Joan Allen
Acting
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
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tvZero Day
2025
Sheila Mullen
tvLisey's Story
2021
Amanda Debusher
movieWho Will Write Our History?
2018
Rachela Auerbach (voice)
movieArthur Miller: Writer
2017
Self (archive footage)
tvThe Family
2016
Claire Warren
movieMaking “Room”
2016
Self / Nancy
movieRoom
2015
Nancy
movieRickover: The Birth of Nuclear Power
2014
Narrator (voice)
movieA Good Marriage
2014
Darcy Anderson
movieThe Bourne Legacy
2012
Pamela Landy
tvLuck
2012
Claire Lachay
tvThe Killing
2011
Margaret O'Neal
movieGeorgia O'Keeffe
2009
Georgia O'Keeffe
movieHachi: A Dog's Tale
2009
Cate Wilson
movieDeath Race
2008
Warden Hennessey
movieTrumbo
2007
Self
movieThe Bourne Ultimatum
2007
Pamela Landy
movieThe Rape of Europa
2007
Narrator (voice)
movieBonneville
2006
Carol Brimm
movieThe Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
2006
Heidi Holland (segment "The Heidi Chronicles")
movieYes
2005
She
tvKathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List
2005
Self - Guest
movieThe Upside of Anger
2005
Terry Wolfmeyer
movieThe Bourne Supremacy
2004
Pamela Landy
movieThe Notebook
2004
Anne Hamilton
movieOff the Map
2003
Arlene
tvThe Mists of Avalon
2001
Morgause
movieInside 'Manhunter'
2001
Herself
movieThe Contender
2000
Laine Hanson
movieWhen the Sky Falls
2000
Sinead Hamilton
movieAll the Rage
1999
Helen Harding
moviePleasantville
1998
Betty Parker
movieThe Ice Storm
1997
Elena Hood
tvThe View
1997
Self
movieFace/Off
1997
Eve Archer
movieThe Crucible
1996
Elizabeth Proctor
movieNixon
1995
Pat Nixon
movieMad Love
1995
Margaret Roberts
movieJosh & S.A.M.
1993
Caroline Whitney
tvFrasier
1993
Lydia (voice)
movieSearching for Bobby Fischer
1993
Bonnie Waitzkin
movieEthan Frome
1993
Zenobia Zeeman Frome
movieIn Country
1989
Irene
movieAll My Sons
1987
Ann Deever
moviePeggy Sue Got Married
1986
Maddy Nagle
movieManhunter
1986
Reba McClane
tvThe Twilight Zone
1985
(segment "Shelter Skelter")
movieCompromising Positions
1985
Mary Alice Mahoney
tvEvergreen
1985
Iris Friedman
tvScreen Two
1985
Zeena
tvAmerican Playhouse
1982
Ann Keller / Zeena Frome
movieA Wedding
1978
Extra (uncredited)
tvSaturday Night Live
1975
Self - Host
tvThe Oscars
1953
Self
tvToday
1952
Self
Production1
movieGeorgia O'Keeffe
2009
Executive Producer