Joan Allen
Born: 1956-08-20 in Rochelle, Illinois, USA
Known For: Acting
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).
Filmography
2025
- Zero Day as Sheila Mullen
2021
- Lisey's Story as Amanda Debusher
2020
- Stars in the House as Self
2018
- Who Will Write Our History? as Rachela Auerbach (voice)
2017
- Arthur Miller: Writer as Self (archive footage)
2016
- The Family as Claire Warren
- Making “Room” as Self / Nancy
2015
- Room as Nancy
2014
- A Good Marriage as Darcy Anderson
- Rickover: The Birth of Nuclear Power as Narrator (voice)
2012
- The Bourne Legacy as Pamela Landy
- Luck as Claire Lachay
2011
- The Killing as Margaret O'Neal
- Jeff Bridges: The Dude Abides as Self
- Kitten's First Full Moon
2010
2009
- Hachi: A Dog's Tale as Cate Wilson
- Georgia O'Keeffe as Georgia O'Keeffe
2008
- Death Race as Warden Hennessey
- Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence as Self
2007
- The Bourne Ultimatum as Pamela Landy
- Trumbo as Self
- The Rape of Europa as Narrator (voice)
- Weathering the Storm: The Making of The Ice Storm as Self
2006
- The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays as Heidi Holland (segment "The Heidi Chronicles")
- Bonneville as Carol Brimm
- I Could Do That! Esther Morris Gets Women the Vote
2005
- Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List as Self - Guest
- The Upside of Anger as Terry Wolfmeyer
- Yes as She
2004
- The Notebook as Anne Hamilton
- The Bourne Supremacy as Pamela Landy
2003
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
- Off the Map as Arlene
2001
- The Mists of Avalon as Morgause
- Inside 'Manhunter' as Herself
2000
- The Contender as Laine Hanson
- When the Sky Falls as Sinead Hamilton
1999
- All the Rage as Helen Harding
- Teen Choice Awards as Self
1998
- Pleasantville as Betty Parker
1997
- The View as Self
- Face/Off as Eve Archer
- The Ice Storm as Elena Hood
1996
- The Crucible as Elizabeth Proctor
1993
- Frasier as Lydia (voice)
- Searching for Bobby Fischer as Bonnie Waitzkin
- Ethan Frome as Zenobia Zeeman Frome
- Josh & S.A.M. as Caroline Whitney
1991
- Without Warning: The James Brady Story as Sarah Brady
1989
- In Country as Irene
1988
- LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self
- Tucker: The Man and His Dream as Vera
1987
- The Room Upstairs as Ellie
- All My Sons as Ann Deever
1986
- Peggy Sue Got Married as Maddy Nagle
- Manhunter as Reba McClane
1985
- The Twilight Zone as (segment "Shelter Skelter")
- Evergreen as Iris Friedman
- Compromising Positions as Mary Alice Mahoney
1983
- Say Goodnight, Gracie as Ginny
1978
- A Wedding as Extra (uncredited)
1975
- Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
1953
- The Oscars as Self
1952
- Today as Self
1951
- Hallmark Hall of Fame as Ellie