Joan Allen
Acting • Born 1956-08-20
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
70 credits
Peggy Sue Got Married
Movie • 1986
Maddy Nagle
Face/Off
Movie • 1997
Eve Archer
The Bourne Supremacy
Movie • 2004
Pamela Landy
Arthur Miller: Writer
Movie • 2017
Self (archive footage)
The Bourne Ultimatum
Movie • 2007
Pamela Landy
Pleasantville
Movie • 1998
Betty Parker
Death Race
Movie • 2008
Warden Hennessey
Nixon
Movie • 1995
Pat Nixon
The Notebook
Movie • 2004
Anne Hamilton
The Crucible
Movie • 1996
Elizabeth Proctor
The Upside of Anger
Movie • 2005
Terry Wolfmeyer
The Contender
Movie • 2000
Laine Hanson
Off the Map
Movie • 2003
Arlene
Manhunter
Movie • 1986
Reba McClane
All the Rage
Movie • 1999
Helen Harding
Yes
Movie • 2005
She
In Country
Movie • 1989
Irene
I Could Do That! Esther Morris Gets Women the Vote
Movie • 2006
Hachi: A Dog's Tale
Movie • 2009
Cate Wilson
Tucker: The Man and His Dream
Movie • 1988
Vera
Searching for Bobby Fischer
Movie • 1993
Bonnie Waitzkin
Trumbo
Movie • 2007
Self
Ethan Frome
Movie • 1993
Zenobia Zeeman Frome
Bonneville
Movie • 2006
Carol Brimm
Mad Love
Movie • 1995
Margaret Roberts
The Bourne Legacy
Movie • 2012
Pamela Landy
Josh & S.A.M.
Movie • 1993
Caroline Whitney
The Ice Storm
Movie • 1997
Elena Hood
Kitten's First Full Moon
Movie • 2011
When the Sky Falls
Movie • 2000
Sinead Hamilton
Without Warning: The James Brady Story
Movie • 1991
Sarah Brady
Georgia O'Keeffe
Movie • 2009
Georgia O'Keeffe
The Room Upstairs
Movie • 1987
Ellie
Inside 'Manhunter'
Movie • 2001
Herself
A Good Marriage
Movie • 2014
Darcy Anderson
The Rape of Europa
Movie • 2007
Narrator (voice)
Room
Movie • 2015
Nancy
Rickover: The Birth of Nuclear Power
Movie • 2014
Narrator (voice)
A Wedding
Movie • 1978
Extra (uncredited)
Make No Little Plans: Daniel Burnham and the American City
Movie • 2010
Narrator
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
Movie • 2006
Heidi Holland (segment "The Heidi Chronicles")
Compromising Positions
Movie • 1985
Mary Alice Mahoney
All My Sons
Movie • 1987
Ann Deever
Jeff Bridges: The Dude Abides
Movie • 2011
Self
Making “Room”
Movie • 2016
Self / Nancy
The Light and the Dark: The Making of 'Face/Off'
Movie • 2007
Self
Who Will Write Our History?
Movie • 2018
Rachela Auerbach (voice)
Say Goodnight, Gracie
Movie • 1983
Ginny
Weathering the Storm: The Making of The Ice Storm
Movie • 2007
Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV • 2003
Self
Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List
TV • 2005
Self - Guest
The Twilight Zone
TV • 1985
(segment "Shelter Skelter")
Today
TV • 1952
Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV • 1988
Self
The View
TV • 1997
Self
Frasier
TV • 1993
Lydia (voice)
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Ellie
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Host
Zero Day
TV • 2025
Sheila Mullen
The Killing
TV • 2011
Margaret O'Neal
The Family
TV • 2016
Claire Warren
Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence
TV • 2008
Self
The Mists of Avalon
TV • 2001
Morgause
Evergreen
TV • 1985
Iris Friedman
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV • 1992
Luck
TV • 2012
Claire Lachay
Teen Choice Awards
TV • 1999
Self
Stars in the House
TV • 2020
Self
Lisey's Story
TV • 2021
Amanda Debusher