Sarah Joan Allen

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Sarah Joan Allen Wiki Biography

Joan Allen was born on the 20th August 1956, in Rochelle, Illinois USA, of British and German descent. She is an actress who is probably best recognized for starring in the role of Elizabeth Proctor in the film “The Crucible”, playing Laine Hanson in the film “The Contender” (2000), portraying Colonel Margaret Rayne in the TV series “The Killing” (2014), and as Claire Warren in the TV series “The Family” (2016). Her acting career has been active since 1977.

So, have you ever wondered how rich Joan Allen is, as of early 2017? According to authoritative sources, it has been estimated that the total size of Joan’s net worth is over $8 million, accumulated through her successful career in the entertainment industry.

Joan Allen is the youngest of four children born to James Jefferson Allen, who was the owner of a gas station, and Dorothea Marie, who was a homemaker. She went to Rochelle Township High School, after which she enrolled at Eastern Illinois University, where she began performing in plays alongside John Malkovich, but later she transferred to Northern Illinois University, from which she graduated with a BFA degree in Theater.

Her acting career began initially on the stage, when in 1977 she joined the Steppenwolf Theatre Company ensemble, together with Malkovich, appearing in a number of productions, such as her role of Hellen Stott in “And A Nightingale Sang”, for which she won a Clarence Derwent Award in 1984.

In the following year, she moved to the big screen, making her debut appearance in the film “Compromising Positions”, as Mary Alice Mahoney. In 1986, she was cast in two films – “Manhunter” playing Reba McClane, and “Peggy Sue Got Married” portraying Maddy Nagle. By the next decade, she had also starred in the role of Vera Tucker in the 1988 film “Tucker: The Man And His Dream”, directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Since then, her career has only gone upwards, as well as her net worth.During the next decade, Joan’s name became more and more recognized, and she was soon able to acquire high profile roles in popular TV series and films. By the mid- 1990s, she had won the role of Zeena in “Ethan Frome” (1991), played Bonnie Waitzkin in “Searching For Bobby Fischer” (1993), and appeared as Margaret Roberts in “Mad Love” (1995). In 1995 Joan was also selected for the role of Pat Nixon in the TV series “Nixon”, starring alongside Anthony Hopkins and Powers Boothe. Her next major role was in the 1997 film “Face/Off”, with John Travolta and Nicolas Cage in leading roles. All of these added a considerable amount to her net worth.

The new millennium didn’t change too much for her, as she continued to line up success after success, earning roles in such TV and film titles as “The Notebook” (2004) playing Anne Hamilton, “The Bourne Ultimatum” (2007) as Pam Landy, and “Georgia O’Keeffe” (2009) in the title role. To speak further about her career, she was also selected to play Claire Lachay in the TV series “Luck” (2012), and in the same year she reprised the role of Pam Landy in the film “The Bourne Legacy”. Most recently, she appeared in the TV series “The Killing” (2014), the film “Room” (2015), and in the TV series “The Family” (2016). Her net worth is certainly rising.

Thanks to her accomplishments in the film industry, Joan has earned a number of recognitions and awards, including the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress for her work on “Nixon”, San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress for her works on “Yes” and “The Upside Of Anger”. Beside that, she has been nominated for three Primetime Emmy, three Golden Globe and three Academy Awards.

Speaking about her personal life, Joan Allen was married to actor Peter Friedman (1990-2002), with whom she has a daughter. She is currently unmarried.

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Sarah Joan Allen Quick Info

Full Name Joan Allen
Net Worth $8 Million
Date Of Birth August 20, 1956
Place Of Birth Rochelle, Illinois, United States
Height 1.78 m
Profession Actress
Education Northern Illinois University, Eastern Illinois University, Rochelle Township High School
Nationality American
Spouse Peter Friedman (m. 1990–2002)
Children Sadie Friedman
Parents James Jefferson Allen, Dorothea Marie Wirth
Siblings Mary Allen, Lynn Allen, David Allen
IMDB http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000260/
Awards Tony Award for Best Lead Actress in a Play, Critics’ Choice Movie Award for Best Supporting Actress, National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress, Canadian Screen Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role, Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Come…
Nominations Academy Award for Best Actress, Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture – Drama, Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture, Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Pictur…
Movies The Bourne Ultimatum, The Bourne Supremacy, The Bourne Legacy, Death Race, Room, Hachi: A Dog’s Tale, The Upside of Anger, Face/Off, Pleasantville, The Contender, The Notebook, The Ice Storm, Manhunter, A Good Marriage, The Crucible, Peggy Sue Got Married, Searching for Bobby Fischer, Tucker: The Ma…
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Sarah Joan Allen Quotes

