Joan Allen

Q: Has Joan Allen won any major awards?

Joan Allen has received several awards and nominations, including three Academy Award nominations and multiple Screen Actors Guild Awards, reflecting her esteemed status in the acting community.

Q: What was Joan Allen's first film?

Joan Allen made her film debut in 'Compromising Positions' in 1985, marking the beginning of a successful career in cinema.

Q: What is Joan Allen's acting style?

Joan Allen is known for her intense emotional range and ability to portray strong, nuanced characters, often excelling in dramatic roles.

Q: How many children does Joan Allen have?

Joan Allen has one daughter named Anna Allen, who was born in 1994.

Q: What is Joan Allen's estimated net worth?

Joan Allen's estimated net worth is around $8 million, reflecting her successful career in film and theater.

Q: What theater company did Joan Allen belong to?

Joan Allen was a member of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago, which has been pivotal in shaping her theatrical career.

Q: What role did Joan Allen play in 'The Bourne' series?

In 'The Bourne' series, Joan Allen played the character Pamela Landy, a CIA officer who plays a crucial role in the storyline across multiple films.

Known for

Room (2015)

IMDb 8.1 / 10

2015 / Drama, Thriller / 118 min

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 Notebook (2004)

IMDb 7.8 / 10

2004 / Drama, Romance / 123 min

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...

Name

Joan Allen

Height

5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)

Born

20 August 1956, Rochelle, Illinois, USA

Spouses

Peter Friedman (1990–2002)

