Joan Allen
Acting
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).
Known for
2018Who Will Write Our History?
Rachela Auerbach (voice)
2017Arthur Miller: Writer
Self (archive footage)
2016Making “Room”
Self / Nancy
2015Room
Nancy
2014A Good Marriage
Darcy Anderson
2014Rickover: The Birth of Nuclear Power
Narrator (voice)
2012The Bourne Legacy
Pamela Landy
2011Kitten's First Full Moon
2011Jeff Bridges: The Dude Abides
Self
2010Make No Little Plans: Daniel Burnham and the American City
Narrator
2009Hachi: A Dog's Tale
Cate Wilson
2009Georgia O'Keeffe
Georgia O'Keeffe
2008Death Race
Warden Hennessey
2007The Bourne Ultimatum
Pamela Landy
2007Trumbo
Self
2007The Rape of Europa
Narrator (voice)
2007Weathering the Storm: The Making of The Ice Storm
Self
2006I Could Do That! Esther Morris Gets Women the Vote
2006Bonneville
Carol Brimm
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