Joan Allen - Actor Profile

Joan Allen

48Movies
8.0 Best Rating

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).

Top Rated Movies

Complete Filmography & Verdicts

YearMovieCharacterRatingVerdict
2018 Who Will Write Our History? Rachela Auerbach (voice) ★ 7.3 Hit
2017 Arthur Miller: Writer Self (archive footage) ★ 7.1 Hit
2016 Making “Room” Self / Nancy ★ 4.3 Flop
2015 Room Nancy ★ 8.0 Super Hit
2014 Rickover: The Birth of Nuclear Power Narrator (voice) ★ 0.0 Flop
2014 A Good Marriage Darcy Anderson ★ 5.3 Flop
2012 The Bourne Legacy Pamela Landy ★ 6.2 Average
2011 Jeff Bridges: The Dude Abides Self ★ 6.7 Hit
2011 Kitten's First Full Moon - ★ 0.0 Flop
2010 Make No Little Plans: Daniel Burnham and the American City Narrator ★ 7.5 Super Hit
2009 Georgia O'Keeffe Georgia O'Keeffe ★ 4.9 Flop
2009 Hachi: A Dog's Tale Cate Wilson ★ 8.0 Super Hit
2008 Death Race Warden Hennessey ★ 6.3 Average
2007 The Light and the Dark: The Making of 'Face/Off' Self ★ 0.0 Flop
2007 Trumbo Self ★ 6.6 Hit
2007 The Bourne Ultimatum Pamela Landy ★ 7.4 Hit
2007 The Rape of Europa Narrator (voice) ★ 7.4 Hit
2006 Bonneville Carol Brimm ★ 5.6 Average
2006 The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays Heidi Holland (segment "The Heidi Chronicles") ★ 0.0 Flop
2006 I Could Do That! Esther Morris Gets Women the Vote - ★ 0.0 Flop
2005 Yes She ★ 5.7 Average
2005 The Upside of Anger Terry Wolfmeyer ★ 6.3 Average
2004 The Bourne Supremacy Pamela Landy ★ 7.3 Hit
2004 The Notebook Anne Hamilton ★ 7.9 Super Hit
2003 Off the Map Arlene ★ 6.4 Average
2001 Inside 'Manhunter' Herself ★ 7.0 Hit
2000 The Contender Laine Hanson ★ 6.7 Hit
2000 When the Sky Falls Sinead Hamilton ★ 4.6 Flop
1999 It's the Rage Helen Harding ★ 5.4 Flop
1998 Pleasantville Betty Parker ★ 7.3 Hit
1997 The Ice Storm Elena Hood ★ 6.9 Hit
1997 Face/Off Eve Archer ★ 7.1 Hit
1996 The Crucible Elizabeth Proctor ★ 6.6 Hit
1995 Nixon Pat Nixon ★ 6.9 Hit
1995 Mad Love Margaret Roberts ★ 5.2 Flop
1993 Josh & S.A.M. Caroline Whitney ★ 4.7 Flop
1993 Searching for Bobby Fischer Bonnie Waitzkin ★ 7.1 Hit
1993 Ethan Frome Zenobia Zeeman Frome ★ 5.5 Average
1991 Without Warning: The James Brady Story Sarah Brady ★ 6.0 Average
1989 In Country Irene ★ 5.6 Average
1988 Tucker: The Man and His Dream Vera ★ 6.7 Hit
1987 The Room Upstairs Ellie ★ 4.2 Flop
1987 All My Sons Ann Deever ★ 0.0 Flop
1986 Peggy Sue Got Married Maddy Nagle ★ 6.1 Average
1986 Manhunter Reba McClane ★ 7.0 Hit
1985 Compromising Positions Mary Alice Mahoney ★ 5.2 Flop
1983 Say Goodnight, Gracie Ginny ★ 0.0 Flop
1978 A Wedding Extra (uncredited) ★ 6.2 Average