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Joan Allen
Joan Allen
Birthplace: Rochelle, Illinois
Ensemble Member Since: 1977
Productions with Steppenwolf: 23 (full list)

Joan Allen was a Best Actress Tony-winner for Steppenwolf's Burn This. She was also Tony-nominated for Best Actress for The Heidi Chronicles. Joan's Academy Award nominations include Best Supporting Actress for The Crucible and Nixon, and Best Actress for The Contender.
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OTHER THEATER CREDITS
Broadway: The Heidi Chronicles
Off-Broadway: The Marriage of Bette and Boo

FILM
Death Race; Bourne Ultimatum; Yes; The Upside of Anger; The Notebook; Off the Map; The Contender; When the Sky Falls; It's the Rage; The Ice Storm; Pleasantville; Face/Off; The Crucible; Nixon; Searching for Bobby Fischer; Ethan Frome; In Country; Tucker; Peggy Sue Got Married; Manhunter.

TELEVISION
O’Keefe (Lifetime); The Mists of Avalon (TNT); Without Warning: The James Brady Story (HBO); All My Sons (PBS); Evergreen (NBC miniseries).

AWARDS
Tony Award (Burn This); Obie Award (The Marriage of Bette and Boo); Drama Desk Award, Outer Critics Circle Award, Theatre World Award and Clarence Derwent Award (And a Nightingale Sang...); Tony Award nomination (The Heidi Chronicles); L.A. Film Critics Award and Broadcast Film Critics Award (Nixon and Pleasantville); Golden Globe nomination (The Crucible); Academy Award nominations (The Contender, The Crucible, Nixon); Chicago Film Critics Association (Best Actress) The Upside of Anger.

LATEST NEWS

Joan Allen returns to Broadway in Impressionism and appears in the Lifetime film O’Keeffe (co-starring Jeremy Irons).