Joan Allen

Joan Allen

1956-08-20 Rochelle, Illinois, USA 47 Credits

Biography

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...

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Arthur Miller: Writer

Arthur Miller: Writer

2017

as Self (archive footage)

7.1
Acting

One of the greatest playwrights of the 20th century, Arthur Miller created such celebrated works as Death of a Salesman and The Crucible, which contin...

Making “Room”

Making “Room”

2016

as Self / Nancy

5.0
Acting

The cast and crew, as well as novelist and screenwriter Emma Donoghue, weigh in on the importance of the story, the arduous process of bringing it to ...

Room

Room

2015

as Nancy

8.0
Acting

Held captive for 7 years in an enclosed space, a woman and her young son finally gain their freedom, allowing the boy to experience the outside world ...

Rickover: The Birth of Nuclear Power

Rickover: The Birth of Nuclear Power

2014

as Narrator (voice)

Acting

Dive into the life of the father of the nuclear Navy: Hyman Rickover. Combative, provocative, and blunt, Admiral Hyman G. Rickover was a flamboyant m...

A Good Marriage

A Good Marriage

2014

as Darcy Anderson

5.3
Acting

After 25 years of a good marriage, what will Darcy do once she discovers her husband's sinister secret?

The Bourne Legacy

The Bourne Legacy

2012

as Pamela Landy

6.2
Acting

New CIA operative Aaron Cross experiences life-or-death stakes that have been triggered by the previous actions of Jason Bourne.

Jeff Bridges: The Dude Abides

Jeff Bridges: The Dude Abides

2011

as Self

6.7
Acting

American Masters takes a look at the career of Jeff Bridges as his friends and family discuss why he's so special and why he's become one of the more ...

Kitten's First Full Moon

Kitten's First Full Moon

2011

Acting

After several attempts of being unable to reach the moon, the kitten returns home and finds a bowl of milk waiting for her.

Make No Little Plans: Daniel Burnham and the American City

Make No Little Plans: Daniel Burnham and the American City

2010

as Narrator

7.5
Acting

Make No Little Plans: Daniel Burnham and the American City reveals the fascinating life and complex legacy of architect and city planner Daniel Hudson...

Georgia O'Keeffe

Georgia O'Keeffe

2009

as Georgia O'Keeffe

5.3
Acting

Biopic of American artist Georgia O'Keeffe and her husband, photographer Alfred Stieglitz.

Georgia O'Keeffe

Georgia O'Keeffe

2009

Executive Producer

5.3
Producing

Biopic of American artist Georgia O'Keeffe and her husband, photographer Alfred Stieglitz.

Hachi: A Dog's Tale

Hachi: A Dog's Tale

2009

as Cate Wilson

8.0
Acting

A drama based on the true story of a college professor's bond with the abandoned dog he takes into his home.

Death Race

Death Race

2008

as Warden Hennessey

6.3
Acting

Terminal Island, New York: 2020. Overcrowding in the US penal system has reached a breaking point. Prisons have been turned over to a monolithic Weyla...

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

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

2007

as Self

Acting

A five-part documentary with interviews from the director, cast and crew, and some behind-scenes footage.

Trumbo

Trumbo

2007

as Self

6.7
Acting

Through a focus on the life of Dalton Trumbo (1905-1976), this film examines the effects on individuals and families of a congressional pursuit of Hol...

The Bourne Ultimatum

The Bourne Ultimatum

2007

as Pamela Landy

7.4
Acting

Bourne is brought out of hiding once again by reporter Simon Ross who is trying to unveil Operation Blackbriar, an upgrade to Project Treadstone, in a...

The Rape of Europa

The Rape of Europa

2007

as Narrator (voice)

7.4
Acting

World War II was not just the most destructive conflict in humanity, it was also the greatest theft in history: lives, families, communities, property...

Bonneville

Bonneville

2006

as Carol Brimm

5.6
Acting

Faced with the decision of a lifetime, Arvilla Holden enlists her two best friends and sets off in a vintage '66 Bonneville convertible to deliver her...

The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays

The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays

2006

as Heidi Holland (segment "The Heidi Chronicles")

Acting

The Great White Way comes into your living room via this disc of rare performances from some of Broadway's brightest luminaries. Culled from clips fro...

I Could Do That! Esther Morris Gets Women the Vote

I Could Do That! Esther Morris Gets Women the Vote

2006

Acting

In 1869, a woman whose "can-do" attitude had shaped her life was instrumental in making Wyoming the first state to allow women to vote, then became th...

Yes

Yes

2005

as She

5.8
Acting

She is a scientist. He is a Lebanese doctor. They meet at a banquet and fall into a carefree, passionate relationship. But difficulties abound because...

The Upside of Anger

The Upside of Anger

2005

as Terry Wolfmeyer

6.3
Acting

After her husband runs off with his secretary, Terry Wolfmeyer is left to fend for herself -- and her four daughters. As she hits rock bottom, Terry f...

The Bourne Supremacy

The Bourne Supremacy

2004

as Pamela Landy

7.3
Acting

A CIA operation to purchase classified Russian documents is blown by a rival agent, who then shows up in the sleepy seaside village where Bourne and M...

