Joan Allen
Actor | Producer
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 - Acting
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Room (2015)
As: Nancy Newsome
Jack is a young boy of 5 years old who has lived all his life in one room. He believes everything within it are the only real things in the world. But what will happen when his Ma suddenly tells him that there are other things outside of Room?
Runtime: 118 min.
Directed by: Lenny Abrahamson
Stars: William H. Macy | Brie Larson | Sean Bridgers | Joan Allen | Jacob Tremblay
Rickover: The Birth of Nuclear Power (2014)
As: Narrator (voice)
Dive into the life of the father of the nuclear Navy: Hyman Rickover. Combative, provocative, and blunt, Admiral Hyman G. Rickover was a flamboyant maverick and a unique American hero. When few thought it possible, then-Captain Rickover harnessed the power of the atom to drive the first nuclear-powered submarine, the USS Nautilus, whose trip under the polar ice pack was one ...
Runtime: 116 min.
Directed by: Michael Pack
Stars: Joan Allen | James Cronin | Michael Stewart Allen | Joel Briel | Jonathan Fielding
A Good Marriage (2014)
As: Darcy
After 25 years of a good marriage, what will Darcy do once she discovers her husband's sinister secret?
Runtime: 102 min.
Directed by: Peter Askin
Stars: Stephen Lang | Anthony LaPaglia | Kristen Connolly | Cara Buono | Joan Allen
The Bourne Legacy (2012)
As: Pamela Landy
New CIA operative, Aaron Cross experiences life-or-death stakes that have been triggered by the previous actions of Jason Bourne.
Runtime: 135 min.
Directed by: Tony Gilroy
Stars: Edward Norton | Scott Glenn | Donna Murphy | Jeremy Renner | Rachel Weisz
Make No Little Plans: Daniel Burnham and the American City (2010)
As: Narrator
Make No Little Plans: Daniel Burnham and the American City reveals the fascinating life and complex legacy of architect and city planner Daniel Hudson Burnham. In the midst of the late nineteenth century urban disorder, Burnham offered a powerful vision of what a civilized American city could look like, one that provided a compelling framework for Americans to make sense of the world around ...
Runtime: 57 min.
Directed by: Judith McBrien
Stars: Joan Allen
Georgia O'Keeffe (2009)
As: Georgia O'Keeffe
Biopic of American artist Georgia O'Keeffe and her husband, photographer Alfred Stieglitz.
Runtime: 89 min.
Directed by: Bob Balaban
Stars: Ed Begley Jr. | Kathleen Chalfant | Jeremy Irons | Joan Allen | Linda Emond
Hachi: A Dog's Tale (2009)
As: Cate Wilson
A drama based on the true story of a college professor's bond with the abandoned dog he takes into his home.
Runtime: 93 min.
Directed by: Lasse Hallström
Stars: Sarah Roemer | Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa | Richard Gere | Erick Avari | Joan Allen
Death Race (2008)
As: Warden Hennessey
Terminal Island, New York: 2020. Overcrowding in the US penal system has reached a breaking point. Prisons have been turned over to a monolithic Weyland Corporation, which sees jails full of thugs as an opportunity for televised sport. Adrenalized inmates, a global audience hungry for violence and a spectacular, enclosed arena come together to form the 'Death Race', the biggest, most brutal event.
Runtime: 105 min.
Directed by: Paul W.S. Anderson
Stars: Jason Statham | Ian McShane | Joan Allen | Tyrese Gibson | Natalie Martinez
Trumbo (2008)
As: Herself
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 Hollywood Communists after World War II. Trumbo was one of several writers, directors, and actors who invoked the First Amendment in refusing to answer questions under oath. They were blacklisted and imprisoned. We follow Trumbo to prison, to exile in Mexico ...
Runtime: 96 min.
Directed by: Peter Askin
Stars: Paul Giamatti | Liam Neeson | Michael Douglas | Joan Allen | Dalton Trumbo
The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
As: Pamela Landy
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 series of newspaper columns. Information from the reporter stirs a new set of memories, and Bourne must finally uncover his dark past while dodging The Company's best efforts to eradicate him.
