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).
Maddy Nagle
Peggy Sue Got Married
Eve Archer
Face/Off
Self (archive footage)
Arthur Miller: Writer
Pamela Landy
The Bourne Supremacy
Pamela Landy
The Bourne Ultimatum
Betty Parker
Pleasantville
Warden Hennessey
Death Race
Pat Nixon
Nixon
Anne Hamilton
The Notebook
Elizabeth Proctor
The Crucible
Terry Wolfmeyer
The Upside of Anger
Laine Hanson
The Contender
Arlene
Off the Map
Reba McClane
Manhunter
Helen Harding
It's the Rage
She
Yes
Irene
In Country
I Could Do That! Esther Morris Gets Women the Vote
Vera
Tucker: The Man and His Dream
Cate Wilson
Hachi: A Dog's Tale
Bonnie Waitzkin
Searching for Bobby Fischer
Self
Trumbo
Zenobia Zeeman Frome
Ethan Frome
Carol Brimm
Bonneville
Margaret Roberts
Mad Love
Pamela Landy
The Bourne Legacy
Caroline Whitney
Josh & S.A.M.
Elena Hood
The Ice Storm
Kitten's First Full Moon
Sinead Hamilton
When the Sky Falls
Sarah Brady
Without Warning: The James Brady Story
Georgia O'Keeffe
Georgia O'Keeffe
Ellie
The Room Upstairs
Herself
Inside 'Manhunter'
Darcy Anderson
A Good Marriage
Narrator (voice)
The Rape of Europa
Nancy
Room
Narrator (voice)
Rickover: The Birth of Nuclear Power
Extra (uncredited)
A Wedding
Narrator
Make No Little Plans: Daniel Burnham and the American City
Heidi Holland (segment "The Heidi Chronicles")
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
Mary Alice Mahoney
Compromising Positions
Ann Deever
All My Sons
Self
Jeff Bridges: The Dude Abides
Self / Nancy
Making “Room”
Self
The Light and the Dark: The Making of 'Face/Off'
Rachela Auerbach (voice)
Who Will Write Our History?
Ginny
Say Goodnight, Gracie
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
48
Gender
Female
Birthday
1956-08-20
Place of Birth
Rochelle, Illinois, USA
Also Known As
جوآن آلن