Joan Allen

ActorProducer Aug 20 (age 69) Rochelle, Illinois, USA 1956–2025 (69 year career)

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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…

Known For

Film

The Notebook

Anne Hamilton

Film

Room

Nancy

Film

Hachi: A Dog's Tale

Cate Wilson

Film

The Bourne Ultimatum

Pamela Landy

Film

The Bourne Supremacy

Pamela Landy

Film

Face/Off

Eve Archer

Film

Pleasantville

Betty Parker

Film

The Bourne Legacy

Pamela Landy

Filmography

Acting (71)

Movies (49)

Who Will Write Our History?

2018

as Rachela Auerbach (voice)

7.3

Arthur Miller: Writer

2017

as Self (archive footage)

Making “Room”

as Self / Nancy

Room

as Nancy

Rickover: The Birth of Nuclear Power

2014

as Narrator (voice)

A Good Marriage

as Darcy Anderson

The Bourne Legacy

as Pamela Landy

Jeff Bridges: The Dude Abides

2011

as Self

6.7

Kitten's First Full Moon

2011

Make No Little Plans: Daniel Burnham and the American City

as Narrator

Hachi: A Dog's Tale

as Cate Wilson

Georgia O'Keeffe

as Georgia O'Keeffe

Death Race

as Warden Hennessey

The Bourne Ultimatum

as Pamela Landy

Trumbo

as Self

The Rape of Europa

as Narrator (voice)

The Light and the Dark: The Making of 'Face/Off'

2007

as Self

Weathering the Storm: The Making of The Ice Storm

2007

as Self

Bonneville

2006

as Carol Brimm

5.6

I Could Do That! Esther Morris Gets Women the Vote

2006

The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays

2006

as Heidi Holland (segment "The Heidi Chronicles")

Yes

as She

The Upside of Anger

as Terry Wolfmeyer

The Notebook

as Anne Hamilton

The Bourne Supremacy

as Pamela Landy

Off the Map

as Arlene

Inside 'Manhunter'

as Herself

The Contender

as Laine Hanson

When the Sky Falls

as Sinead Hamilton

All the Rage

as Helen Harding

Pleasantville

as Betty Parker

Face/Off

as Eve Archer

The Ice Storm

as Elena Hood

The Crucible

as Elizabeth Proctor

Nixon

as Pat Nixon

Mad Love

as Margaret Roberts

Searching for Bobby Fischer

1993

as Bonnie Waitzkin

7.1

Ethan Frome

1993

as Zenobia Zeeman Frome

5.5

Josh & S.A.M.

1993

as Caroline Whitney

4.7

Without Warning: The James Brady Story

as Sarah Brady

In Country

as Irene

Tucker: The Man and His Dream

1988

as Vera

6.7

All My Sons

1987

as Ann Deever

The Room Upstairs

1987

as Ellie

4.2

Peggy Sue Got Married

as Maddy Nagle

Manhunter

as Reba McClane

Compromising Positions

1985

as Mary Alice Mahoney

5.2

Say Goodnight, Gracie

1983

as Ginny

A Wedding

1978

as Extra (uncredited)

6.2

Television (22)

Zero Day

as Sheila Mullen

Lisey's Story

as Amanda Debusher

Stars in the House

as Self

The Family

as Claire Warren

Luck

as Claire Lachay

The Killing

as Margaret O'Neal

Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence

2008

as Self

7.5

Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List

2005

as Self - Guest

5.0

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

as Self

The Mists of Avalon

as Morgause

Teen Choice Awards

as Self

The View

as Self

Frasier

as Lydia (voice)

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

1992

5.4

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

1988

as Self

5.4

The Twilight Zone

1985

as (segment "Shelter Skelter")

Evergreen

as Iris Friedman

Saturday Night Live

as Self - Host

Tony Awards

as Self - Winner

The Oscars

as Self

Today

as Self

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

as Ellie

8.6

Crew (1)

Movies (1)

Georgia O'Keeffe

2009

Executive Producer

4.9