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).
National Society of Film Critics Awards
Best Supporting Actress
Known For
The Notebook
(2004)
Anne Hamilton
Hachi: A Dog's Tale
(2009)
Cate Wilson
Death Race
(2008)
Warden Hennessey
Room
(2015)
Nancy Newsome
The Bourne Ultimatum
(2007)
Pamela Landy
The Bourne Supremacy
(2004)
Pamela Landy
Face/Off
(1997)
Eve Archer
The Bourne Legacy
(2012)
Pamela Landy
Pleasantville
(1998)
Betty Parker
The Ice Storm
(1997)
Elena Hood
Nixon
(1995)
Pat Nixon
Tucker: The Man and His Dream
(1988)
Vera
The Crucible
(1996)
Elizabeth Proctor
Searching for Bobby Fischer
(1993)
Bonnie Waitzkin
Mad Love
(1995)
Margaret Roberts
The Upside of Anger
(2005)
Terry Wolfmeyer
Full Filmography
Acting
Compromising Positions
(1985)
Mary Alice Mahoney
Peggy Sue Got Married
(1986)
Maddy Nagle
Manhunter
(1986)
Reba McClane
The Room Upstairs
(1987)
Ellie
All My Sons
(1987)
Ann Deever
Tucker: The Man and His Dream
(1988)
Vera
In Country
(1989)
Irene
Without Warning: The James Brady Story
(1991)
Sarah Brady
Searching for Bobby Fischer
(1993)
Bonnie Waitzkin
Ethan Frome
(1993)
Zenobia Zeeman Frome
Josh and S.A.M.
(1993)
Caroline Whitney
Nixon
(1995)
Pat Nixon
Mad Love
(1995)
Margaret Roberts
The Crucible
(1996)
Elizabeth Proctor
Face/Off
(1997)
Eve Archer
The Ice Storm
(1997)
Elena Hood
Pleasantville
(1998)
Betty Parker
It's the Rage
(1999)
Helen Harding
The Contender
(2000)
Laine Hanson
When the Sky Falls
(2000)
Sinead Hamilton
Inside 'Manhunter'
(2001)
Herself
Off the Map
(2003)
Arlene
The Bourne Supremacy
(2004)
Pamela Landy
The Notebook
(2004)
Anne Hamilton
The Upside of Anger
(2005)
Terry Wolfmeyer
Yes
(2005)
She
Bonneville
(2006)
Carol Brimm
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
(2006)
Heidi Holland (segment "The Heidi Chronicles")
I Could Do That! Esther Morris Gets Women the Vote
(2006)
The Bourne Ultimatum
(2007)
Pamela Landy
Trumbo
(2007)
Self
The Rape of Europa
(2007)
Narrator (voice)
Death Race
(2008)
Warden Hennessey
Hachi: A Dog's Tale
(2009)
Cate Wilson
Georgia O'Keeffe
(2009)
Georgia O'Keeffe
Make No Little Plans: Daniel Burnham and the American City
(2010)
Narrator
Jeff Bridges: The Dude Abides
(2011)
Self
Kitten's First Full Moon
(2011)
The Bourne Legacy
(2012)
Pamela Landy
A Good Marriage
(2014)
Darcy Anderson
Rickover: The Birth of Nuclear Power
(2014)
Narrator (voice)
Room
(2015)
Nancy Newsome
Making “Room”
(2016)
Self / Nancy
Arthur Miller: Writer
(2017)
Self (archive footage)
The Mists of Avalon
(2021)
Morgause
Production