Joan Allen
Acting
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).
As actor 72
Saturday Night Live
1975
Frasier
1993
The View
1997
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
American Playhouse
1982
Screen Two
1985
The Killing
2011
The Twilight Zone
1985
The Notebook
2004
Stars in the House
2020
Today
1952
Face/Off
1997
The Oscars
1953
Hachi: A Dog's Tale
2009
Zero Day
2025
Death Race
2008
The Bourne Supremacy
2004
The Bourne Ultimatum
2007
The Bourne Legacy
2012
Lisey's Story
2021
Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List
2005
Luck
2012
Room
2015
The Ice Storm
1997
Pleasantville
1998
The Mists of Avalon
2001
The Crucible
1996
The Family
2016
Yes
2005
A Good Marriage
2014
Tucker: The Man and His Dream
1988
The Contender
2000
Nixon
1995
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Searching for Bobby Fischer
1993
Ethan Frome
1993
Peggy Sue Got Married
1986
The Upside of Anger
2005
Bonneville
2006
Mad Love
1995
It's the Rage
2000
Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence
2008
Evergreen
1985
In Country
1989
Making “Room”
2016
Inside 'Manhunter'
2001
A Wedding
1978
Off the Map
2003
Georgia O'Keeffe
2009
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
2006
Josh & S.A.M.
1993
The Room Upstairs
1987
All My Sons
1987
Weathering the Storm: The Making of The Ice Storm
2007
Kitten's First Full Moon
2011
Who Will Write Our History?
2018
When the Sky Falls
2000
Compromising Positions
1985
Trumbo
2007
Say Goodnight, Gracie
1983
Arthur Miller: Writer
2017
Without Warning: The James Brady Story
1991
The Light and The Dark: The Making of Face/Off
2007
Jeff Bridges: The Dude Abides
2011
The Rape of Europa
2007
Rickover: The Birth of Nuclear Power
2014
I Could Do That! Esther Morris Gets Women the Vote
2006
Make No Little Plans: Daniel Burnham and the American City
2010
Teen Choice Awards
1999
Manhunter
1986