The Notebook

The Notebook

2004

as Anne Hamilton

7.9
Acting

An epic love story centered around an older man who reads aloud to a woman with Alzheimer's. From a faded notebook, the old man's words bring to life ...

Off the Map

Off the Map

2003

as Arlene

6.5
Acting

An 11-year-old girl watches her father come down with a crippling depression. Over one summer, she learns answers to several mysteries and comes to te...

Inside 'Manhunter'

Inside 'Manhunter'

2001

as Herself

7.0
Acting

A DVD Special Feature documentary on the experience of turning the chilling novel "Red Dragon" into a motion picture, all told through the actors and ...

The Contender

The Contender

2000

as Laine Hanson

6.7
Acting

The vice president is dead, and as the president makes his choice for a replacement, a secret contest of wills is being waged by a formidable rival. W...

When the Sky Falls

When the Sky Falls

2000

as Sinead Hamilton

5.0
Acting

Fact-based story about Irish crime-investigating reporter Sinead Hamilton, who invaded the Irish underworld and attempted to expose the illegitimate a...

It's the Rage

It's the Rage

1999

as Helen Harding

5.3
Acting

A rich cross-section of urban USA find their lives changed when their fates collide at gunpoint. At the centre of it all are Helen and Warren Harding,...

Pleasantville

Pleasantville

1998

as Betty Parker

7.3
Acting

Geeky teenager David and his popular twin sister, Jennifer, get sucked into the black-and-white world of a 1950s TV sitcom called "Pleasantville," and...

The Ice Storm

The Ice Storm

1997

as Elena Hood

6.9
Acting

In the weekend after thanksgiving 1973 the Hood family is skidding out of control. Then an ice storm hits, the worst in a century.

Face/Off

Face/Off

1997

as Eve Archer

7.0
Acting

In order to foil a terrorist plot, an FBI agent undergoes facial transplant surgery and assumes the identity of a criminal mastermind. The plan turns ...

The Crucible

The Crucible

1996

as Elizabeth Proctor

6.6
Acting

A Salem resident attempts to frame her ex-lover's wife for being a witch in the middle of the 1692 witchcraft trials.

Nixon

Nixon

1995

as Pat Nixon

6.9
Acting

A look at President Richard M. Nixon—a man carrying the fate of the world on his shoulders while battling the self-destructive demands from within—spa...

Mad Love

Mad Love

1995

as Margaret Roberts

5.2
Acting

Matt falls for Casey, the new girl in school. She's fun-loving and eccentric, but there's a darkness to her whimsy that Matt can't begin to comprehend...

Josh and S.A.M.

Josh and S.A.M.

1993

as Caroline Whitney

4.7
Acting

Josh and Sam are two brothers facing change, their mother is about to marry a French accountant and the kids are sent to go live with their father in ...

Searching for Bobby Fischer

Searching for Bobby Fischer

1993

as Bonnie Waitzkin

7.1
Acting

A seven-year-old chess prodigy refuses to harden himself in order to become a champion like the famous but unlikable Bobby Fischer.

Ethan Frome

Ethan Frome

1993

as Zenobia Zeeman Frome

5.6
Acting

Married couple, Ethan and Zeena, are in need an extra hand around the house due to Zeena's debilitated body and constant illness. The young woman who ...

Without Warning: The James Brady Story

Without Warning: The James Brady Story

1991

as Sarah Brady

6.0
Acting

The story of Ronald Reagan's press secretary who was crippled in the 1981 assassination attempt on the president and who, with his wife, became the li...

In Country

In Country

1989

as Irene

5.5
Acting

Samantha Hughes, a teenaged Kentucky girl, never knew her father, who died in Vietnam before her birth. Samantha lives with her uncle Emmett, who also...

Tucker: The Man and His Dream

Tucker: The Man and His Dream

1988

as Vera

6.7
Acting

Ypsilanti, Michigan, 1945. Engineer Preston Tucker dreams of designing the car of future, but his innovative envision will be repeatedly sabotaged by ...

The Room Upstairs

The Room Upstairs

1987

as Ellie

4.0
Acting

A Boston teacher decides to turn her old home into a boarding house to pull in some much-needed extra money. It turns out her tenants help her in more...

All My Sons

All My Sons

1987

as Ann Deever

Acting

Two families, related by friendship and love, face up to the consequences of greed and avarice in the post-war years. Love and death play equal roles ...

Peggy Sue Got Married

Peggy Sue Got Married

1986

as Maddy Nagle

6.1
Acting

Peggy Sue faints at a high school reunion. When she wakes up she finds herself in her own past, just before she finished school.

Manhunter

Manhunter

1986

as Reba McClane

7.0
Acting

FBI Agent Will Graham, who retired after catching Hannibal Lecter, returns to duty to engage in a risky cat-and-mouse game with Lecter to capture a ne...

Compromising Positions

Compromising Positions

1985

as Mary Alice Mahoney

5.5
Acting

An ex-newspaper woman who is now a suburban housewife can't resist getting involved in an investigation of the murder of a philandering dentist who ha...

A Wedding

A Wedding

1978

as Extra (uncredited)

6.3
Acting

Muffin's wedding to Dino Corelli is to be a big affair. Except the ageing priest isn't too sure of the ceremony, only the families actually turn up as...