Personal Info
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 B…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Who Will Write Our History?
as Rachela Auerbach (voice)
Arthur Miller: Writer
as Self (archive footage)
Making “Room”
as Self / Nancy
Room
as Nancy
A Good Marriage
as Darcy Anderson
Rickover: The Birth of Nuclear Power
as Narrator (voice)
The Bourne Legacy
as Pamela Landy
Jeff Bridges: The Dude Abides
as Self
Kitten's First Full Moon
Make No Little Plans: Daniel Burnham and the American City
as Narrator
TV Shows
Zero Day
as Sheila Mullen · 6 ep.
Lisey's Story
as Amanda Debusher · 8 ep.
Stars in the House
as Self · 1 ep.
The Family
as Claire Warren · 12 ep.
Luck
as Claire Lachay · 9 ep.
The Killing
as Margaret O'Neal · 6 ep.
Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence
as Self · 1 ep.
Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List
as Self - Guest · 1 ep.
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self · 1 ep.
The Mists of Avalon
as Morgause · 2 ep.