Children

1 daughter, Anna Allen

Parents

Joan and William Allen

Estimated Net Worth

$8 million

Year	Title	Character	Rating
2025	TV Zero Day A former U.S. President is called out of retirement to find the source of a deadly cyberattack, only to discover...	Sheila Mullen	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2021	TV Lisey's Story This terrifying thriller follows widow Lisey Landon as a series of disturbing events revives memories of her marriage to author...	Amanda Debusher	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2020	TV Stars in the House In the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic and theatres across the world closing their curtains indefinitely, SiriusXM host Seth Rudetsky...	Self	Not rated
2018	Movie Who Will Write Our History? Documentary about a group of Jews, who collected and hid a lot of stories and documents about everyday jewish life...	Rachela Auerbach (voice)	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2017	Movie Arthur Miller: Writer One of the greatest playwrights of the 20th century, Arthur Miller created such celebrated works as Death of a Salesman...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2016	TV The Family This thriller follows the return of a politician’s young son who was presumed dead after disappearing over a decade earlier....	Claire Warren	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2016	Movie Making “Room” The cast and crew, as well as novelist and screenwriter Emma Donoghue, weigh in on the importance of the story,...	Self / Nancy	TMDB 4.3 / 10
2015	Movie Room Held captive for 7 years in an enclosed space, a woman and her young son finally gain their freedom, allowing...	Nancy	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2014	Movie Rickover: The Birth of Nuclear Power Dive into the life of the father of the nuclear Navy: Hyman Rickover. Combative, provocative, and blunt, Admiral Hyman G....	Narrator (voice)	Not rated
2014	Movie A Good Marriage After 25 years of a good marriage, what will Darcy do once she discovers her husband's sinister secret?	Darcy Anderson	TMDB 5.3 / 10
2012	Movie The Bourne Legacy New CIA operative Aaron Cross experiences life-or-death stakes that have been triggered by the previous actions of Jason Bourne.	Pamela Landy	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2012	TV Luck A drama set in the world of horse racing focusing on lives of owners, jockeys, trainers and gamblers who are...	Claire Lachay	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2011	TV The Killing The Killing is an American crime drama television series based upon the Danish television series Forbrydelsen. Set in Seattle, Washington,...	Margaret O'Neal	TMDB 7.8 / 10
2011	Movie Jeff Bridges: The Dude Abides American Masters takes a look at the career of Jeff Bridges as his friends and family discuss why he's so...	Self	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2011	Movie Kitten's First Full Moon After several attempts of being unable to reach the moon, the kitten returns home and finds a bowl of milk...	Unknown character	Not rated
2010	Movie Make No Little Plans: Daniel Burnham and the American City Make No Little Plans: Daniel Burnham and the American City reveals the fascinating life and complex legacy of architect and...	Narrator	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2009	Movie Georgia O'Keeffe Biopic of American artist Georgia O'Keeffe and her husband, photographer Alfred Stieglitz.	Georgia O'Keeffe	TMDB 4.9 / 10
2009	Movie Hachi: A Dog's Tale Professor Wilson discovers a lost Akita puppy on his way home. Despite objections from his wife, Hachi endears himself to...	Cate Wilson	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2008	Movie Death Race Terminal Island, New York: 2020. Overcrowding in the US penal system has reached a breaking point. Prisons have been turned...	Warden Hennessey	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2008	TV Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence Renowned film critic and television/radio personality Elvis Mitchell interviews various actors and directors to find out what has influenced them...	Self	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2007	Movie Weathering the Storm: The Making of The Ice Storm In this 2007 documentary, produced by the Criterion Collection, actors Joan Allen, Kevin Kline, Tobey Maguire, Chrstina Ricci, Sigourney Weaver,...	Self	Not rated
2007	Movie Trumbo Through a focus on the life of Dalton Trumbo (1905-1976), this film examines the effects on individuals and families of...	Self	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2007	Movie The Bourne Ultimatum Bourne is brought out of hiding once again by reporter Simon Ross who is trying to unveil Operation Blackbriar, an...	Pamela Landy	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2007	Movie The Rape of Europa World War II was not just the most destructive conflict in humanity, it was also the greatest theft in history:...	Narrator (voice)	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2006	Movie Bonneville Faced with the decision of a lifetime, Arvilla Holden enlists her two best friends and sets off in a vintage...	Carol Brimm	TMDB 5.6 / 10
2006	Movie The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays The Great White Way comes into your living room via this disc of rare performances from some of Broadway's brightest...	Heidi Holland (segment "The Heidi Chronicles")	Not rated
2006	Movie I Could Do That! Esther Morris Gets Women the Vote In 1869, a woman whose "can-do" attitude had shaped her life was instrumental in making Wyoming the first state to...	Unknown character	Not rated
2005	Movie Yes She is a scientist. He is a Lebanese doctor. They meet at a banquet and fall into a carefree, passionate...	She	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2005	TV Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List is an American reality television series on Bravo. The series debuted on August...	Self - Guest	TMDB 4.8 / 10
2005	Movie The Upside of Anger After her husband runs off with his secretary, Terry Wolfmeyer is left to fend for herself -- and her four...	Terry Wolfmeyer	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2004	Movie The Bourne Supremacy A CIA operation to purchase classified Russian documents is blown by a rival agent, who then shows up in the...	Pamela Landy	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2004	Movie The Notebook An epic love story centered around an older man who reads aloud to a woman with Alzheimer's. From a faded...	Anne Hamilton	TMDB 7.9 / 10
2003	TV The Ellen DeGeneres Show The Ellen DeGeneres Show, often shortened to just Ellen, is an American television talk show hosted by comedian/actress Ellen DeGeneres.	Self	TMDB 5.6 / 10
