Joan Allen
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).
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Movies (49)
Who Will Write Our History?
2018 · Rachela Auerbach (voice)
Arthur Miller: Escritor
2017 · Self (archive footage)
Making “Room”
2016 · Self / Nancy
Room
2015 · Nancy
Rickover: The Birth of Nuclear Power
2014 · Narrator (voice)
A Good Marriage
2014 · Darcy Anderson
The Bourne Legacy
2012 · Pamela Landy
Kitten's First Full Moon
2011
Jeff Bridges: The Dude Abides
2011 · Self
Make No Little Plans: Daniel Burnham and the American City
2010 · Narrator
Georgia O'Keeffe
2009 · Georgia O'Keeffe, Executive Producer
Hachi: A Dog's Tale
2009 · Cate Wilson
Death Race
2008 · Warden Hennessey
Weathering the Storm: The Making of The Ice Storm
2007 · Self
The Light and The Dark: The Making of Face/Off
2007 · Self
Trumbo
2007 · Self
The Bourne Ultimatum
2007 · Pamela Landy
The Rape of Europa
2007 · Narrator (voice)
Bonneville
2006 · Carol Brimm
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
2006 · Heidi Holland (segment "The Heidi Chronicles")
I Could Do That! Esther Morris Gets Women the Vote
2006
Yes
2005 · She
The Upside of Anger
2005 · Terry Wolfmeyer
The Bourne Supremacy
2004 · Pamela Landy
The Notebook
2004 · Anne Hamilton
Off the Map
2003 · Arlene
Inside 'Manhunter'
2001 · Herself
La conspiración
2000 · Laine Hanson
It's the Rage
2000 · Helen
When the Sky Falls
2000 · Sinead Hamilton
Pleasantville
1998 · Betty Parker
The Ice Storm
1997 · Elena Hood
Face/Off
1997 · Eve Archer
The Crucible
1996 · Elizabeth Proctor
Nixon
1995 · Pat Nixon
Mad Love
1995 · Margaret Roberts
Josh & S.A.M.
1993 · Caroline Whitney
Searching for Bobby Fischer
1993 · Bonnie Waitzkin
Ethan Frome
1993 · Zenobia Zeeman Frome
Without Warning: The James Brady Story
1991 · Sarah Brady
In Country
1989 · Irene
Tucker: The Man and His Dream
1988 · Vera
The Room Upstairs
1987 · Ellie
All My Sons
1987 · Ann Deever
Peggy Sue Got Married
1986 · Maddy Nagle
Manhunter
1986 · Reba McClane
Compromising Positions
1985 · Mary Alice Mahoney
Say Goodnight, Gracie
1983 · Ginny
A Wedding
1978 · Extra (uncredited)
TV shows (23)
Zero Day
2025 · Sheila Mullen
La historia de Lisey
2021 · Amanda Debusher
Stars in the House
2020 · Self
The Family
2016 · Claire Warren
Luck
2012 · Claire Lachay
The Killing
2011 · Margaret O'Neal
Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence
2008 · Self
Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List
2005 · Self - Guest
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003 · Self
The Mists of Avalon
2001 · Morgause
Teen Choice Awards
1999 · Self
The View
1997 · Self
Frasier
1993 · Lydia (voice)
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988 · Self
The Twilight Zone
1985 · (segment "Shelter Skelter")
Evergreen
1985 · Iris Friedman
Screen Two
1985 · Zeena
American Playhouse
1982 · Ann Keller, Zeena Frome
Saturday Night Live
1975 · Self - Host
The Oscars
1953 · Self
Today
1952 · Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Ellie