Karen Allen
Actor, Director, Writer
October 5, 1951 (75 years)
Karen Jane Allen (born October 5, 1951) is an American actress best known for her role as Marion Ravenwood in Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008). Allen has also had roles in films including National Lampoon's Animal House (1978), The Wanderers (1979), Cruising (1980), Starman (1984), Scrooged (1988), The Sandlot (1993), and Poster Boy (2004).
Known For
Filmography
| 2026 | Other Mommy · as Grandma Ruth |
| 2024 | The Easy Kind · as Kathy |
| 2024 | Unsinkable · as Nancy Smith |
| 2023 | Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny · as Marion |
| 2023 | Voices over the Water · as Narrator |
| 2022 | A Stage of Twilight · as CoraOn Plex |
| 2022 | The Last Movie Stars · as Frances Woodward (voice) |
| 2022 | Going Home · as Bonnie |
| 2021 | Things Heard & Seen · as Mare Laughton |
| 2020 | 50 States of Fright · as Sheriff Stallings |
| 2019 | Colewell · as Nora |
| 2017 | Spielberg · as Marion |
| 2016 | Year by the Sea · as Joan |
| 2015 | Bad Hurt · as Elaine KendallOn Plex |
| 2010 | White Irish Drinkers · as Margaret |
| 2010 | November Christmas · as Claire Sanford |
| 2010 | Blue Bloods · as Betty Lowe |
| 2009 | A Dog Year · as Paula (voice) |
| 2008 | Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull · as Marion Ravenwood |
| 2004 | When Will I Be Loved · as Alexandra Barrie |
| 2004 | Poster Boy · as Eunice Kray |
| 2002 | Briar Patch · as Butcher Lee |
| 2001 | World Traveler · as Delores |
| 2001 | In the Bedroom · as Marla Keyes |
| 2001 | Shaka Zulu: The Citadel · as Katherine Farewell |
| 2001 | My Horrible Year! · as Belinda Faulkner |
| 2000 | The Perfect Storm · as Melissa Brown |
| 2000 | Wind River · as Martha |
| 1999 | The Basket · as Bessie Emery |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit · as Paula Varney |
| 1998 | Falling Sky · as Resse Nicholson |
| 1997 | All the Winters That Have Been · as Hannah Raven |
| 1997 | 'Til There Was You · as Betty Dawkan |
| 1996 | Hostile Advances: The Kerry Ellison Story · as Margaret |
| 1993 | Ghost in the Machine · as Terry Munroe |
| 1993 | King of the Hill · as Miss Mathey |
| 1993 | Voyage · as Catherine 'kit' Norvell |
| 1993 | The Sandlot · as Mom |
| 1993 | Rapture · as Georgianne Corcoran |
| 1992 | Malcolm X · as Miss Dunne |
| 1992 | HBO First Look · as Melissa Brown |
| 1992 | |
| 1992 | The Turning · as Glory Lawson |
| 1991 | Sweet Talker · as Julie Maguire |
| 1990 | Law & Order · as Judith Sandler |
| 1990 | Secret Weapon · as Ruth |
| 1990 | Challenger · as Christa Mcauliffe |
| 1989 | Animal Behavior · as Alex Bristow |
| 1988 | Scrooged · as Claire Phillips |
| 1987 | Backfire · as Mara Mcandrew |
| 1987 | The Glass Menagerie · as Laura Wingfield |
| 1987 | Terminus · as GusOn Plex |
| 1985 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985) · as Jackie Foster |
| 1984 | Starman · as Jenny Hayden |
| 1984 | Until September · as Mo Alexander |
| 1982 | Split Image · as Rebecca / Amy |
| 1982 | Shoot the Moon · as Sandy |
| 1981 | Raiders of the Lost Ark · as Marion Ravenwood |
| 1981 | East of Eden (1981) · as Abra |
| 1980 | A Small Circle of Friends · as Jessica Bloom |
| 1980 | Cruising · as Nancy Gates |
| 1979 | Knots Landing · as Annie FairgateOn Plex |
| 1979 | The Wanderers · as Nina |
| 1979 | Manhattan · as Television Actor #2 |
| 1978 | Lovey: A Circle of Children, Part II · as Elizabeth |
| 1978 | National Lampoon's Animal House · as Katy |
| 2017 | A Tree a Rock a Cloud · as Screenplay |