Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
8/20/1956
Place of Birth
Rochelle, Illinois, USA
Also Known As
جوآن آلن
Joan Allen
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
Hachi: A Dog's Tale
as Cate Wilson
The Notebook
as Anne Hamilton
Face/Off
as Eve Archer
The Bourne Legacy
as Pamela Landy
Death Race
as Warden Hennessey
The Bourne Supremacy
as Pamela Landy
The Bourne Ultimatum
as Pamela Landy
Pleasantville
as Betty Parker
Room
as Nancy
The Light and the Dark: The Making of 'Face/Off'
as Self
In Country
as Irene
Without Warning: The James Brady Story
as Sarah Brady
Nixon
as Pat Nixon
A Wedding
as Extra (uncredited)
The Ice Storm
as Elena Hood
Mad Love
as Margaret Roberts
Bonneville
as Carol Brimm
Make No Little Plans: Daniel Burnham and the American City
as Narrator
Compromising Positions
as Mary Alice Mahoney
Peggy Sue Got Married
as Maddy Nagle