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Joan Allen in "The Bourne Supremacy" (2004) |
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Recently, Joan Allen was seen in "The Notebook," opposite Gena Rowlands, James Garner, and Ryan Gosling; "Yes" for writer-director Sally Potter; and "Off the Map," directed by Campbell Scott and co-starring Sam Elliott.
Joan Allen starred in "The Contender" opposite Jeff Bridges, Gary Oldman and Christian Slater, for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe, a SAG Award, an Independent Spirit Award and an Academy Award for Best Actress.
Joan Allen starred in "Pleasantville" opposite William H. Macy and Jeff Daniels, which earned her several critics awards. Joan Allen's role opposite John Travolta and Nicolas Cage in the smash hit film "Face-Off" earned her critical kudos as well as Blockbuster and MTV Movie Awards, while her emotionally devastating role in "The Ice Storm" opposite Kevin Kline and Sigourney Weaver also earned her several critics awards.
In 1996, Joan Allen starred in Oliver Stone's "Nixon" for which she received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. Joan Allen also won seven critics association awards, including the L.A. Film Critics Association and the National Society of Film Critics Awards.
Joan Allen received her second consecutive Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination in 1997 for her role opposite Daniel Day Lewis and Winona Ryder in Arthur Miller's "The Crucible."
Joan Allen has appeared in numerous feature films including "Compromising Positions," "Peggy Sue Got Married," "Manhunter," "Tucker: The Man And His Dream," "Ethan Frome," "Josh and S.A.M.," "In Country," "Searching for Bobby Fisher," "Mad Love," "It's the Rage," and "When the Sky Falls."
Joan Allen is also one of the New York theater world's most honored actresses and winner of every major prize for her work on and off-Broadway. Joan Allen received the Best Actress Tony Award for her performance opposite John Malkovich in Lanford Wilson's "Burn This," and was nominated in the same category for the title role in "The Heidi Chronicles." Off-Broadway Joan Allen starred in "The Marriage of Bette & Boo" (for which she won the Obie Award), and reprised her Steppenwolf Theatre/Joseph Jefferson Award-winning role in "And A Nightingale Sang," for which she received the Clarence Derwent, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle and Theatre World Awards. Off-Broadway Joan Allen also starred in "Delores" and "The Heidi Chronicles." An original member of Chicago's famed Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Joan Allen starred in their production of "Burn This," "Earthly Possessions," "Reckless," "A Lesson From Aloes" (Joseph Jefferson Award), "Balm in Gilead" and "Of Mice and Men."
Joan Allen received an Emmy nomination for the TNT film "Mists of Avalon" opposite Anjelica Huston and Julianna Margulies.
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