Karen Allen

Biography

Karen Jane Allen (born October 5, 1951) is an American actress best known for her role as Marion Ravenwood in Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008). Allen has also had roles in films including National Lampoon's Animal House (1978), The Wanderers (1979), Cruising (1980), Starman (1984), Scrooged (1988), The Sandlot (1993), and Poster Boy (2004).

Known For

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order

Blue Bloods

The Graham Norton Show

Knots Landing

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

All Movies (67)

• Other Mommy2026
• The Easy Kind2024 · as Kathy
• Unsinkable2024 · as Nancy Smith
• A Stage of Twilight2024 · as Cora
• The Unofficial Science of Indiana Jones2024 · as Self
• Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones and Harrison Ford2023 · as Self
• Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny2023 · as Marion
• Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age2021 · as Self - Actress (archive footage)
• Things Heard & Seen2021 · as Mare Laughton
• Colewell2019 · as Nora
• A Tree. A Rock. A Cloud.2017 · as director
• Year by the Sea2016 · as Joan
• Bad Hurt2016 · as Elaine Kendall
• November Christmas2011 · as Claire Sanford
• White Irish Drinkers2011 · as Margaret
• A Dog Year2009 · as Paula (voice)
• Animal House: The Inside Story2008 · as Self
• Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull2008 · as Marion Ravenwood
• Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills2006 · as Self
• Shaka Zulu: The Citadel2005 · as Katherine Farewell
• When Will I Be Loved2004 · as Alexandra Barrie
• Poster Boy2004 · as Eunice Kray
• Indiana Jones: Making the Trilogy2003 · as self
• Plain Dirty2003 · as Butcher Lee
• Where Are They Now?: A Delta Alumni Update2003 · as Katy Schoenstein
• World Traveler2002 · as Delores
• In the Bedroom2001 · as Marla Keyes
• My Horrible Year!2001 · as Belinda Faulkner
• The Perfect Storm2000 · as Melissa Brown
• Wind River2000 · as Martha
• The Basket2000 · as Bessie Emery
• Falling Sky1999 · as Resse Nicholson
• The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion1998 · as Self - Katy
• All the Winters that Have Been1997 · as Hannah Raven
• 'Til There Was You1997 · as Betty Dawkan
• Hostile Advances: The Kerry Ellison Story1996 · as Margaret
• Ghost in the Machine1993 · as Terry Munroe
• King of the Hill1993 · as Miss Mathey
• Voyage1993 · as Catherine 'Kit' Norvell
• The Sandlot1993 · as Mom
• Rapture1993 · as Georgianne Corcoran
• Malcolm X1992 · as Miss Dunne
• Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems1992 · as (voice)
• Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes1992 · as (voice)
• The Turning1992 · as Glory Lawson
• Sweet Talker1991 · as Julie Maguire
• Secret Weapon1990 · as Ruth
• Challenger1990 · as Christa McAuliffe
• Animal Behavior1989 · as Alex Bristow
• Scrooged1988 · as Claire Phillips
• Backfire1988 · as Mara McAndrew
• The Glass Menagerie1987 · as Laura Wingfield
• Terminus1987 · as Gus
• Starman1984 · as Jenny Hayden
• Until September1984 · as Mo Alexander
• Split Image1982 · as Rebecca / Amy
• Shoot the Moon1982 · as Sandy
• The Making of 'Raiders of the Lost Ark'1981 · as Self
• Great Movie Stunts: Raiders of the Lost Ark1981 · as Self (archive footage)
• Raiders of the Lost Ark1981 · as Marion Ravenwood
• A Small Circle of Friends1980 · as Jessica Bloom
• Cruising1980 · as Nancy Gates
• The Wanderers1979 · as Nina
• Manhattan1979 · as Television Actor #2
• Lovey: A Circle of Children, Part II1978 · as Elizabeth
• Animal House1978 · as Katy
• The Cutting Room Floor—

All TV Shows (16)

• The Last Movie Stars2022 · as Self
• The Last Movie Stars2022 · as Self / Frances Woodward
• The Last Movie Stars2022 · as Frances Woodward (voice)
• Going Home2022 · as Bonnie
• 50 States of Fright2020 · as Sheriff Stallings
• Josh Gates Tonight2020 · as Self
• Blue Bloods2010 · as Betty Lowe
• The Graham Norton Show2007 · as Self
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit1999 · as Paula Varney
• The Road Home1994 · as Alison Matson
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno1992
• Law & Order1990 · as Judith Sandler
• The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents1985 · as Jackie Foster
• East of Eden1981 · as Abra
• Fridays1980 · as Self
• Knots Landing1979 · as Annie Fairgate