Member Profiles
Joan Allen
Biography
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.
Watch & Listen
Credits & Awards
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, O’Keeffe
Theatre
Broadway: The Heidi Chronicles, Impressionism
Off-Broadway: The Marriage of Bette and Boo
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.