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Personal Info

Gender

Female

Birthday

1956-08-20 (68 years old)

Place of Birth

Rochelle, Illinois, USA

Joan Allen

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).

Known For

Acting

2025

Zero Day as Sheila Mullen

2021

Lisey's Story as Amanda Debusher

2020

2017

Arthur Miller: Writer as Self (archive footage)

2016

Making “Room” as Self / Nancy
The Family as Claire Warren

2015

Room as Nancy

2014

A Good Marriage as Darcy Anderson

2012

The Bourne Legacy as Pamela Landy
Luck as Claire Lachay

2011

The Killing as Margaret O'Neal

2010

2009

Hachi: A Dog's Tale as Cate Wilson
Georgia O'Keeffe as Georgia O'Keeffe

2008

Death Race as Warden Hennessey

2007

The Bourne Ultimatum as Pamela Landy
Trumbo as Self
The Rape of Europa as Narrator (voice)

2006

Bonneville as Carol Brimm
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays as Heidi Holland (segment "The Heidi Chronicles")

2005

The Upside of Anger as Terry Wolfmeyer
Yes as She

2004

The Bourne Supremacy as Pamela Landy
The Notebook as Anne Hamilton

2003

Off the Map as Arlene

2001

2000

The Contender as Laine Hanson
When the Sky Falls as Sinead Hamilton

1999

It's the Rage as Helen Harding
Teen Choice Awards as Self - Nominee

1998

Pleasantville as Betty Parker

1997

Face/Off as Eve Archer
The Ice Storm as Elena Hood
The View as Self

1996

The Crucible as Elizabeth Proctor

1995

Nixon as Pat Nixon
Mad Love as Margaret Roberts

1993

Searching for Bobby Fischer as Bonnie Waitzkin
Ethan Frome as Zenobia Zeeman Frome
Josh and S.A.M. as Caroline Whitney
Frasier as Lydia (voice)

1992

1991

1989

In Country as Irene

1988

1987

All My Sons as Ann Deever

1986

Peggy Sue Got Married as Maddy Nagle
Manhunter as Reba McClane

1985

Compromising Positions as Mary Alice Mahoney
The Twilight Zone as (segment "Shelter Skelter")
Evergreen as Iris Friedman

1978

A Wedding as Extra (uncredited)

1975

Saturday Night Live as Self - Host

1953

The Oscars as Self

1952

Today as Self

1951

Production

2009

Georgia O'Keeffe as Executive Producer