Joan Allen
5.4Acting

Joan Allen

Aug 20, 1956 - Rochelle, Illinois, USA

Joan Allen (born August 20, 1956) is an American actress. She worked in theatre, television and film during her early career, and achieved recognition for her Broadway debut in Burn This, winning a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play in 1989.

She has received three Academy Award nominations; she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress for Nixon (1995) and The Crucible (1996), and for Best Actress for The Contender (2000).

Her other films include The Ice Storm (1996), Face/Off (1997), Pleasantville (1998), The Notebook (2004), The Bourne Supremacy (2004) and The Bourne Ultimatum (2007).

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Movie1997Face/OffEve Archer
Movie1986Peggy Sue Got MarriedMaddy Nagle
Movie2017Arthur Miller: WriterSelf (archive footage)
Movie2004The Bourne SupremacyPamela Landy
Movie2007The Bourne UltimatumPamela Landy
Movie1998PleasantvilleBetty Parker
Movie2008Death RaceWarden Hennessey
Movie1995NixonPat Nixon
Movie2004The NotebookAnne Hamilton
Movie1996The CrucibleElizabeth Proctor
Movie2005The Upside of AngerTerry Wolfmeyer
Movie2000The ContenderLaine Hanson
Movie2003Off the MapArlene
Movie1986ManhunterReba McClane
Movie1999It's the RageHelen Harding
Movie2005YesShe
Movie1989In CountryIrene
Movie2006I Could Do That! Esther Morris Gets Women the Vote
Movie1988Tucker: The Man and His DreamVera
Movie2009Hachi: A Dog's TaleCate Wilson
Movie1993Searching for Bobby FischerBonnie Waitzkin
Movie2007TrumboSelf
Movie1993Ethan FromeZenobia Zeeman Frome
Movie2006BonnevilleCarol Brimm
Movie1995Mad LoveMargaret Roberts
Movie2012The Bourne LegacyPamela Landy
Movie1993Josh and S.A.M.Caroline Whitney
Movie1997The Ice StormElena Hood
Movie2011Kitten's First Full Moon
Movie2000When the Sky FallsSinead Hamilton
Movie1991Without Warning: The James Brady StorySarah Brady
Movie2009Georgia O'KeeffeGeorgia O'Keeffe
Movie1987The Room UpstairsEllie
Movie2001Inside 'Manhunter'Herself
Movie2014A Good MarriageDarcy Anderson
Movie2007The Rape of EuropaNarrator (voice)
Movie2015RoomNancy
Movie2014Rickover: The Birth of Nuclear PowerNarrator (voice)
Movie1978A WeddingExtra (uncredited)
Movie2010Make No Little Plans: Daniel Burnham and the American CityNarrator
Movie2006The Best of The Tony Awards: The PlaysHeidi Holland (segment "The Heidi Chronicles")
Movie1985Compromising PositionsMary Alice Mahoney
Movie1987All My SonsAnn Deever
Movie2011Jeff Bridges: The Dude AbidesSelf
Movie2016Making “Room”Self / Nancy
Movie2007The Light and the Dark: The Making of 'Face/Off'Self
Movie2018Who Will Write Our History?Rachela Auerbach (voice)
TV Show2003The Ellen DeGeneres ShowSelf1
TV Show2005Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-ListSelf - Guest1
TV Show1985The Twilight Zone(segment "Shelter Skelter")1
TV Show1952TodaySelf1
TV Show1988LIVE with Kelly and Mark1
TV Show1997The ViewSelf1
TV Show1993FrasierLydia (voice)1
TV Show1951Hallmark Hall of FameEllie1
TV Show1953The OscarsSelf2
TV Show1975Saturday Night LiveSelf - Host1
TV Show2025Zero DaySheila Mullen6
TV Show2011The KillingMargaret O'Neal6
TV Show2016The FamilyClaire Warren12
TV Show2008Elvis Mitchell: Under the InfluenceSelf1
TV Show2001The Mists of AvalonMorgause2
TV Show1985EvergreenIris Friedman3
TV Show1992The Tonight Show with Jay Leno1
TV Show2012LuckClaire Lachay9
TV Show1999Teen Choice AwardsSelf - Nominee1
TV Show2020Stars in the HouseSelf1
TV Show2021Lisey's StoryAmanda Debusher8

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Movie2009Georgia O'KeeffeExecutive ProducerProduction