Member Profiles
Joan Allen
Biography
Joan Allen has been an ensemble member since 1977, where she has performed in more than 25 productions. A few include Reckless, Cloud 9, Three Sisters, A Lesson from Aloes, Balm in Gilead and her personal favorite, …And a Nightingale Sang. Her Broadway credits include: Burn This (Tony Award for Best Actress), The Heidi Chronicles (Tony nomination for Best Actress) and Impressionism. She has appeared in more than 20 feature films including Compromising Positions, Peggy Sue Got Married, Tucker: The Man and His Dream, Manhunter, Nixon (Academy Award nomination, Best Supporting Actress), The Ice Storm, The Crucible (Academy Award nomination, Best Supporting Actress), The Contender (Academy Award nomination, Best Actress), Pleasantville, Face Off, Yes, The Upside of Anger, The Bourne Supremacy, The Bourne Ultimatum, a cameo appearance in The Bourne Legacy, and A Good Marriage a film version of Stephen King's novella.
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, Bonneville, Good Sharma, Death Race,Hachi: A Dog's TaleTheatre
Broadway: The Heidi Chronicles, Impressionism Off-Broadway: The Marriage of Bette and BooTelevision
O’Keefe (Lifetime); The Mists of Avalon (TNT); Without Warning: The James Brady Story (HBO); All My Sons (PBS); Evergreen (NBC miniseries); Luck (HBO)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, O’Keeffe, The Contender); Academy Award nominations (The Contender, The Crucible, Nixon); Chicago Film Critics Association (Best Actress) The Upside of Anger,Past Productions
- A Lesson From Aloes
- And A Nightingale Sang
- Arms and the Man
- Balm In Gilead
- Balm in Gilead (Remount at the Apollo Theater Center)
- Bonjour, La Bonjour
- Burn This
- Cloud Nine
- Earthly Possessions
- Exit The King (at Hull House)
- Loose Ends
- Love Letters
- Of Mice And Men
- Our Late Night
- Philadelphia, Here I Come
- Quiet Jeannie Green
- Reckless
- Say Goodnight, Gracie
- The Fifth of July (at St. Nicholas Theatre)
- The House
- The Miss Firecracker Contest
- The Wheel
- Three Sisters
- Waiting For Lefty
- Waiting For The Parade