  • It’s such a great feeling to make people laugh. I know I’ve made people cry or want to slit their wrists, but to make people laugh is a very intoxicating, wonderful thing.
  • Acting gave me the opportunity to do outrageous things. It allowed me to be sad, happy, angry and lustful, even if it was just vicariously.
  • I think there’s been a tendency to place me in what has been characterized as the “moral center” of the film. In films like The Ice Storm (1997), The Crucible (1996) and Nixon (1995), that’s the sort of the persona that emerged.
  • How do we escape who we are? I think going to college, I felt freer. I loved the clean slate. I wasn’t known as the sort of nerdy, studious girl. I met gay people for the first time in my life. I needed that expansion from a very conservative little town.
  • I was the good girl. The straight A student, on the honor roll, part of the choir . . . I played the cello badly. I did plays.
  • I think I knew acting was what I wanted to do. But I was from this small town and there was no place for an adult to recognize it. I think the cheerleading thing was a way of performing. There was the boy element, but more important was the performance element. Once I got to high school and auditioned for a play and got in, I thought this was really what I was looking for. Once that had got cleared up, from 13 on, that was it.
  • I’m hard to pin down. I tend to look different in films. I get recognized sometimes. But I just live my life. I get on the bus, I get on the subway, it’s not a problem. I think of myself more as a character actor than that ingénue leading lady, who started out something like Michelle Pfeiffer or Jessica Lange. I’m a bit quirkier than that.
  • Over 50% of Americans don’t agree with the administration [of President George W. Bush]; that’s a lot of people. But they don’t get the press. I know myself and my friends in New York were devastated after the last election [2004]. We could hardly stand up it was so devastating. And those are the people that I’m around a fair amount.
  • I was a very good girl for a long time, that’s what really drew me to acting. The stage was the perfect place to be outrageous, to be sad, to be angry, to be all these different things.
  • To tell you the truth, if Oliver Stone had wanted Pat Nixon to wear a G-string and swing from a chandelier, I would have played it that way.
  • I was very shy, but was desperate to meet boys. So my sister told me to be a cheerleader. I didn’t make cheerleading squad, so I thought, “Why not try out for a play?” As soon as I did I found out I absolutely loved it. I could cry and scream and laugh, but in a controlled environment.

Sarah Joan Allen Important Facts

  • She was awarded the 1987 Drama Logue Award for Outstanding Performance for “Burn This” at the Mark Taper Forum Theatre in Los Angeles, California.
  • Is left-handed.
  • Her father was of English, German, and Scots-Irish (Northern Irish) ancestry. Her mother’s family was German.
  • She was nominated for a 1990 Joseph Jefferson Award for Actress in a Principal Role in a Play for “Reckless” at the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago, Illinois.
  • She was awarded the 1986 Joseph Jefferson Award for Actress in a Principal Role in a Play for “A Lesson from Aloes”, at the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago, Illinois.
  • She was awarded the 1983 Joseph Jefferson Award for Actress in a Principal Role in a Play for “And a Nightingale Sang”, at the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago, Illinois.
  • Studied acting at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston under Glendon Gabbard.
  • Parents: Dorothy Allen, a housewife, and Jeff Allen, a gas-station owner. Her father died in 1995.
  • Joan has two sisters: Mary Allen (b. 1940), Lynn Allen (b. 1954) and a brother named David Allen (b. 1943).
  • Graduated from the same university as Dan Castellaneta, Justin Mentell, and Matt Ricci.
  • Chosen as Most Likely to Succeed by friends when graduating from high school.
  • Mother was a homemaker and father was a garage attendant.
  • Is the youngest of 4 children.
  • Her Boston terrier is called Nora.
  • Won the 1988 Tony Award as Best Actress (Play) for her Broadway debut in Lanford Wilson’s “Burn This.” She was again nominated the next year (1989) in the same category for Wendy Wasserstein’s “The Heidi Chronicles.”.
  • Has worked with two “Hannibal Lecters.” She appeared in the first Lecter film, Manhunter (1986), with Brian Cox. She later played Pat Nixon in the film Nixon (1995), opposite Anthony Hopkins. Brian Cox later appeared with her again in The Bourne Supremacy (2004).
  • Ensemble member of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company.
  • Mother of Sadie Friedman (born 1994), with Peter Friedman.
  • Transferred to Northern Illinois University in 1976 whence she graduated.
  • Listed as one of twelve “Promising New Actors of 1986” in John Willis’ Screen World, Vol. 38. [1986]
  • Has won many Stage awards and won a Tony in 1989 for her debut Broadway performance in Burn This.

