Born August 20, 1956, in Rochelle, Ill., Joan Allen launched her acting career with Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre Company in 1977, later moving to New York. She won a Tony Award in 1987 for her Broadway debut in "Burn This."Allen shifted her talents to the screen in such films as Manhunter (1986) and Peggy Sue Got Married (1986). She caught critics' attention in 1995's Nixon, playing First Lady Pat Nixon, for which she received a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination. The following year, she was nominated in the same category for The Crucible.
Her resume grew with varied work in Face/Off (1997), The Ice Storm (1997), Pleasantville (1999) and The Contender, for which Allen received her first Best Actress Oscar nod. Allen divides her time between bigger Hollywood fare, such as The Notebook (2004) and The Bourne Supremacy (2004), and smaller films, such as The Upside of Anger (2005).
AddDeath 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
AddThe 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
AddThe ContenderSen. Laine Hanson (Joan Allen) is nominated to be America's first female vice president. Right-wing powerhouse Gary Oldman seizes on a 20-year-old sex scandal to discredit her. Hanson refuses to confirm or deny the accusation, sending Washington, D.C., into a high-stakes crisis. The first-rate cast... Read More
AddThe 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
AddTucker: The Man and His DreamFrancis Ford Coppola directed this fact-based account of dreamer and auto entrepreneur Preston Tucker (Jeff Bridges). Unimpressed with the cars being built following World War II, Tucker dreams of building a more stylish (yet still economical and safe) car. But even with financing and assistance... Read More
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