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Joan Allen
Actor, ProducerBorn August 20, 1956 (68 years)
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).
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).
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Filmography
| 2025 | Zero Day (TV Series) · as Sheila Mullen |
| 2022 | Bonnie · as Reba |
| 2021 | Lisey's Story (TV Series) · as Amanda Debusher |
| 2018 | Who Will Write Our History · as Rachela Auerbach |
| 2016 | The Family (2016) (TV Series) · as Claire Warren |
| 2015 | Room · as Nancy |
| 2014 | Rickover: The Birth of Nuclear Power · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2014 | A Good Marriage · as Darcy Anderson |
| 2012 | The Bourne Legacy · as Pamela Landy |
| 2011 | Luck (TV Series) · as Claire Lachay |
| 2011 | The Killing (US) (TV Series) · as Margaret O'neal |
| 2011 | |
| 2010 | Waking the T. Rex: The Story of SUE · as Narrator |
| 2009 | Georgia O'Keeffe · as Georgia O'keeffe |
| 2009 | Hachi: A Dog's Tale · as Cate Wilson |
| 2008 | Blessed Is the Match · as Catherine Senesh |
| 2008 | Death Race · as Warden Hennessey |
| 2007 | The Bourne Ultimatum · as Pamela Landy |
| 2006 | The Rape of Europa · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2006 | Bonneville · as Carol Brimm |
| 2006 | |
| 2005 | The Upside of Anger · as Terry Wolfmeyer |
| 2004 | Yes · as She |
| 2004 | The Bourne Supremacy · as Pamela Landy |
| 2004 | The Notebook · as Anne Hamilton |
| 2003 | Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Kattan · as Miss Wallace |
| 2003 | Off the Map · as Arlene |
| 2001 | The Mists of Avalon (TV Series) · as Morgause |
| 2000 | The Contender · as Laine Hanson |
| 2000 | When the Sky Falls · as Sinead Hamilton |
| 1999 | New York: A Documentary Film (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1999 | All the Rage · as Helen Harding |
| 1998 | Pleasantville · as Betty Parker |
| 1997 | The Ice Storm · as Elena Hood |
| 1997 | Face/Off · as Eve Archer |
| 1996 | The Crucible · as Elizabeth Proctor |
| 1995 | Nixon · as Pat Nixon |
| 1995 | Mad Love · as Margaret Roberts |
| 1993 | Josh and S.A.M. · as Caroline Whitney |
| 1993 | Frasier (TV Series) · as Lydia (voice) |
| 1993 | Searching for Bobby Fischer · as Bonnie Waitzkin |
| 1993 | Ethan Frome · as Zenobia Zeeman Frome |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV Series) |
| 1991 | Without Warning: The James Brady Story · as Sarah Brady |
| 1989 | In Country · as Irene |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Mark (TV Series) |
| 1988 | Tucker: The Man and His Dream · as Vera |
| 1987 | The Room Upstairs · as Ellie |
| 1986 | Peggy Sue Got Married · as Maddy Nagle |
| 1986 | Manhunter · as Reba Mcclane |
| 1985 | The Twilight Zone (1985) (TV Series) |
| 1985 | Compromising Positions · as Mary Alice Mahoney |
| 1985 | Evergreen (TV Series) · as Iris Friedman |
| 1980 | American Playhouse (TV Series) · as Ann Deever |
| 1978 | A Wedding · as Extra (uncredited) |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall Of Fame (TV Series) · as Ellie |