About
Joan Allen
Overview
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
Acting |
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| 2021 | Lisey's Story | Actor | Amanda Debusher | 62 Fair |
| 2017 | Arthur Miller: Writer | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 2016 | The Family | Actor | Claire Warren | 67 Fair |
| 2016 | Making “Room” | Actor | Self / Nancy | N/A N/A |
| 2015 | Room | Actor | Nancy | 79 Good |
| 2014 | Rickover: The Birth of Nuclear Power | Actor | Narrator (voice) | N/A N/A |
| 2014 | A Good Marriage | Actor | Darcy Anderson | 56 Average |
| 2012 | The Bourne Legacy | Actor | Pamela Landy | 61 Fair |
| 2012 | Luck | Actor | Claire Lachay | 68 Fair |
| 2011 | The Killing | Actor | Margaret O'Neal | 78 Good |
| 2011 | Jeff Bridges: The Dude Abides | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2011 | Kitten's First Full Moon | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 2010 | Make No Little Plans: Daniel Burnham and the American City | Actor | Narrator | 59 Average |
| 2009 | Georgia O'Keeffe | Actor | Georgia O'Keeffe | 58 Average |
| 2009 | Hachi: A Dog's Tale | Actor | Cate Wilson | 78 Good |
| 2008 | Death Race | Actor | Warden Hennessey | 62 Fair |
| 2007 | Trumbo | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2007 | The Bourne Ultimatum | Actor | Pamela Landy | 73 Good |
| 2007 | The Rape of Europa | Actor | Narrator (voice) | 59 Average |
| 2006 | Bonneville | Actor | Carol Brimm | 58 Average |
| 2006 | The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays | Actor | Heidi Holland (segment "The Heidi Chronicles") | N/A N/A |
| 2006 | I Could Do That! Esther Morris Gets Women the Vote | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 2005 | Yes | Actor | She | 59 Average |
| 2005 | The Upside of Anger | Actor | Terry Wolfmeyer | 60 Fair |
| 2004 | The Bourne Supremacy | Actor | Pamela Landy | 72 Good |
| 2004 | The Notebook | Actor | Anne Hamilton | 78 Good |
| 2003 | Off the Map | Actor | Arlene | 59 Average |
| 2001 | The Mists of Avalon | Actor | Morgause | 69 Fair |
| 2001 | Inside 'Manhunter' | Actor | Herself | 59 Average |
| 2000 | The Contender | Actor | Laine Hanson | 61 Fair |
| 2000 | When the Sky Falls | Actor | Sinead Hamilton | 58 Average |
| 1999 | It's the Rage | Actor | Helen Harding | 58 Average |
| 1998 | Pleasantville | Actor | Betty Parker | 69 Fair |
| 1997 | Face/Off | Actor | Eve Archer | 69 Fair |
| 1997 | The Ice Storm | Actor | Elena Hood | 64 Fair |
| 1996 | The Crucible | Actor | Elizabeth Proctor | 62 Fair |
| 1995 | Nixon | Actor | Pat Nixon | 63 Fair |
| 1995 | Mad Love | Actor | Margaret Roberts | 57 Average |
| 1993 | Josh and S.A.M. | Actor | Caroline Whitney | 58 Average |
| 1993 | Searching for Bobby Fischer | Actor | Bonnie Waitzkin | 65 Fair |
| 1993 | Ethan Frome | Actor | Zenobia Zeeman Frome | 58 Average |
| 1991 | Without Warning: The James Brady Story | Actor | Sarah Brady | 59 Average |
| 1989 | In Country | Actor | Irene | 58 Average |
| 1988 | Tucker: The Man and His Dream | Actor | Vera | 62 Fair |
| 1987 | The Room Upstairs | Actor | Ellie | 58 Average |
| 1987 | All My Sons | Actor | Ann Deever | N/A N/A |
| 1986 | Peggy Sue Got Married | Actor | Maddy Nagle | 60 Fair |
| 1986 | Manhunter | Actor | Reba McClane | 67 Fair |
| 1985 | Compromising Positions | Actor | Mary Alice Mahoney | 58 Average |
| 1985 | Evergreen | Actor | Iris Friedman | 68 Fair |
| 1978 | A Wedding | Actor | Extra (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| Zero Day | Actor | Sheila Mullen | N/A N/A |
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Production |
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| 2009 | Georgia O'Keeffe | Production | Executive Producer | 58 Average |