Sarah Joan Allen Filmography

Title Year Status Character Role
The Family 2016 TV Series Claire Warren Actress
Room 2015/I Nancy Actress
Rickover: The Birth of Nuclear Power 2014 Narrator (voice) Actress
A Good Marriage 2014 Darcy Anderson Actress
The Killing 2014 TV Series Colonel Margaret Rayne Actress
The Bourne Legacy 2012 Pam Landy Actress
Luck 2012 TV Series Claire Lachay Actress
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim 2011 Video Game Delphine (voice) Actress
Good Sharma 2010 Veronica Actress
Georgia O’Keeffe 2009 TV Movie Georgia O’Keeffe Actress
Hachi: A Dog’s Tale 2009 Cate Wilson Actress
Death Race 2008 Hennessey Actress
Blessed Is the Match: The Life and Death of Hannah Senesh 2008 Documentary Catherine Senesh (voice) Actress
The Bourne Ultimatum 2007 Pam Landy Actress
Bonneville 2006 Carol Brimm Actress
The Upside of Anger 2005 Terry Ann Wolfmeyer Actress
Yes 2004/I She Actress
The Bourne Supremacy 2004 Pamela Landy Actress
The Notebook 2004 Anne Hamilton Actress
Off the Map 2003 Arlene Actress
The Mists of Avalon 2001 TV Mini-Series Morgause Actress
The Contender 2000 Laine Hanson Actress
When the Sky Falls 2000 Sinead Hamilton Actress
All the Rage 1999 Helen Actress
Pleasantville 1998 Betty Parker Actress
Face/Off 1997 Dr. Eve Archer Actress
The Ice Storm 1997 Elena Hood Actress
The Crucible 1996 Elizabeth Proctor Actress
Frasier 1996 TV Series Lydia Actress
Nixon 1995 Pat Nixon Actress
Mad Love 1995 Margaret Roberts Actress
Josh and S.A.M. 1993 Caroline Actress
Searching for Bobby Fischer 1993 Bonnie Waitzkin Actress
Ethan Frome 1993 Zeena Actress
Without Warning: The James Brady Story 1991 TV Movie Sarah Brady Actress
In Country 1989 Irene Actress
Tucker: The Man and His Dream 1988 Vera Actress
The Twilight Zone 1987 TV Series Sally Dobbs (segment “Shelter Skelter”) Actress
The Room Upstairs 1987 TV Movie Ellie Actress
American Playhouse 1987 TV Series Ann Deever Actress
Peggy Sue Got Married 1986 Maddy Nagle Actress
Zeisters 1986 Lala Actress
Manhunter 1986 Reba McClane Actress
Compromising Positions 1985 Mary Alice Mahoney Actress
Evergreen 1985 TV Mini-Series Iris Friedman Actress
Say Goodnight, Gracie 1983 TV Movie Actress
A Wedding 1978 Extra (uncredited) Actress
Georgia O’Keeffe 2009 TV Movie executive producer Producer
Who Will Write Our History 2018 Documentary post-production Narration (voice) Self
Manhunter: Courting a Killer – An Interview with Joan Allen 2016 Video documentary short Herself Self
Good Morning America 2016 TV Series Herself – Guest Self
Live with Kelly and Ryan 2008-2016 TV Series Herself – Guest Self
Making ‘Room’ 2016 Video documentary short Herself / Nancy Self
Celebrity Conversations 2015 TV Series Herself Self
Waking the T. Rex: The Story of SUE 2010 Documentary short Narrator Self
Independent Lens 2010 TV Series documentary Herself – Narrator Self
16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards 2010 TV Special Herself Self
The 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards 2010 TV Special Herself – Nominee Self
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon 2009 TV Series Herself – Guest Self
Death Race: Start Your Engines – Making a Death Race 2008 Video documentary short Herself Self
Death Race: Behind the Wheel – Dissecting the Stunts 2008 Video documentary short Herself Self
Up Close with Carrie Keagan 2008 TV Series Herself – Guest Self
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno 1999-2008 TV Series Herself – Guest Self
Entertainment Tonight 2007-2008 TV Series Herself Self
Rachael Ray 2008 TV Series Herself – Guest Self
