Joan Allen
Actor, Producer
August 20, 1956 (70 years)
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).
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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Filmography
| 2025 | Zero Day · as Sheila Mullen |
| 2022 | Bonnie · as Reba |
| 2021 | Lisey's Story · as Amanda Debusher |
| 2018 | Who Will Write Our History · as Rachela Auerbach (voice) |
| 2016 | The Family (2016) · as Claire Warren |
| 2015 | Room · as Nancy |
| 2014 | Rickover: The Birth of Nuclear Power · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2014 | A Good Marriage · as Darcy AndersonOn Plex |
| 2012 | The Bourne Legacy · as Pamela Landy |
| 2011 | Luck · as Claire Lachay |
| 2011 | The Killing (US) · as Margaret O'neal |
| 2011 | |
| 2009 | Georgia O'Keeffe · as Georgia O'keeffe |
| 2009 | Hachi: A Dog's Tale · as Cate Wilson |
| 2008 | Blessed Is the Match · as Catherine Senesh |
| 2008 | Death Race · as Warden Hennessey |
| 2007 | The Bourne Ultimatum · as Pamela Landy |
| 2006 | The Rape of Europa · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2006 | Bonneville · as Carol Brimm |
| 2006 | |
| 2005 | The Upside of Anger · as Terry Wolfmeyer |
| 2004 | Yes · as She |
| 2004 | The Bourne Supremacy · as Pamela Landy |
| 2004 | The Notebook · as Anne Hamilton |
| 2003 | Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Kattan · as Miss Wallace |
| 2003 | Off the Map · as Arlene |
| 2001 | The Mists of Avalon · as Morgause |
| 2000 | The Contender · as Laine HansonOn Plex |
| 2000 | When the Sky Falls · as Sinead Hamilton |
| 1999 | All the Rage · as Helen |
| 1998 | Pleasantville · as Betty ParkerOn Plex |
| 1997 | The Ice Storm · as Elena Hood |
| 1997 | Face/Off · as Eve Archer |
| 1996 | The Crucible · as Elizabeth Proctor |
| 1995 | Nixon · as Pat Nixon |
| 1995 | Mad Love · as Margaret Roberts |
| 1993 | Josh and S.A.M. · as Caroline Whitney |
| 1993 | Frasier · as Lydia (voice) |
| 1993 | Searching for Bobby Fischer · as Bonnie Waitzkin |
| 1993 | Ethan Frome · as Zenobia Zeeman Frome |
| 1992 | |
| 1991 | Without Warning: The James Brady Story · as Sarah Brady |
| 1989 | In Country · as Irene |
| 1988 | Tucker: The Man and His Dream · as VeraOn Plex |
| 1987 | The Room Upstairs · as Ellie |
| 1986 | Peggy Sue Got Married · as Maddy Nagle |
| 1986 | Manhunter · as Reba Mcclane |
| 1985 | The Twilight Zone (1985) · as (segment "shelter Skelter") |
| 1985 | Compromising Positions · as Mary Alice Mahoney |
| 1985 | Evergreen · as Iris Friedman |
| 1984 | Screen Two · as Zeena |
| 1980 | American Playhouse · as Ann Keller |
| 1978 | A Wedding · as Extra (uncredited) |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame · as Ellie |
| 2009 | Georgia O'Keeffe · as Executive Producer |