thirteen episodes of Happy Hour were made, of which four have aired and nine remain unaired.Stan Against Evil
6.721
Overview:
An aging police sheriff who has recently lost his position due to an angry outburst begrudgingly joins an alliance with new sheriff, Evie Barret to battle angry demons haunting their small New Hampshire town.Halfway Home
6.8
Overview:
Halfway Home is an American comedy series that aired on Comedy Central in Spring 2007. On its official website, Halfway Home is described as an "improvised half-hour show featuring the daily exploits of five ex-cons living together in a residential rehab facility". After airing 10 episodes, on June 20, 2007 costar Regan Burns confirmed that the show had ended.Acting
2025Mynocks from Space as Mynocks / Nemet / Admiral Piett / Romas Navander / Toryn Farr / Wedge Antilles / Wyron Serper / Zuckuss
2025The Muppet Script as Janice
2024But I'm a Shoe as Shoe/Girl
2023Urkel Saves Santa: The Movie! as Old Lady Buechler / Amber / Woman (voice)
2023Platonic (4 Episodes) as Vanessa
2022The Legend of Vox Machina (2 Episodes) as Vilya (voice)
2021Fails Marathon: Christmas Week 2021 (3 Episodes) as Critical Role Host (archive footage)
2021Injustice as Diana Prince / Wonder Woman (voice)
2021See You Next Christmas as Lenora
2021Country Comfort (8 Episodes) as Summer
2020Dicktown (1 Episode) as Tracey
2019Harley Quinn (1 Episode) as Mera (voice)
2019Bless the Harts (1 Episode) as Kitty (voice)
2019Planet Claire as Claire (voice)
2019RiffTrax Live: Day of the Shorts: SF Sketchfest 2019 as Self
2018Fortune Rookie (8 Episodes) as Janet Varney
2018Um, Actually... (1 Episode) as Self - Contestant
2016Stan Against Evil (24 Episodes) as Evie Barret
2016Diani and Devine Meet the Apocalypse as Shana
2016American Housewife (1 Episode) as Jenn
2016HarmonQuest (1 Episode) as Sedona
2016Rifftrax Live: Night of the Shorts - SF Sketchfest 2016 as Herself
2016Norm of the North as Janet (voice)
2015Rifftrax Live: Night of the Shorts - SF Sketchfest 2015 as Herself
2015The Thrilling Adventure Hour Live as Rebecca Rose Rushmore
2014You're the Worst (7 Episodes) as Becca Barbara
2013@midnight with Chris Hardwick (1 Episode) as Self
2013Present Tense as Cynthia
2013RiffTrax Live: Night of the Shorts - SF Sketchfest 2013 as Herself
2012Burning Love (28 Episodes) as Carly
2012MyMusic (1 Episode) as Nancy Spackman
2012The Legend of Korra (52, 1 Episode) as Korra (voice), May (voice)
2012TableTop (1 Episode) as Self - Guest
2012Key & Peele (1, 1 Episode) as Campaign Advisor, White Woman #1
2011The Exes (2 Episodes) as Lorna
2011Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer as Jill Moody (Mom)
2011The Selling as Mary Best
2011Best Player as Tracy Saunders
2010Hot in Cleveland (1 Episode) as Ellen
2010Nic & Tristan Go Mega Dega as Howard Fishtickle - Mom
2009Warehouse 13 (1 Episode) as Elise
2009Better Off Ted (1 Episode) as Female Lawyer
2008Childrens Hospital (1 Episode) as Stacy
2008Drillbit Taylor as Attractive Woman Driver
2007Halfway Home (2 Episodes) as Unknown
2007Dante's Inferno as Teacher / Cleopatra / City of Dis Intercom / Ulysses' Usher (voice)
2007Humble Pie as Joleen
2006Happy Hour (1 Episode) as Unknown
2006Psych (1, 1 Episode) as Mindy Howland, Connie Camp
2006What About Brian (1 Episode) as Unknown
2006Free Ride (1 Episode) as Megan
2005Love, Inc. (1 Episode) as Unknown
2005How I Met Your Mother (1 Episode) as Stacey
2005Bones (1 Episode) as Maureen Perot
2005Back to Norm as Unknown
2004Catwoman as Party Girl
2004Entourage (2 Episodes) as Unknown
2004Crossballs: The Debate Show (24 Episodes) as Unknown
Writing
2018Fortune Rookie (8 Episodes) ... Writer
Production
2018Fortune Rookie (8 Episodes) ... Executive Producer
Creator
2018Fortune Rookie ... Creator