The View 2008 TV Series Herself – Guest Self
Cinetipp 2008 TV Series documentary Pam Landy Self
The Bourne Ultimatum: The Evolution of Nicky 2007 Video short Herself Self
The Light and the Dark: The Making of ‘Face/Off’ 2007 Video documentary Herself Self
Trumbo 2007 Documentary Herself Self
The Bourne Ultimatum: T4 Movie Special 2007 TV Movie Herself Self
HBO First Look 2000-2007 TV Series documentary short Herself Self
The Rape of Europa 2006 Documentary Narrator (voice) Self
Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List 2006 TV Series Herself – Guest Self
The 11th Annual Critics’ Choice Awards 2006 TV Movie documentary Herself Self
Creating ‘The Upside of Anger’ 2005 Video documentary short Herself Self
The 59th Annual Tony Awards 2005 TV Special Herself – Presenter Self
California Entertainment Weekly 2005 TV Series Herself Self
Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show 2005 TV Series Herself – Guest Self
Charlie Rose 1998-2005 TV Series Herself – Guest Self
Today 2005 TV Series Herself – Guest Self
The Bourne Supremacy: Matching Identities: Casting of ‘The Bourne Supremacy’ 2004 Video documentary short Herself Self
The Bourne Supremacy: On the Move with Jason Bourne 2004 Video short Herself Self
Anatomy of a Scene 2004 TV Series documentary Herself Self
The Contender: The Making of a Political Thriller 2001 Video documentary short Herself Self
American Experience 1999-2001 TV Series documentary Herself – Reader Self
The Big Show 2001 TV Movie Herself Self
The 55th Annual Tony Awards 2001 TV Special Herself – Presenter Self
The Rosie O’Donnell Show 1997-2001 TV Series Herself – Guest Self
The 73rd Annual Academy Awards 2001 TV Special Herself – Nominee: Best Actress in a Leading Role Self
The 2001 IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards 2001 TV Special Herself – Presenter (uncredited) Self
7th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards 2001 TV Special Herself – Nominee: Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role Self
Inside ‘Manhunter’ 2001 Video documentary short Herself Self
Under the Hood: Making ‘Tucker’ 2000 Video documentary short Herself Self
2000 Blockbuster Entertainment Awards 2000 TV Special documentary Herself Self
Steppenwolf Theatre Company: 25 Years on the Edge 2000 Documentary Herself Self
New York: A Documentary Film 1999 TV Series documentary Self
Saturday Night Live 1998 TV Series Herself – Host Self
The 1998 Annual ShoWest Awards 1998 TV Special Herself – Winner: Supporting Actress of Year Self
The 69th Annual Academy Awards 1997 TV Special Herself – Nominee: Best Actress in a Supporting Role Self
The 54th Annual Golden Globe Awards 1997 TV Special Herself – Nominee Self
The 50th Annual Tony Awards 1996 TV Special Herself – Previous Winner Self
The 68th Annual Academy Awards 1996 TV Special Herself – Nominee: Best Actress in a Supporting Role Self
2nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards 1996 TV Special Herself – Nominee Self
Late Show with David Letterman 1996 TV Series Herself Self
Nixon: Featurette 1995 Video documentary short Herself Self
The 43rd Annual Tony Awards 1989 TV Special Herself – Nominee & Performer Self
Working in the Theatre 1989 TV Series documentary Herself Self
The 42nd Annual Tony Awards 1988 TV Special Herself – Winner Self
Voices & Visions: Robert Frost 1988 TV Movie documentary Mrs. Frost Self
Spotlight on Broadway 2013 TV Series Heidi Holland Archive Footage
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Kattan 2003 TV Special Miss Wallace (uncredited) Archive Footage