Runtime: 115 min.
Directed by: Paul Greengrass
Stars: Matt Damon | Scott Glenn | Paddy Considine | David Strathairn | Julia Stiles
Bonneville (2006)
As: Carol
Three women take a road trip to Santa Barbara in order to deliver the ashes of one of their dead husbands to his resentful daughter. Faced with the decision of a lifetime, Arvilla Holden hijacks her two best friends and sets off in a vintage '66 Bonneville convertible.
Runtime: 93 min.
Directed by: Christopher N. Rowley
Stars: Tom Skerritt | Kathy Bates | Joan Allen | Evan May | Erin May
The Rape of Europa (2006)
As: Narrator (voice)
World War II was not just the most destructive conflict in humanity, it was also the greatest theft in history: lives, families, communities, property, culture and heritage were all stolen. The story of Nazi Germany's plundering of Europe's great works of art during World War II and Allied efforts to minimize the damage.
Runtime: 117 min.
Directed by: Richard Berge | Bonni Cohen
Stars: Joan Allen
The Upside of Anger (2005)
As: Terry Ann Wolfmeyer
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 finds a friend and drinking buddy in next-door neighbor Denny, a former baseball player. As the two grow closer, and her daughters increasingly rely on Denny, Terry starts to have reservations about where their relationship is headed.
Runtime: 118 min.
Directed by: Mike Binder
Stars: Alicia Witt | Kevin Costner | Erika Christensen | Joan Allen | Keri Russell
Yes (2004)
As: She
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 of his heritage and her loveless marriage. She flies to Havana to sort things out on the beach and in the cabarets. She sends him a ticket, but harbors no illusions that He will join her in this Caribbean melting pot.
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: Sally Potter
Stars: Shirley Henderson | Simon Abkarian | Sam Neill | Joan Allen | Stephanie Leonidas
The Bourne Supremacy (2004)
As: Pamela Landy
When 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 Marie have been living. The pair run for their lives and Bourne, who promised retaliation should anyone from his former life attempt contact, is forced to once again take up his life as a trained assassin to survive.
Runtime: 108 min.
Directed by: Paul Greengrass
Stars: Brian Cox | Karl Urban | Matt Damon | Franka Potente | Julia Stiles
The Notebook (2004)
As: Anne Hamilton
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 the story about a couple who is separated by World War II, and is then passionately reunited, seven years later, after they have taken different paths.
Runtime: 123 min.
Directed by: Nick Cassavetes
Stars: Rachel McAdams | Sam Shepard | James Garner | Gena Rowlands | Ryan Gosling
Off the Map (2003)
As: Arlene
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 terms with love and loss.
Runtime: 105 min.
Directed by: Campbell Scott
Stars: Sam Elliott | J.K. Simmons | Joan Allen | Amy Brenneman | Valentina de Angelis
Inside 'Manhunter' (2001)
As: Herself
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 director of the first interpretation on film of the hideously complex Hannibal Lecter. Features interviews with Director Michael Mann, and actors Brian Cox, William Petersen, Tom Noonan, and Joan Allen.
Runtime: 17 min.
Stars: Brian Cox | Tom Noonan | Joan Allen | William Petersen | Michael Mann
The Contender (2000)
As: Laine Hanson
Political thriller about Laine Hanson's nomination and confirmation as Vice President. An allegation that she was involved in a sexual orgy at the age of 19 is leaked to the press. As pressure mounts on Laine, she's torn between fighting back or sticking to her principles and refusing to comment on the allegations.
Runtime: 126 min.
Directed by: Rod Lurie
Stars: Gary Oldman | Sam Elliott | Jeff Bridges | Christian Slater | Joan Allen
When The Sky Falls (2000)
As: Sinead Hamilton
Fact-based story about Irish crime-investigating reporter Sinead Hamilton, who invaded the Irish underworld and attempted to expose the illegitimate activities she found. Hampered by the system, a police consort is ineffectual at aiding her despite trying to step outside of the normal bounds. Kevin McNally plays her husband, who hates her activities and the danger in which she places herself. ...
