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 Bourne Ultimatum (2007).

Known For

Saturday Night Live

Frasier

The View

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

The Twilight Zone

The Notebook

All Movies (48)

• Who Will Write Our History?2018 · as Rachela Auerbach (voice)
• Arthur Miller: Writer2017 · as Self (archive footage)
• Making “Room”2016 · as Self / Nancy
• Room2015 · as Nancy
• Rickover: The Birth of Nuclear Power2014 · as Narrator (voice)
• A Good Marriage2014 · as Darcy Anderson
• The Bourne Legacy2012 · as Pamela Landy
• Jeff Bridges: The Dude Abides2011 · as Self
• Kitten's First Full Moon2011
• Make No Little Plans: Daniel Burnham and the American City2010 · as Narrator
• Georgia O'Keeffe2009 · as Georgia O'Keeffe
• Hachi: A Dog's Tale2009 · as Cate Wilson
• Death Race2008 · as Warden Hennessey
• Weathering the Storm: The Making of The Ice Storm2007 · as Self
• Trumbo2007 · as Self
• The Bourne Ultimatum2007 · as Pamela Landy
• The Rape of Europa2007 · as Narrator (voice)
• Bonneville2006 · as Carol Brimm
• The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays2006 · as Heidi Holland (segment "The Heidi Chronicles")
• I Could Do That! Esther Morris Gets Women the Vote2006
• Yes2005 · as She
• The Upside of Anger2005 · as Terry Wolfmeyer
• The Bourne Supremacy2004 · as Pamela Landy
• The Notebook2004 · as Anne Hamilton
• Off the Map2003 · as Arlene
• Inside 'Manhunter'2001 · as Herself
• The Contender2000 · as Laine Hanson
• When the Sky Falls2000 · as Sinead Hamilton
• All the Rage1999 · as Helen Harding
• Pleasantville1998 · as Betty Parker
• The Ice Storm1997 · as Elena Hood
• Face/Off1997 · as Eve Archer
• The Crucible1996 · as Elizabeth Proctor
• Nixon1995 · as Pat Nixon
• Mad Love1995 · as Margaret Roberts
• Josh & S.A.M.1993 · as Caroline Whitney
• Searching for Bobby Fischer1993 · as Bonnie Waitzkin
• Ethan Frome1993 · as Zenobia Zeeman Frome
• Without Warning: The James Brady Story1991 · as Sarah Brady
• In Country1989 · as Irene
• Tucker: The Man and His Dream1988 · as Vera
• The Room Upstairs1987 · as Ellie
• All My Sons1987 · as Ann Deever
• Peggy Sue Got Married1986 · as Maddy Nagle
• Manhunter1986 · as Reba McClane
• Compromising Positions1985 · as Mary Alice Mahoney
• Say Goodnight, Gracie1983 · as Ginny
• A Wedding1978 · as Extra (uncredited)

All TV Shows (22)

• Zero Day2025 · as Sheila Mullen
• Lisey's Story2021 · as Amanda Debusher
• Stars in the House2020 · as Self
• The Family2016 · as Claire Warren
• Luck2012 · as Claire Lachay
• The Killing2011 · as Margaret O'Neal
• Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence2008 · as Self
• Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List2005 · as Self - Guest
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show2003 · as Self
• The Mists of Avalon2001 · as Morgause
• Teen Choice Awards1999 · as Self
• The View1997 · as Self
• Frasier1993 · as Lydia (voice)
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno1992
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark1988 · as Self
• The Twilight Zone1985 · as (segment "Shelter Skelter")
• Evergreen1985 · as Iris Friedman
• Screen Two1985 · as Zeena
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Host
• The Oscars1953 · as Self
• Today1952 · as Self
• Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Ellie