Sarah Joan Allen Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie Category
2016 Canadian Screen Award Canadian Screen Awards, CA Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role Room (2015) Won
2012 Career Achievement Award Chicago International Film Festival Won
2006 CFCA Award Chicago Film Critics Association Awards Best Actress The Upside of Anger (2005) Won
2006 Distinguished Actor Award Costume Designers Guild Awards Won
2006 IFC Award Iowa Film Critics Awards Best Actress The Upside of Anger (2005) Won
2005 Nellie Tayloe Ross Award Jackson Hole Film Festival Won
2005 SDFCS Award San Diego Film Critics Society Awards Best Actress The Upside of Anger (2005) Won
2005 Peter J. Owens Award San Francisco International Film Festival Won
2005 Golden Space Needle Award Seattle International Film Festival Best Actress Yes (2004) Won
2004 Susan B. Anthony ‘Failure is Impossible’ Award High Falls Film Festival Won
2003 Golden Starfish Award for Career Achievement Hamptons International Film Festival For her acting career. Won
2001 Alan J. Pakula Award Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards The Contender (2000) Won
2001 Spotlight Award Palm Springs International Film Festival Won
2000 Golden Apple Golden Apple Awards Female Star of the Year Won
1999 Saturn Award Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA Best Supporting Actress Pleasantville (1998) Won
1999 Critics Choice Award Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards Best Supporting Actress Pleasantville (1998) Won
1999 OFCS Award Online Film Critics Society Awards Best Supporting Actress Pleasantville (1998) Won
1999 Golden Satellite Award Satellite Awards Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical Pleasantville (1998) Won
1999 SEFCA Award Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards Best Supporting Actress Pleasantville (1998) Won
1998 BSFC Award Boston Society of Film Critics Awards Best Supporting Actress Pleasantville (1998) Won
1998 Empire Award Empire Awards, UK Best Actress The Crucible (1996) Won
1998 LAFCA Award Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards Best Supporting Actress Pleasantville (1998) Won
1998 ShoWest Award ShoWest Convention, USA Supporting Actress of the Year Won
1997 Critics Choice Award Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards Best Supporting Actress The Crucible (1996) Won
1997 SEFCA Award Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards Best Supporting Actress The Crucible (1996) Won
1996 CFCA Award Chicago Film Critics Association Awards Best Supporting Actress Nixon (1995) Won
1996 NSFC Award National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA Best Supporting Actress Nixon (1995) Won
1995 BSFC Award Boston Society of Film Critics Awards Best Supporting Actress Nixon (1995) Won
1995 KCFCC Award Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards Best Supporting Actress Nixon (1995) Won
1995 LAFCA Award Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards Best Supporting Actress Nixon (1995) Won
1995 STFC Award Society of Texas Film Critics Awards Best Supporting Actress Nixon (1995) Won
2016 Canadian Screen Award Canadian Screen Awards, CA Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role Room (2015) Nominated
2012 Career Achievement Award Chicago International Film Festival Nominated
2006 CFCA Award Chicago Film Critics Association Awards Best Actress The Upside of Anger (2005) Nominated
2006 Distinguished Actor Award Costume Designers Guild Awards Nominated
2006 IFC Award Iowa Film Critics Awards Best Actress The Upside of Anger (2005) Nominated
2005 Nellie Tayloe Ross Award Jackson Hole Film Festival Nominated
2005 SDFCS Award San Diego Film Critics Society Awards Best Actress The Upside of Anger (2005) Nominated
2005 Peter J. Owens Award San Francisco International Film Festival Nominated
2005 Golden Space Needle Award Seattle International Film Festival Best Actress Yes (2004) Nominated
2004 Susan B. Anthony ‘Failure is Impossible’ Award High Falls Film Festival Nominated
2003 Golden Starfish Award for Career Achievement Hamptons International Film Festival For her acting career. Nominated
2001 Alan J. Pakula Award Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards The Contender (2000) Nominated
2001 Spotlight Award Palm Springs International Film Festival Nominated
2000 Golden Apple Golden Apple Awards Female Star of the Year Nominated
1999 Saturn Award Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA Best Supporting Actress Pleasantville (1998) Nominated
1999 Critics Choice Award Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards Best Supporting Actress Pleasantville (1998) Nominated
1999 OFCS Award Online Film Critics Society Awards Best Supporting Actress Pleasantville (1998) Nominated
1999 Golden Satellite Award Satellite Awards Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical Pleasantville (1998) Nominated
1999 SEFCA Award Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards Best Supporting Actress Pleasantville (1998) Nominated
1998 BSFC Award Boston Society of Film Critics Awards Best Supporting Actress Pleasantville (1998) Nominated
1998 Empire Award Empire Awards, UK Best Actress The Crucible (1996) Nominated
1998 LAFCA Award Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards Best Supporting Actress Pleasantville (1998) Nominated
1998 ShoWest Award ShoWest Convention, USA Supporting Actress of the Year Nominated
1997 Critics Choice Award Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards Best Supporting Actress The Crucible (1996) Nominated
1997 SEFCA Award Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards Best Supporting Actress The Crucible (1996) Nominated
1996 CFCA Award Chicago Film Critics Association Awards Best Supporting Actress Nixon (1995) Nominated
1996 NSFC Award National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA Best Supporting Actress Nixon (1995) Nominated
1995 BSFC Award Boston Society of Film Critics Awards Best Supporting Actress Nixon (1995) Nominated
1995 KCFCC Award Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards Best Supporting Actress Nixon (1995) Nominated
1995 LAFCA Award Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards Best Supporting Actress Nixon (1995) Nominated
1995 STFC Award Society of Texas Film Critics Awards Best Supporting Actress Nixon (1995) Nominated