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Joan Allen

Acting Born Aug 20, 1956 Rochelle, Illinois, USA 24 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), Face/Off (1997), Pleasantville (1998), The Notebook (2004), The Bourne Supremacy (2004) and The Bourne Ultimatum (2007).

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Known for

Saturday Night Live

as Self - Host

Frasier

as Lydia (voice)

The View

as Self
Film

The Notebook

as Anne Hamilton
Film

Hachi: A Dog's Tale

as Cate Wilson
Film

Room

as Nancy

Full filmography

  • Saturday Night Live (1975) as Self - Host
  • Frasier (1993) as Lydia (voice)
  • The View (1997) as Self
  • LIVE with Kelly and Mark (1988) as Self
  • The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003) as Self
  • The Notebook (2004) as Anne Hamilton
  • The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992)
  • The Twilight Zone (1985) as (segment "Shelter Skelter")
  • The Killing (2011) as Margaret O'Neal
  • Screen Two (1985) as Zeena
  • Face/Off (1997) as Eve Archer
  • The Oscars (1953) as Self
  • Stars in the House (2020) as Self
  • Zero Day (2025) as Sheila Mullen
  • The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) as Pamela Landy
  • Hachi: A Dog's Tale (2009) as Cate Wilson
  • The Bourne Supremacy (2004) as Pamela Landy
  • Death Race (2008) as Warden Hennessey
  • The Bourne Legacy (2012) as Pamela Landy
  • Today (1952) as Self
  • Lisey's Story (2021) as Amanda Debusher
  • Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List (2005) as Self - Guest
  • Room (2015) as Nancy
  • Luck (2012) as Claire Lachay