Person
Joan Allen
Acting · Born 1956-08-20 · 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
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
Frasier
Lydia (voice)
The View
Self
Screen Two
Zeena
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
The Killing
Margaret O'Neal
The Twilight Zone
(segment "Shelter Skelter")
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
Today
Self
Filmography
- 2025Zero DaySheila Mullen
- 2021Lisey's StoryAmanda Debusher
- 2020Stars in the HouseSelf
- 2018Who Will Write Our History?Rachela Auerbach (voice)
- 2017Arthur Miller: WriterSelf (archive footage)
- 2016The FamilyClaire Warren
- 2016Making “Room”Self / Nancy
- 2015RoomNancy
- 2014Rickover: The Birth of Nuclear PowerNarrator (voice)
- 2014A Good MarriageDarcy Anderson
- 2012The Bourne LegacyPamela Landy
- 2012LuckClaire Lachay
- 2011The KillingMargaret O'Neal
- 2011Jeff Bridges: The Dude AbidesSelf
- 2011Kitten's First Full Moon
- 2010Make No Little Plans: Daniel Burnham and the American CityNarrator
- 2009Georgia O'KeeffeGeorgia O'Keeffe
- 2009Hachi: A Dog's TaleCate Wilson
- 2008Death RaceWarden Hennessey
- 2008Elvis Mitchell: Under the InfluenceSelf
- 2007Weathering the Storm: The Making of The Ice StormSelf
- 2007TrumboSelf
- 2007The Bourne UltimatumPamela Landy
- 2007The Rape of EuropaNarrator (voice)
- 2006BonnevilleCarol Brimm
- 2006The Best of The Tony Awards: The PlaysHeidi Holland (segment "The Heidi Chronicles")
- 2006I Could Do That! Esther Morris Gets Women the Vote
- 2005YesShe
- 2005Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-ListSelf - Guest
- 2005The Upside of AngerTerry Wolfmeyer
- 2004The Bourne SupremacyPamela Landy
- 2004The NotebookAnne Hamilton
- 2003The Ellen DeGeneres ShowSelf
- 2003Off the MapArlene
- 2001The Mists of AvalonMorgause
- 2001Inside 'Manhunter'Herself
- 2000The ContenderLaine Hanson
- 2000When the Sky FallsSinead Hamilton
- 1999All the RageHelen Harding
- 1999Teen Choice AwardsSelf
- 1998PleasantvilleBetty Parker
- 1997The Ice StormElena Hood
- 1997The ViewSelf
- 1997Face/OffEve Archer
- 1996The CrucibleElizabeth Proctor
- 1995NixonPat Nixon
- 1995Mad LoveMargaret Roberts
- 1993Josh & S.A.M.Caroline Whitney
- 1993FrasierLydia (voice)
- 1993Searching for Bobby FischerBonnie Waitzkin
- 1993Ethan FromeZenobia Zeeman Frome
- 1992The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
- 1991Without Warning: The James Brady StorySarah Brady
- 1989In CountryIrene
- 1988LIVE with Kelly and MarkSelf
- 1988Tucker: The Man and His DreamVera
- 1987The Room UpstairsEllie
- 1987All My SonsAnn Deever
- 1986Peggy Sue Got MarriedMaddy Nagle
- 1986ManhunterReba McClane
- 1985The Twilight Zone(segment "Shelter Skelter")
- 1985Compromising PositionsMary Alice Mahoney
- 1985EvergreenIris Friedman
- 1985Screen TwoZeena
- 1983Say Goodnight, GracieGinny
- 1978A WeddingExtra (uncredited)
- 1975Saturday Night LiveSelf - Host
- 1953The OscarsSelf
- 1952TodaySelf
- 1951Hallmark Hall of FameEllie
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