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Acting

Joan Allen

Career: Active from 1983 to 2025, busiest in 1993 and 2000 with 3 main titles each.

Leading roles: 27
top three billing

Average score: 63/100

Highest rated: Room
86/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 45 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Joan Allen Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Physical Comedy
1.1, average 2.4
Situational Comedy
1.6, average 2.7
Absurdist Humor
1.1, average 2.0
Adrenaline
4.1, average 4.8

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 9
Political Intrigue 7
Biographical Drama 4
Bleak Atmosphere 4
Social Commentary 3
Family Drama 3
Psychological Tension 3
Coming-of-Age 3
Historical Drama 3
Psychological Depth 2
Historical Setting 2
Character-Driven Drama 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

53

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

2 titles · average score 54

Zero Day

56

TV show · as Sheila Mullen

Lisey's Story

52

TV show · as Amanda Debusher

2010s

9 titles · average score 68

Who Will Write Our History?

73

as Rachela Auerbach (voice)

The Family

65

TV show · as Claire Warren

Room

86

as Nancy

A Good Marriage

40

as Darcy Anderson

Rickover: The Birth of Nuclear Power

as Narrator (voice)

The Bourne Legacy

59

as Pamela Landy

Luck

76

TV show · as Claire Lachay

The Killing

76

TV show · as Margaret O'Neal

Make No Little Plans: Daniel Burnham and the American City

as Narrator

2000s

16 titles · average score 61

Hachi: A Dog's Tale

72

as Cate Wilson

Georgia O'Keeffe

51

as Georgia O'Keeffe

Death Race

52

as Warden Hennessey

Bonneville

50

as Carol Brimm

The Upside of Anger

65

as Terry Wolfmeyer

Yes

58

as She

The Notebook

66

as Anne Hamilton

The Bourne Supremacy

77

as Pamela Landy

Off the Map

69

as Arlene

The Mists of Avalon

45

TV show · as Morgause

The Contender

68

as Laine Hanson

It's the Rage

43

as Helen

1990s

12 titles · average score 66

Pleasantville

76

as Betty Parker

Face/Off

81

as Eve Archer

The Ice Storm

77

as Elena Hood

The Crucible

70

as Elizabeth Proctor

Nixon

71

as Pat Nixon

Mad Love

41

as Margaret Roberts

Searching for Bobby Fischer

84

as Bonnie Waitzkin

Ethan Frome

51

as Zenobia Zeeman Frome

Frasier

85

TV show · as Lydia (voice)

Josh & S.A.M.

40

as Caroline Whitney

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

47

TV show

Without Warning: The James Brady Story

66

as Sarah Brady

1980s

12 titles · average score 66

In Country

59

as Irene

Tucker: The Man and His Dream

74

as Vera

All My Sons

as Ann Deever

The Room Upstairs

52

as Ellie

Peggy Sue Got Married

72

as Maddy Nagle

Manhunter

74

as Reba McClane

The Twilight Zone

79

TV show · as (segment "Shelter Skelter")

Screen Two

68

TV show · as Zeena

Evergreen

TV show · as Iris Friedman

Compromising Positions

48

as Mary Alice Mahoney

Say Goodnight, Gracie

as Ginny

American Playhouse

69

TV show · as Zeena Frome / Ann Keller

1970s

1 title · average score 66

A Wedding

66

as Extra (uncredited)

1950s

1 title · average score 84

Hallmark Hall of Fame

84

TV show · as Ellie