Joan Allen
Known for
Acting
Born
August 20, 1956 (age 70)
Birthplace
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).
Best known work
The Notebook
2004
Room
2015
The Bourne Ultimatum
2007
The Bourne Supremacy
2004
Hachi: A Dog's Tale
2009
The Bourne Legacy
2012
Face/Off
1997
Death Race
2008
Pleasantville
1998
Manhunter
1986Filmography
2025
2021
2020
2018
Who Will Write Our History?as Rachela Auerbach (voice)
2017
Arthur Miller: Writeras Self (archive footage)
2016
2016
Making “Room”as Self / Nancy
2015
Roomas Nancy
2014
Rickover: The Birth of Nuclear Poweras Narrator (voice)
2014
A Good Marriageas Darcy Anderson
2012
The Bourne Legacyas Pamela Landy
2012
2011
2011
2011
2010
2009
Georgia O'Keeffeas Georgia O'Keeffe, Executive Producer
2009
Hachi: A Dog's Taleas Cate Wilson
2008
Death Raceas Warden Hennessey
2008
2007
2007
2007
Trumboas Self
2007
The Bourne Ultimatumas Pamela Landy
2007
The Rape of Europaas Narrator (voice)