Runtime: 107 min.
Directed by: John Mackenzie
Stars: Pete Postlethwaite | Liam Cunningham | Patrick Bergin | Joan Allen | Kevin McNally
All the Rage (1999)
As: Helen
A rich cross-section of urban USA find their lives changed when their fates collide at gunpoint.
Runtime: 99 min.
Directed by: James D. Stern
Stars: Bokeem Woodbine | Andre Braugher | Robert Forster | Jeff Daniels | Joan Allen
Pleasantville (1998)
As: Betty Parker
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 find a world where everything is peachy keen all the time. But when Jennifer's modern attitude disrupts Pleasantville's peaceful but boring routine, she literally brings color into its life.
Runtime: 124 min.
Directed by: Gary Ross
Stars: William H. Macy | Jeff Daniels | Tobey Maguire | Reese Witherspoon | Joan Allen
The Ice Storm (1997)
As: Elena Hood
In the weekend after thanksgiving 1973 the Hood family is skidding out of control. Then an ice storm hits, the worst in a century.
Runtime: 112 min.
Directed by: Ang Lee
Stars: Kevin Kline | Henry Czerny | Sigourney Weaver | Tobey Maguire | Joan Allen
Face/Off (1997)
As: Eve Archer
An antiterrorism agent goes under the knife to acquire the likeness of a terrorist and gather details about a bombing plot. When the terrorist escapes custody, he undergoes surgery to look like the agent so he can get close to the agent's family.
Runtime: 138 min.
Directed by: John Woo
Stars: Nicolas Cage | Gina Gershon | Alessandro Nivola | John Travolta | Joan Allen
The Crucible (1996)
As: Elizabeth Proctor
The movie is centered around the Salem Massachusetts witch trials of 1692. The movie is based on the play "The Crucible" by Arthur Miller. He also wrote the screen play adaptation.
Runtime: 124 min.
Directed by: Nicholas Hytner
Stars: Bruce Davison | Paul Scofield | Winona Ryder | Joan Allen | Daniel Day-Lewis
Nixon (1995)
As: Pat Nixon
An all-star cast powers this epic look at American President Richard M. Nixon, a man carrying the fate of the world on his shoulders while battling the self-destructive demands from within. Spanning his troubled boyhood in California to the shocking Watergate scandal that would end his presidency.
Runtime: 192 min.
Directed by: Oliver Stone
Stars: Ed Harris | Powers Boothe | Bob Hoskins | Anthony Hopkins | Joan Allen
Mad Love (1995)
As: Margaret Roberts
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. When Casey attempts to commit suicide, her parents place her in a mental institution. Matt springs her out, and together the young lovers head on a road trip. They believe their love can "cure" Casey's problems. Matt starts to wonder, though, if are ...
Runtime: 93 min.
Directed by: Antonia Bird
Stars: Matthew Lillard | Chris O'Donnell | Drew Barrymore | Richard Chaim | Robert Nadir
Josh and S.A.M. (1993)
As: Caroline Whitney
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 Florida. Meanwhile Josh tells Sam that he is a "S.A.M." that is going to be sent to Africa to fight in a war and that Canada is a safe haven for any S.A.M. unwilling to fight. The cross-country journey begins when the 2 boys think they ...
Runtime: 96 min.
Directed by: Billy Weber
Stars: Stephen Tobolowsky | Martha Plimpton | Joan Allen | Jacob Tierney | Noah Fleiss
Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993)
As: Bonnie Waitzkin
A prepubescent chess prodigy refuses to harden himself in order to become a champion like the famous but unlikable Bobby Fischer.
Runtime: 109 min.
