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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
August 20, 1956
Place of Birth
Rochelle, Illinois, USA
Also Known As
- جوآن آلن
Joan Allen
2.4 Popularity
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
7.0
Sheila Mullen
Zero Day
2025
6.0
Amanda Debusher
Lisey's Story
2021
0.0
Self
Stars in the House
2020
7.3
Rachela Auerbach (voice)
Who Will Write Our History?
2018
7.1
Self (archive footage)
Arthur Miller: Writer
2017
6.4
Claire Warren
The Family
2016
4.3
Self / Nancy
Making “Room”
2016
8.0
Nancy
Room
2015
0.0
Narrator (voice)
Rickover: The Birth of Nuclear Power
2014
5.3
Darcy Anderson
A Good Marriage
2014
Credits
Zero Day
as Sheila Mullen
2025
7.0
Lisey's Story
as Amanda Debusher
2021
6.0
Stars in the House
as Self
2020
0.0
Who Will Write Our History?
as Rachela Auerbach (voice)
2018
7.3
Arthur Miller: Writer
as Self (archive footage)
2017
7.1
The Family
as Claire Warren
2016
6.4
Making “Room”
as Self / Nancy
2016
4.3
Room
as Nancy
2015
8.0
Rickover: The Birth of Nuclear Power
as Narrator (voice)
2014
0.0
A Good Marriage
as Darcy Anderson
2014
5.3
The Bourne Legacy
as Pamela Landy
2012
6.2
Luck
as Claire Lachay
2012
6.7
The Killing
as Margaret O'Neal
2011
7.8
Jeff Bridges: The Dude Abides
as Self
2011
6.7
Kitten's First Full Moon
2011
0.0
Make No Little Plans: Daniel Burnham and the American City
as Narrator
2010
7.5
Georgia O'Keeffe
as Georgia O'Keeffe
2009
4.9
Hachi: A Dog's Tale
as Cate Wilson
2009
8.0
Death Race
as Warden Hennessey
2008
6.3
Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence
as Self
2008
7.5
The Light and the Dark: The Making of 'Face/Off'
as Self
2007
0.0
Trumbo
as Self
2007
6.6
The Bourne Ultimatum
as Pamela Landy
2007
7.4
The Rape of Europa
as Narrator (voice)
2007
7.4
Bonneville
as Carol Brimm
2006
5.6
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
as Heidi Holland (segment "The Heidi Chronicles")
2006
0.0
I Could Do That! Esther Morris Gets Women the Vote
2006
0.0
Yes
as She
2005
5.7
Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List
as Self - Guest
2005
5.0
The Upside of Anger
as Terry Wolfmeyer
2005
6.3
The Bourne Supremacy
as Pamela Landy
2004
7.3
The Notebook
as Anne Hamilton
2004
7.9
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
2003
5.6
Off the Map
as Arlene
2003
6.4
The Mists of Avalon
as Morgause
2001
6.7
Inside 'Manhunter'
as Herself
2001
7.0
The Contender
as Laine Hanson
2000
6.7
When the Sky Falls
as Sinead Hamilton
2000
4.6
It's the Rage
as Helen Harding
1999
5.3
Teen Choice Awards
as Self
1999
9.1
Pleasantville
as Betty Parker
1998
7.3
The Ice Storm
as Elena Hood
1997
6.9
The View
as Self
1997
4.3
Face/Off
as Eve Archer
1997
7.0
The Crucible
as Elizabeth Proctor
1996
6.6
Nixon
as Pat Nixon
1995
6.9
Mad Love
as Margaret Roberts
1995
5.2
Josh & S.A.M.
as Caroline Whitney
1993
4.7
Frasier
as Lydia (voice)
1993
7.7
Searching for Bobby Fischer
as Bonnie Waitzkin
1993
7.1
Ethan Frome
as Zenobia Zeeman Frome
1993
5.5
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
5.4
Without Warning: The James Brady Story
as Sarah Brady
1991
6.0
In Country
as Irene
1989
5.6
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self
1988
5.4
Tucker: The Man and His Dream
as Vera
1988
6.7
The Room Upstairs
as Ellie
1987
4.2
All My Sons
as Ann Deever
1987
0.0
Peggy Sue Got Married
as Maddy Nagle
1986
6.1
Manhunter
as Reba McClane
1986
7.0
The Twilight Zone
as (segment "Shelter Skelter")
1985
7.8
Compromising Positions
as Mary Alice Mahoney
1985
5.2
Evergreen
as Iris Friedman
1985
4.5
Say Goodnight, Gracie
as Ginny
1983
0.0
A Wedding
as Extra (uncredited)
1978
6.2
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
1975
7.0
Tony Awards
as Self - Winner
1956
5.9
The Oscars
as Self
1953
7.0
Today
as Self
1952
5.6
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Ellie
1951
8.6