Known for Acting
Birthday
August 20, 1956
Place of Birth
Rochelle, Illinois, USA
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).

Saturday Night Live

Frasier

The View

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

The Twilight Zone

The Killing

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

The Oscars

Stars in the House

Zero Day

Today

Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List

Lisey's Story

Evergreen

The Family

The Mists of Avalon

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Luck

Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence