
Place of Birth:
Rochelle, Illinois, USA
Date of Birth:
8/20/1956
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).

Peggy Sue Got Married

Face/Off

The Bourne Supremacy

Arthur Miller: Writer

The Bourne Ultimatum

Pleasantville

Death Race

Nixon

The Notebook

The Crucible

The Upside of Anger

The Contender

Off the Map

Manhunter

It's the Rage

Yes

In Country

I Could Do That! Esther Morris Gets Women the Vote

Hachi: A Dog's Tale

Tucker: The Man and His Dream

Searching for Bobby Fischer

Trumbo

Ethan Frome

Bonneville

Mad Love

The Bourne Legacy

Josh & S.A.M.

The Ice Storm

Kitten's First Full Moon

When the Sky Falls

Without Warning: The James Brady Story

Georgia O'Keeffe

The Room Upstairs

Inside 'Manhunter'

A Good Marriage

The Rape of Europa

Room

Rickover: The Birth of Nuclear Power

A Wedding

Make No Little Plans: Daniel Burnham and the American City

The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays

Compromising Positions

All My Sons

Jeff Bridges: The Dude Abides

Making “Room”

The Light and the Dark: The Making of 'Face/Off'

Who Will Write Our History?

Say Goodnight, Gracie