Joan Allen

Acting · Born 1956-08-20 in Rochelle, 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).

Filmography

• Face/Off as Eve Archer
• The Bourne Supremacy as Pamela Landy
• The Bourne Ultimatum as Pamela Landy
• Pleasantville as Betty Parker
• The Notebook as Anne Hamilton
• Manhunter as Reba McClane
• Hachi: A Dog's Tale as Cate Wilson
• Searching for Bobby Fischer as Bonnie Waitzkin
• Room as Nancy
• Peggy Sue Got Married as Maddy Nagle

TV

• The Twilight Zone as (segment "Shelter Skelter")
• Frasier as Lydia (voice)
• The Killing as Margaret O'Neal
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
• Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List as Self - Guest
• Today as Self
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self
• The View as Self
• Hallmark Hall of Fame as Ellie
• The Oscars as Self