Joan Allen
Acting1956Rochelle, Illinois, USA
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
Acting History
2025
Zero Day
TVas Sheila Mullen• 6 eps
2021
Lisey's Story
TVas Amanda Debusher• 8 eps
2020
Stars in the House
TVas Self• 1 eps
2018
Who Will Write Our History?
as Rachela Auerbach (voice)
2017
Arthur Miller: Writer
as Self (archive footage)
2016
Making “Room”
as Self / Nancy
The Family
TVas Claire Warren
2015
Room
as Nancy
2014
Rickover: The Birth of Nuclear Power
as Narrator (voice)
A Good Marriage
as Darcy Anderson
The Killing
TVas Margaret O'Neal• 6 eps
2012
The Bourne Legacy
as Pamela Landy
Luck
TVas Claire Lachay
2010
2009
Hachi: A Dog's Tale
as Cate Wilson
Georgia O'Keeffe
as Georgia O'Keeffe
Georgia O'Keeffe
Executive Producer
2008
Death Race
as Warden Hennessey
Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence
TVas Self
2007
2006
Bonneville
as Carol Brimm
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
as Heidi Holland (segment "The Heidi Chronicles")
2005
2004
The Notebook
as Anne Hamilton
The Bourne Supremacy
as Pamela Landy
2003
Off the Map
as Arlene
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TVas Self
2001
Inside 'Manhunter'
as Herself
The Mists of Avalon
TVas Morgause
2000
The Contender
as Laine Hanson
When the Sky Falls
as Sinead Hamilton
1999
It's the Rage
as Helen Harding
Teen Choice Awards
TVas Self
1998
Pleasantville
as Betty Parker
1997
1996
The Crucible
as Elizabeth Proctor
Frasier
TVas Lydia (voice)• 1 eps
1993
Josh and S.A.M.
as Caroline Whitney
Searching for Bobby Fischer
as Bonnie Waitzkin
Ethan Frome
as Zenobia Zeeman Frome
1991
Without Warning: The James Brady Story
as Sarah Brady
1989
In Country
as Irene
1988
Tony Awards
TVas Self - Winner• 1 eps
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TVas Self
1987
All My Sons
as Ann Deever
The Room Upstairs
as Ellie
The Twilight Zone
TVas (segment "Shelter Skelter")• 1 eps
1986
Peggy Sue Got Married
as Maddy Nagle
Manhunter
as Reba McClane
1985
Compromising Positions
as Mary Alice Mahoney
Evergreen
TVas Iris Friedman
1983
Say Goodnight, Gracie
as Ginny
1978
A Wedding
as Extra (uncredited)
1975
Saturday Night Live
TVas Self - Host
1952
Today
TVas Self
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TVas Ellie