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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

Gender

Female

Birthday

1956-08-20 (68 years old)

Place of Birth

Rochelle, Illinois, USA

Also Known As

جوآن آلن

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).

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Acting

2025

Zero Day as Sheila Mullen

2021

Lisey's Story as Amanda Debusher

2020

Stars in the House as Self

2017

Arthur Miller: Writer as Self (archive footage)

2016		The Family as Claire Warren
2016		Making “Room” as Self / Nancy

2015

Room as Nancy

2014		Rickover: The Birth of Nuclear Power as Narrator (voice)
2014		A Good Marriage as Darcy Anderson

2012		The Bourne Legacy as Pamela Landy
2012		Luck as Claire Lachay

2011		The Killing as Margaret O'Neal
2011		Jeff Bridges: The Dude Abides as Self
2011		Kitten's First Full Moon

2010

Make No Little Plans: Daniel Burnham and the American City as Narrator

2009		Georgia O'Keeffe as Georgia O'Keeffe
2009		Hachi: A Dog's Tale as Cate Wilson

2008		Death Race as Warden Hennessey
2008		Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence as Self

2007		The Light and the Dark: The Making of 'Face/Off' as Self
2007		Trumbo as Self
2007		The Bourne Ultimatum as Pamela Landy
2007		The Rape of Europa as Narrator (voice)

2006		Bonneville as Carol Brimm
2006		The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays as Heidi Holland (segment "The Heidi Chronicles")
2006		I Could Do That! Esther Morris Gets Women the Vote

2005		Yes as She
2005		Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List as Self - Guest
2005		The Upside of Anger as Terry Wolfmeyer

2004		The Bourne Supremacy as Pamela Landy
2004		The Notebook as Anne Hamilton

2003		The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
2003		Off the Map as Arlene

2001		The Mists of Avalon as Morgause
2001		Inside 'Manhunter' as Herself

2000		The Contender as Laine Hanson
2000		When the Sky Falls as Sinead Hamilton

1999		It's the Rage as Helen Harding
1999		Teen Choice Awards as Self - Nominee

1998

Pleasantville as Betty Parker

1997		The Ice Storm as Elena Hood
1997		The View as Self
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

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

1991

Without Warning: The James Brady Story as Sarah Brady

1989

In Country as Irene

1988		LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988		Tucker: The Man and His Dream as Vera

1987		The Room Upstairs as Ellie
1987		All My Sons as Ann Deever

1986		Peggy Sue Got Married as Maddy Nagle
1986		Manhunter as Reba McClane

1985		The Twilight Zone as (segment "Shelter Skelter")
1985		Compromising Positions as Mary Alice Mahoney
1985		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

Hallmark Hall of Fame as Ellie

Production

2009

Georgia O'Keeffe as Executive Producer