Portrait of Joan Allen

Joan Allen

Acting

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).

Born: August 20, 1956

Place of Birth: Rochelle, Illinois, USA

Filmography

2025
Zero Day

as Sheila Mullen

2021
Lisey's Story

as Amanda Debusher

2018
Who Will Write Our History?

as Rachela Auerbach (voice)

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
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

2009
Georgia O'Keeffe

as Georgia O'Keeffe

2009
Hachi: A Dog's Tale

as Cate Wilson

2008
Death Race

as Warden Hennessey

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")

2005
Yes

as She

2005
The Upside of Anger

as Terry Wolfmeyer

2004
The Bourne Supremacy

as Pamela Landy

2004
The Notebook

as Anne Hamilton

2003
Off the Map

as Arlene

2001
2001
2000
The Contender

as Laine Hanson

2000
When the Sky Falls

as Sinead Hamilton

1999
It's the Rage

as Helen Harding

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 & 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

1989
In Country

as Irene

1987
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