born 1956 · Acting
67.5avg grm
15titles
#202best rank
7honors
best title · #202 on siteRoom2015 · as Nancy80.0Honors
71988Tony Award — Best Actress in a Play
1996Broadcast Film Critics Association Award — Best Supporting Actress
2006Chicago Film Critics Association Award — Best Actress
1984Theatre World Award
2005San Diego Film Critics Society Award — Best Actress
Bio
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
ranked on this site2020s1 title
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Zero Day2025 · as Sheila Mullen · series58.6
2000s7 titles
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Hachi: A Dog's Tale2009 · as Cate Wilson72.0B
The Bourne Ultimatum2007 · as Pam Landy78.9T
Trumbo2007 · as Self57.9R
The Rape of Europa2006 · as Narrator59.5B
The Bourne Supremacy2004 · as Pamela Landy73.7N
The Notebook2004 · as Anne Hamilton69.2O
Off the Map2003 · as Arlene54.81990s4 titles
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Pleasantville1998 · as Betty72.3F
Face/Off1997 · as Eve Archer72.7I
The Ice Storm1997 · as Elena Hood70.9S
Searching for Bobby Fischer1993 · as Bonnie Waitzkin74.11980s1 title
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Manhunter1986 · as Reba53.3