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 Bourne Ultimatum (2007).

Filmography 72

Movies (49)

Who Will Write Our History?
2018
Rachela Auerbach (voice)
Arthur Miller: Writer
2017
Self (archive footage)
Making “Room”
2016
Self / Nancy
Room
2015
Nancy
Rickover: The Birth of Nuclear Power
2014
Narrator (voice)
A Good Marriage
2014
Darcy Anderson
The Bourne Legacy
2012
Pamela Landy
Jeff Bridges: The Dude Abides
2011
Self
Kitten's First Full Moon
2011
Make No Little Plans: Daniel Burnham and the American City
2010
Narrator
Georgia O'Keeffe
2009
Georgia O'Keeffe
Hachi: A Dog's Tale
2009
Cate Wilson
Death Race
2008
Warden Hennessey
Weathering the Storm: The Making of The Ice Storm
2007
Self
The Light and The Dark: The Making of Face/Off
2007
Self
Trumbo
2007
Self
The Bourne Ultimatum
2007
Pamela Landy
The Rape of Europa
2007
Narrator (voice)
Bonneville
2006
Carol Brimm
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
2006
Heidi Holland (segment "The Heidi Chronicles")
I Could Do That! Esther Morris Gets Women the Vote
2006
Yes
2005
She
The Upside of Anger
2005
Terry Wolfmeyer
The Bourne Supremacy
2004
Pamela Landy
The Notebook
2004
Anne Hamilton
Off the Map
2003
Arlene
Inside 'Manhunter'
2001
Herself
The Contender
2000
Laine Hanson
When the Sky Falls
2000
Sinead Hamilton
All the Rage
1999
Helen Harding