Joan Allen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Joan Allen

American actress

Date of Birth: 20-Aug-1956

Place of Birth: Rochelle, Illinois, United States

Profession: stage actor, voice actor, television actor, film actor

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Joan Allen (born August 20, 1956) is an American actress.
She began her career with the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in 1977, won the 1984 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play for And a Nightingale Sang, and won the 1988 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for her Broadway debut in Burn This.
She is also a three-time Academy Award nominee; receiving Best Supporting Actress nominations for Nixon (1995) and The Crucible (1996), and a Best Actress nomination for The Contender (2000). Allen's other film roles include Manhunter (1986), Peggy Sue Got Married (1986), Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988), The Ice Storm (1997), Face/Off (1997), Pleasantville (1998), The Bourne Supremacy (2004), The Upside of Anger (2005), The Bourne Ultimatum (2007), Death Race (2008), and The Bourne Legacy (2012).
She won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Supporting Actress for the 2015 film Room.
She has also starred in the Broadway plays The Heidi Chronicles (1988), Impressionism (2009), and The Waverly Gallery (2018).