Joan Allen
- Acting
- August 20, 1956 · Rochelle, Illinois, USA
Biography
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).
Known for
Filmography
- Zero Day · Sheila Mullen
- Lisey's Story · Amanda Debusher
- Stars in the House · Self
- Who Will Write Our History? · Rachela Auerbach (Voice)
- Arthur Miller: Writer · Self
- The Family · Claire Warren
- Making “Room” · Self / Nancy
- Room · Nancy
- Rickover: The Birth of Nuclear Power · Narrator (Voice)
- A Good Marriage · Darcy Anderson
- The Bourne Legacy · Pamela Landy
- Luck · Claire Lachay
- The Killing · Margaret O'Neal
- Jeff Bridges: The Dude Abides · Self
- Kitten's First Full Moon
- Make No Little Plans: Daniel Burnham and the American City · Narrator
- Georgia O'Keeffe · Georgia O'Keeffe, Executive producer
- Hachi: A Dog's Tale · Cate Wilson
- Death Race · Warden Hennessey
- Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence · Self
- Weathering the Storm: The Making of The Ice Storm · Self
- The Light and The Dark: The Making of Face/Off · Self
- Trumbo · Self
- The Bourne Ultimatum · Pamela Landy
- The Rape of Europa · Narrator (Voice)
- Bonneville · Carol Brimm
- The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays · Heidi Holland (segment "The Heidi Chronicles")
- I Could Do That! Esther Morris Gets Women the Vote
- Yes · She
- Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List · Self
- The Upside of Anger · Terry Wolfmeyer
- The Bourne Supremacy · Pamela Landy
- The Notebook · Anne Hamilton
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show · Self
- Off the Map · Arlene
- The Mists of Avalon · Morgause
- Inside 'Manhunter' · Self
- The Contender · Laine Hanson
- It's the Rage · Helen
- When the Sky Falls · Sinead Hamilton
- Teen Choice Awards · Self
- Pleasantville · Betty Parker
- The Ice Storm · Elena Hood
- The View · Self
- Face/Off · Eve Archer
- The Crucible · Elizabeth Proctor
- Nixon · Pat Nixon
- Mad Love · Margaret Roberts
- Josh & S.A.M. · Caroline Whitney
- Frasier · Lydia (Voice)
- Searching for Bobby Fischer · Bonnie Waitzkin
- Ethan Frome · Zenobia Zeeman Frome
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
- Without Warning: The James Brady Story · Sarah Brady
- In Country · Irene
- LIVE with Kelly and Mark · Self
- Tucker: The Man and His Dream · Vera
- The Room Upstairs · Ellie
- All My Sons · Ann Deever
- Peggy Sue Got Married · Maddy Nagle
- Manhunter · Reba McClane
- The Twilight Zone · (segment "Shelter Skelter")
- Compromising Positions · Mary Alice Mahoney
- Evergreen · Iris Friedman
- Screen Two · Zeena
- Say Goodnight, Gracie · Ginny
- American Playhouse · Ann Keller, Zeena Frome
- A Wedding · Extra (uncredited)
- Saturday Night Live · Self
- The Oscars · Self
- Today · Self
- Hallmark Hall of Fame · Ellie