Directed by: Steven Zaillian
Stars: Laurence Fishburne | Ben Kingsley | Joe Mantegna | Joan Allen | Max Pomeranc
Ethan Frome (1993)
As: Zenobia Zeeman Frome
Based on the novel of the same name by Edith Wharton, it is about a husband and wife (Ethan and Zeena), who need an extra hand around the house due to Zeena's debilitated body and constant illness. The young woman who joins them is a beautiful, spirited person. She and Ethan fall in love much to the dismay of Zeena. Written by Jason Ihle
Runtime: 99 min.
Directed by: John Madden
Stars: Stephen Mendillo | Liam Neeson | Patricia Arquette | Tate Donovan | Joan Allen
Without Warning: The James Brady Story (1991)
As: Sarah Brady
In 1981, during the assassination attempt on then President Ronald Reagan, White House Press Secretary James Brady was shot and left paralyzed.
Runtime: 88 min.
Directed by: Michael Toshiyuki Uno
Stars: Beau Bridges | Gary Grubbs | David Strathairn | Joan Allen
In Country (1989)
As: Irene
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 served in Vietnam. Emmett hangs around with Tom, Earl, and Pete, three other Vietnam vets who, like Emmett, all have problems of one kind or another that relate to their war experiences. Samantha becomes obsessed with finding out about her father.
Runtime: 120 min.
Directed by: Norman Jewison
Stars: John Terry | Bruce Willis | Joan Allen | Kevin Anderson | Emily Lloyd
Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988)
As: Vera
Based on a true story. Shortly after World War II, Preston Tucker is a dynamic engineer and an enthusiastic showman who envisions the car of the future. Against mighty odds he manages to build a fleet of them - only to have his factory shut down by Detroit's Big Three automobile manufacturers. They took away his car - but nobody could take away his dream.
Runtime: 110 min.
Directed by: Francis Ford Coppola
Stars: Jeff Bridges | Martin Landau | Frederic Forrest | Joan Allen | Mako
The Room Upstairs (1987)
As: Ellie
Runtime: 101 min.
Directed by: Stuart Margolin
Stars: Clancy Brown | Stockard Channing | Linda Hunt | Sam Waterston | Joan Allen
Peggy Sue Got Married (1986)
As: Maddy Nagle
Peggy Sue faints at a Highschool reunion. When she wakes up she finds herself in her own past, just before she finished school.
Runtime: 103 min.
Directed by: Francis Ford Coppola
Stars: Nicolas Cage | Helen Hunt | Catherine Hicks | Kathleen Turner | Joan Allen
Fat Guy Goes Nutzoid (1986)
As: Lala
The plot revolves around two brothers who befriend an escaped mental patient and accompany him on his misadventures in the big city. A new low in bad comedy flicks. Most of the humor is in the title "Fat Guy Goes Nutzoid." The rest is somewhere in between the vomiting and the Auschwitz joke and the enormous amount of body hair on display.
Runtime: 78 min.
Directed by: John Golden
Stars: Peter Linari | Tibor Feldman | Mark Alfred | Max Alexander | Douglas Stone
Manhunter (1986)
As: Reba McClane
FBI Agent Will Graham, who retired after catching Hannibal Lecktor, returns to duty to engage in a risky cat-and-mouse game with Lecktor to capture a new killer.
Runtime: 120 min.
Directed by: Michael Mann
Stars: Brian Cox | Dennis Farina | Joan Allen | Kim Greist | William Petersen
Compromising Positions (1985)
As: Mary Alice Mahoney
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 had been having affairs with several of her neighbors.
Runtime: 99 min.
Directed by: Frank Perry
Stars: Susan Sarandon | Edward Herrmann | Mary Beth Hurt | Judith Ivey | Raúl Juliá
A Wedding (1978)
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 the Corelli Italian connection is suspect, security guards watch the gifts rather over-zealously, and Dino's grandma expires in bed just as the reception starts. Could be quite an occasion.
Runtime: 125 min.
Directed by: Robert Altman
Stars: Geraldine Chaplin | Carol Burnett | Mia Farrow | Desi Arnaz Jr. | Howard Duff