Joan Allen

Aug 20, 1956 (68 years old) in 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).

Known For

Frasier

Lydia (voice)

The Twilight Zone

(segment "Shelter Skelter")

Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List

Self - Guest

Stars in the House

Self

The Notebook

Anne Hamilton

Zero Day

Sheila Mullen

The Killing

Margaret O'Neal

The Bourne Legacy

Pamela Landy

Face/Off

Eve Archer

The Oscars

Self

Credits

Zero Day 2025

Sheila Mullen

★ 7
Lisey's Story 2021

Amanda Debusher

★ 5.9
Stars in the House 2020

Self

★ NR
Arthur Miller: Writer 2017

Self (archive footage)

★ 7.1
The Family 2016

Claire Warren

★ 6.5
Making “Room” 2016

Self / Nancy

★ 5
Room 2015

Nancy

★ 8
Rickover: The Birth of Nuclear Power 2014

Narrator (voice)

★ NR
A Good Marriage 2014

Darcy Anderson

★ 5.3
The Bourne Legacy 2012

Pamela Landy

★ 6.2
Luck 2012

Claire Lachay

★ 6.8
The Killing 2011

Margaret O'Neal

★ 7.8
Jeff Bridges: The Dude Abides 2011

Self

★ 6.7
Kitten's First Full Moon 2011

★ NR
Make No Little Plans: Daniel Burnham and the American City 2010

Narrator

★ 7.5
Georgia O'Keeffe 2009

Georgia O'Keeffe

★ 5.3
Hachi: A Dog's Tale 2009

Cate Wilson

★ 8
Death Race 2008

Warden Hennessey

★ 6.3
The Light and the Dark: The Making of 'Face/Off' 2007

Self

★ NR
Trumbo 2007

Self

★ 6.7
The Bourne Ultimatum 2007

Pamela Landy

★ 7.4
The Rape of Europa 2007

Narrator (voice)

★ 7.4
Bonneville 2006

Carol Brimm

★ 5.6
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays 2006

Heidi Holland (segment "The Heidi Chronicles")

★ NR
I Could Do That! Esther Morris Gets Women the Vote 2006

★ NR
Yes 2005

She

★ 5.8
Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List 2005

Self - Guest

★ 5
The Upside of Anger 2005

Terry Wolfmeyer

★ 6.3
The Bourne Supremacy 2004

Pamela Landy

★ 7.3
The Notebook 2004

Anne Hamilton

★ 7.9
Off the Map 2003

Arlene

★ 6.5
The Mists of Avalon 2001

Morgause

★ 6.8
Inside 'Manhunter' 2001

Herself

★ 7
The Contender 2000

Laine Hanson

★ 6.7
When the Sky Falls 2000

Sinead Hamilton

★ 5
It's the Rage 1999

Helen Harding

★ 5.5
Teen Choice Awards 1999

Self - Nominee

★ 10
Pleasantville 1998

Betty Parker

★ 7.3
The Ice Storm 1997

Elena Hood

★ 6.9
Face/Off 1997

Eve Archer

★ 7
The Crucible 1996

Elizabeth Proctor

★ 6.6
Nixon 1995

Pat Nixon

★ 6.9
Mad Love 1995

Margaret Roberts

★ 5.2
Josh and S.A.M. 1993

Caroline Whitney

★ 4.7
Frasier 1993

Lydia (voice)

★ 7.7
Searching for Bobby Fischer 1993

Bonnie Waitzkin

★ 7.1
Ethan Frome 1993

Zenobia Zeeman Frome

★ 5.6
Without Warning: The James Brady Story 1991

Sarah Brady

★ 6
In Country 1989

Irene

★ 5.5
Tucker: The Man and His Dream 1988

Vera

★ 6.7
The Room Upstairs 1987

Ellie

★ 4
All My Sons 1987

Ann Deever

★ NR
Peggy Sue Got Married 1986

Maddy Nagle

★ 6.1
Manhunter 1986

Reba McClane

★ 7
The Twilight Zone 1985

(segment "Shelter Skelter")

★ 7.7
Compromising Positions 1985

Mary Alice Mahoney

★ 5.5
Evergreen 1985

Iris Friedman

★ 4.5
A Wedding 1978

Extra (uncredited)

★ 6.3
The Oscars 1953

Self

★ 6.9
Hallmark Hall of Fame 1951

Ellie

★ 8.6

Joan Allen

Known For

Credits

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