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Allison Janney accepts the award for outstanding supporting actress in a comedy series for "Mom" at the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 20, 2015, at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
Allison Janney accepts the award for outstanding supporting actress in a comedy series for "Mom" at the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 20, 2015, at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP) Allison Janney accepts the award for outstanding supporting actress in a comedy series for "Mom" at the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 20, 2015, at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

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LOS ANGELES – Allison Janney was honored at Sunday’s Emmy Awards as best supporting actress in a comedy for her role as a dysfunctional parent in “Mom.”

“There were eight of us in this category,” Janney said. “I feel like I won the lottery.”

She thanked series producer Chuck Lorre for creating a deeply flawed character and “thinking of me to play her.”

After singing a thank-you list to colleagues and family, she lauded the comedy for reminding those lives that are touched by addiction that “there is hope.”