Born Aug. 20, 1956, in Rochelle, Ill., Joan Allen launched her acting career with Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre Company in 1977, later moving to New York City. She won a 1987 Tony Award for her Broadway debut in "Burn This."Allen shifted her talents to the screen in such films as Manhunter and Peggy Sue Got Married (both 1986). She drew attention in 1995's Nixon, playing First Lady Pat Nixon, and earned a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nod for her work. A year later, she was nominated in the same category for The Crucible.
Allen's résumé grew with turns in The Ice Storm (1997), Pleasantville (1998) and The Contender (2000), which brought her a Best Actress Oscar nod. She's since divided her time between big Hollywood fare such as The Bourne Supremacy (2004) and smaller films such as The Upside of Anger (2005). Starring in the TV movie Georgia O'Keeffe (2009), Allen nabbed Golden Globe and Emmy nominations.
Hachi: A Dog's TaleWhen his master dies, a loyal pooch named Hachiko keeps a regular vigil -- for more than a decade -- at the train station where he once greeted his owner every day in this touching drama based on a true story. Read More
Death RaceJason Statham stars in this futuristic thriller as Jensen Ames, an ex-con turned speedway champion who's framed for a grisly murder and forced to compete in a grueling three-day televised car race against his fellow inmates. Sitting behind the wheel of a monster car outfitted with machine guns,... Read More
The Ice StormPrep-schooler Paul Hood (Tobey Maguire) returns home for Thanksgiving weekend and finds his family about to implode. While his father (Kevin Kline) tries to douse his sorrows with booze and infidelity, Paul's mother (Joan Allen) looks for answers in self-help books. The experimentation and... Read More
The Upside of AngerTerry Wolfmeyer (Joan Allen) has been dumped by her husband -- who, in a clichéd ending, ran off with his secretary -- and is left to raise her four daughters alone. But there could be a silver lining to it all when Terry hooks up with a retired baseball player (Kevin Costner). Erika... Read More
Georgia O'KeeffeJoan Allen stars as 20th-century painter Georgia O'Keeffe in this Golden Globe- and Emmy-nominated biopic that follows the artist's tempestuous relationship with her lover and eventual husband, Alfred Steiglitz (Jeremy Irons), a New York photographer and art promoter. Though their marriage weathers... Read More
So You Want to Be President? (2010) | NR | |
TV-G | ||
G | ||
Georgia O'Keeffe (2009) | NR | |
Good Sharma (2009) | NR | |
Death Race (2008) | R | |
Blessed Is the Match (2008) | NR | |
The Rape of Europa (2007) | NR | |
Trumbo (2007) | PG-13 | |
PG-13 | ||
Bonneville (2006) | PG | |
The Upside of Anger (2005) | R | |
PG-13 | ||
PG-13 | ||
Yes (2004) | R | |
NR | ||
Off the Map (2003) | PG-13 | |
NR | ||
The Mists of Avalon (2001) | NR | |
The Contender (2000) | R | |
R | ||
R | ||
PG-13 | ||
R | ||
The Ice Storm (1997) | R | |
The Crucible (1996) | PG-13 | |
R | ||
Mad Love (1995) | PG-13 | |
PG | ||
Ethan Frome (1993) | PG | |
In Country (1989) | R | |
PG | ||
The Room Upstairs (1987) | NR | |
Peggy Sue Got Married (1986) | PG-13 | |
R | ||
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