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).

Filmography

• Zero Day — Sheila Mullen
• Lisey's Story — Amanda Debusher
• 2018Who Will Write Our History? — Rachela Auerbach (voice)
• The Family — Claire Warren
• 2015Room — Nancy
• 2014A Good Marriage — Darcy Anderson
• 2014Rickover: The Birth of Nuclear Power — Narrator (voice)
• Luck — Claire Lachay
• 2012The Bourne Legacy — Pamela Landy
• 2011Kitten's First Full Moon
• The Killing — Margaret O'Neal
• 2010Make No Little Plans: Daniel Burnham and the American City — Narrator
• 2009Georgia O'Keeffe — Georgia O'Keeffe, Executive Producer
• 2009Hachi: A Dog's Tale — Cate Wilson
• 2008Death Race — Warden Hennessey
• 2007The Bourne Ultimatum — Pamela Landy
• 2007The Rape of Europa — Narrator (voice)
• 2006Bonneville — Carol Brimm
• 2006I Could Do That! Esther Morris Gets Women the Vote
• 2006The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays — Heidi Holland (segment "The Heidi Chronicles")
• 2005The Upside of Anger — Terry Wolfmeyer
• 2005Yes — She
• 2004The Bourne Supremacy — Pamela Landy
• 2004The Notebook — Anne Hamilton
• 2003Off the Map — Arlene
• The Mists of Avalon — Morgause
• 2000It's the Rage — Helen
• 2000The Contender — Laine Hanson
• 2000When the Sky Falls — Sinead Hamilton
• 1998Pleasantville — Betty Parker
• 1997Face/Off — Eve Archer
• 1997The Ice Storm — Elena Hood
• 1996The Crucible — Elizabeth Proctor
• 1995Mad Love — Margaret Roberts
• 1995Nixon — Pat Nixon
• 1993Ethan Frome — Zenobia Zeeman Frome
• Frasier — Lydia (voice)
• 1993Josh & S.A.M. — Caroline Whitney
• 1993Searching for Bobby Fischer — Bonnie Waitzkin
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
• 1991Without Warning: The James Brady Story — Sarah Brady
• 1989In Country — Irene
• 1988Tucker: The Man and His Dream — Vera
• 1987All My Sons — Ann Deever
• 1987The Room Upstairs — Ellie
• 1986Manhunter — Reba McClane
• 1986Peggy Sue Got Married — Maddy Nagle
• 1985Compromising Positions — Mary Alice Mahoney
• Evergreen — Iris Friedman
• Screen Two — Zeena
• The Twilight Zone — (segment "Shelter Skelter")
• 1983Say Goodnight, Gracie — Ginny
• American Playhouse — Ann Keller, Zeena Frome
• 1978A Wedding — Extra (uncredited)
• Hallmark Hall of Fame — Ellie

Appearances as themselves (17)

• Stars in the House — Self
• 2017Arthur Miller: Writer — Self (archive footage)
• 2016Making “Room” — Self / Nancy
• 2011Jeff Bridges: The Dude Abides — Self
• Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence — Self
• 2007The Light and The Dark: The Making of Face/Off — Self
• 2007Trumbo — Self
• 2007Weathering the Storm: The Making of The Ice Storm — Self
• Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List — Self - Guest
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show — Self
• 2001Inside 'Manhunter' — Herself
• Teen Choice Awards — Self
• The View — Self
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark — Self
• Saturday Night Live — Self - Host
• The Oscars — Self
• Today — Self