Joan Allen
Known for ActingBorn 1956-08-20Rochelle, Illinois, USA
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).
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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
The Notebook
2004 · as Anne Hamilton
The Bourne Ultimatum
2007 · as Pamela Landy
The Bourne Supremacy
2004 · as Pamela Landy
Hachi: A Dog's Tale
2009 · as Cate Wilson
Face/Off
1997 · as Eve Archer
Death Race
2008 · as Warden Hennessey
The Bourne Legacy
2012 · as Pamela Landy
Room
2015 · as Nancy
The Ice Storm
1997 · as Elena Hood
Ethan Frome
1993 · as Zenobia Zeeman Frome
Pleasantville
1998 · as Betty Parker
Yes
2005 · as She
Peggy Sue Got Married
1986 · as Maddy Nagle
The Crucible
1996 · as Elizabeth Proctor
Searching for Bobby Fischer
1993 · as Bonnie Waitzkin
Inside 'Manhunter'
2001 · as Herself
The Contender
2000 · as Laine Hanson
Bonneville
2006 · as Carol Brimm