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Joan Allen

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Biography

Joan Allen (born August 20, 1956) is an American actress. She worked in theatre, television and film during her early career, and achieved recognition for her Broadway debut in Burn This, winning a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play in 1989. She has received three Academy Award nominations; she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress for Nixon (1995) and The Crucible (1996), and for Best Actress for The Contender (2000). Her other films include The Ice Storm (1996), Face/Off (1997), Pleasantville (1998), The Notebook (2004), The Bourne Supremacy (2004) and The Bourne Ultimatum (2007).

Notable films

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Highlights from credits and KinoChain journeys.

The Bourne Supremacy

Appears in a KinoChain journey

The Contender

Appears in a KinoChain journey

The Notebook

As Anne Hamilton

Zero Day

As Sheila Mullen

Face/Off

As Eve Archer

The Bourne Ultimatum

As Pamela Landy

Lisey's Story

As Amanda Debusher

Pleasantville

As Betty Parker

Chains

KinoChain journeys

Public chains that pass through their films — or name them as a bridge.

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When the Sequel Outshines the Original

From gritty crime epics to mind-bending sci-fi, these sequels didn't just continue stories, they redefined them. Here's a chain of films that prove the second (...

8 films

The Weight of Command: Eight Faces of Authority

From courtroom to battlefield, from boardroom to the Oval Office, these eight performances explore the many masks of power and the human cost of wearing them.

8 films

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