2003	Movie Off the Map An 11-year-old girl watches her father come down with a crippling depression. Over one summer, she learns answers to several...	Arlene	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2001	TV The Mists of Avalon The Mists of Avalon is a 2001 miniseries based on the novel of the same name by Marion Zimmer Bradley....	Morgause	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2001	Movie Inside 'Manhunter' A DVD Special Feature documentary on the experience of turning the chilling novel "Red Dragon" into a motion picture, all...	Herself	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2000	Movie The Contender The vice president is dead, and as the president makes his choice for a replacement, a secret contest of wills...	Laine Hanson	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2000	Movie When the Sky Falls Fact-based story about Irish crime-investigating reporter Sinead Hamilton, who invaded the Irish underworld and attempted to expose the illegitimate activities...	Sinead Hamilton	TMDB 4.9 / 10
1999	Movie All the Rage A rich cross-section of urban USA find their lives changed when their fates collide at gunpoint. At the centre of...	Helen Harding	TMDB 5.5 / 10
1999	TV Teen Choice Awards The Teen Choice Awards is a teen awards show presented annually by Fox. The first awards were held in 1999....	Self	TMDB 9.1 / 10
1998	Movie Pleasantville Geeky teenager David and his popular twin sister, Jennifer, get sucked into the black-and-white world of a 1950s TV sitcom...	Betty Parker	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1997	Movie The Ice Storm In the weekend after thanksgiving 1973 the Hood family is skidding out of control. Then an ice storm hits, the...	Elena Hood	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1997	TV The View ABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines, Alyssa Farah Griffin, and Ana Navarro...	Self	TMDB 4.4 / 10
1997	Movie Face/Off In order to foil a terrorist plot, an FBI agent undergoes facial transplant surgery and assumes the identity of a...	Eve Archer	TMDB 7.1 / 10
1996	Movie The Crucible A Salem resident attempts to frame her ex-lover's wife for being a witch in the middle of the 1692 witchcraft...	Elizabeth Proctor	TMDB 6.6 / 10
1995	Movie Nixon A look at President Richard M. Nixon—a man carrying the fate of the world on his shoulders while battling the...	Pat Nixon	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1995	Movie Mad Love Matt falls for Casey, the new girl in school. She's fun-loving and eccentric, but there's a darkness to her whimsy...	Margaret Roberts	TMDB 5.2 / 10
1993	Movie Josh & S.A.M. Josh and Sam are two brothers facing change, their mother is about to marry a French accountant and the kids...	Caroline Whitney	TMDB 4.9 / 10
1993	TV Frasier After many years spent at the “Cheers” bar, Frasier moves back home to Seattle to work as a radio psychiatrist...	Lydia (voice)	TMDB 7.7 / 10
1993	Movie Searching for Bobby Fischer A seven-year-old chess prodigy refuses to harden himself in order to become a champion like the famous but unlikable Bobby...	Bonnie Waitzkin	TMDB 7.1 / 10
1993	Movie Ethan Frome Married couple, Ethan and Zeena, are in need an extra hand around the house due to Zeena's debilitated body and...	Zenobia Zeeman Frome	TMDB 5.6 / 10
1992	TV The Tonight Show with Jay Leno Jay Leno hosts some of the biggest celebrities in the world.	Unknown character	TMDB 5.4 / 10
1991	Movie Without Warning: The James Brady Story The story of Ronald Reagan's press secretary who was crippled in the 1981 assassination attempt on the president and who,...	Sarah Brady	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1989	Movie In Country Samantha Hughes, a teenaged Kentucky girl, never knew her father, who died in Vietnam before her birth. Samantha lives with...	Irene	TMDB 5.6 / 10
1988	TV LIVE with Kelly and Mark A morning talk show with A-list celebrity guests, top-notch performances and one-of-a-kind segments that are unrivaled on daytime television, plus...	Self	TMDB 5.6 / 10
1988	Movie Tucker: The Man and His Dream Ypsilanti, Michigan, 1945. Engineer Preston Tucker dreams of designing the car of future, but his innovative envision will be repeatedly...	Vera	TMDB 6.7 / 10
1987	Movie The Room Upstairs A Boston teacher decides to turn her old home into a boarding house to pull in some much-needed extra money....	Ellie	TMDB 4.8 / 10
1987	Movie All My Sons Two families, related by friendship and love, face up to the consequences of greed and avarice in the post-war years....	Ann Deever	TMDB 9.0 / 10
1986	Movie Peggy Sue Got Married At her 25th high school reunion, Peggy Sue faints and awakens in 1960—back in her senior year, before her marriage...	Maddy Nagle	TMDB 6.1 / 10
1986	Movie Manhunter FBI Agent Will Graham, who retired after catching Hannibal Lecktor, returns to duty to engage in a risky cat-and-mouse game...	Reba McClane	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1985	TV The Twilight Zone This 1980s revival of the classic sci-fi series features a similar style to the original anthology series. Each episode tells...	(segment "Shelter Skelter")	TMDB 7.7 / 10
1985	Movie Compromising Positions An ex-newspaper woman, who is now a suburban housewife, can't resist getting involved in an investigation of the murder of...	Mary Alice Mahoney	TMDB 5.3 / 10
1985	TV Evergreen Based on the novel by Belva Plain, covering a time span from 1909 to 1959. The story begins in New...	Iris Friedman	TMDB 5.7 / 10
1985	TV Screen Two Series of single made-for-television dramas.	Zeena	TMDB 7.1 / 10
1983	Movie Say Goodnight, Gracie A portrait of a generation at a turning point in 1976: With plans to attend their high school reunion, five...	Ginny	TMDB 10.0 / 10
1978	Movie A Wedding Muffin's wedding to Dino Corelli is to be a big affair. Except the ageing priest isn't too sure of the...	Extra (uncredited)	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1975	TV Saturday Night Live A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary...	Self - Host	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1953	TV The Oscars An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy...	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1952	TV Today Today is a daily American morning television show that airs on NBC. The program debuted on January 14, 1952. It...	Self	TMDB 5.7 / 10
1951	TV Hallmark Hall of Fame Long-running anthology program sponsored by Hallmark Cards. Beginning in 1951 and continuing into 2019, the series received 80 Emmy Awards,...	Ellie	TMDB 8.8 / 10

Year	Title	Role	Rating
2009	Movie Georgia O'Keeffe Biopic of American artist Georgia O'Keeffe and her husband, photographer Alfred Stieglitz.	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 4.9 / 10

Who Will Write Our History?

2018 / TMDB 7.3

Arthur Miller: Writer

2017 / TMDB 7.1

Room

2015 / TMDB 8.0

Rickover: The Birth of Nuclear Power

2014

A Good Marriage

2014 / TMDB 5.3

The Bourne Legacy

2012 / TMDB 6.2

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Got a question about Joan Allen?

What are some of Joan Allen's most famous films?

Joan Allen is known for her roles in 'The Crucible', 'The Bourne Identity', and 'The Upside of Anger'. These films highlight her range and ability to portray complex characters.

Has Joan Allen won any major awards?

What was Joan Allen's first film?

What is Joan Allen's acting style?

How many children does Joan Allen have?

What is Joan Allen's estimated net worth?

What theater company did Joan Allen belong to?

What role did Joan Allen play in 'The Bourne' series?