Joan Allen

Joan Allen's biography

Joan Allen is 66 years old television actor born at Rochelle. Joan was born on Monday 20th of August 1956. According to year of birth 1956 she belongs to Boomers. Birthday on 20th of August means she is Leo. As sign in itself indicates “Lion” or “King”, hence people born under Leo sign are considered to be leaders in every aspects of life. They are royal in nature.

Joan is white american. Joan is citizen of United States of America. Her primary profession is to be television actor. You can know her also as film actor, stage actor. Joan is recently known as voice actor.

Joan Allen's family

Joan Allen's ex husband

Peter Friedman

Joan Allen and Peter Friedman have been together since 1990 for 12 years. Peter is known as television actor. Joan´s ex husband was born on Sunday 24th of April 1949 in New York City.

Joan Allen's schools

We found 3 schools She attended. Complete list of schools: Rochelle Township High School, Eastern Illinois University, Northern Illinois University.

Detailed informations about her schools

• Transferred to Northern Illinois University in 1976 whence she graduated.
• Graduated from the same university as Dan Castellaneta, Justin Mentell, and Matt Ricci.

Joan Allen's career

Joan´s main focus is to be television actor. She is famous thanks to Pleasantville. You could see her also in Nixon, The Crucible, The Upside of Anger and many more.

Is Joan Allen gay ?

She is known to be straight.

Awards and competitions

Joan Allen's Awards

• Has won many Stage awards and won a Tony in 1989 for her debut Broadway performance in Burn This.
• 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.".
• 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.
• 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 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 1987 Drama Logue Award for Outstanding Performance for "Burn This" at the Mark Taper Forum Theatre in Los Angeles, California.

Joan Allen's Nominations

• She was nominated for Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for work Nixon in 1995
• She was nominated for National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress for work Nixon in 1995
• She was nominated for Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role for work Nixon in 1996
• She was nominated for Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture for work Nixon in 1996
• Joan was nominated for BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for work Nixon in 1996
• Joan was nominated for Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture for work The Crucible in 1996
• She was nominated for Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for work The Crucible in 1996
• Joan was nominated for Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress for work The Crucible in 1996
• Joan was nominated for Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress for work Pleasantville in 1998
• Joan was nominated for Satellite Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture for work The Ice Storm in 1998
• Joan was nominated for Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama for work The Contender in 2000
• She was nominated for Academy Award for Best Actress for work The Contender in 2000
• She was nominated for Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead for work The Contender in 2001
• She was nominated for Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role for work The Contender in 2001
• She was nominated for Satellite Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture for work The Contender in 2001
• Joan was nominated for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for work The Mists of Avalon in 2002
• She was nominated for Satellite Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for work The Upside of Anger in 2005
• Joan was nominated for BIFA Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a British Independent Film for work Yes in 2005
• She was nominated for San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress for work The Upside of Anger in 2005
• She was nominated for Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress for work The Upside of Anger in 2005
• Joan was nominated for Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress for work The Upside of Anger in 2005
• She was nominated for Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress for work The Upside of Anger in 2006
• Joan was nominated for Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress for work The Upside of Anger in 2006
• She was nominated for London Film Critics Circle Award for Actress of the Year for work The Upside of Anger in 2007
• Joan was nominated for Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie for work Georgia O'Keeffe in 2010
• Joan was nominated for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Made for Television Movie for work Georgia O'Keeffe in 2010
• She was nominated for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for work Georgia O'Keeffe in 2010

Joan Allen's quotes

• 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 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.
• 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 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.
• 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.
• 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.
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Joan Allen's height, weight, body shape, eye color, hair color

Lets describe how Joan Allen looks. We will focus on her height, weight, body shape, eye color, hair color and shoe size. She is tall as 5' 10" (178 cm). Joan weights 120lbs (54 kg). Body build is slim. Joan´s eyes are tinted blue. Her hair is shade of blonde. If you are really curious, you may find interesting Joan´s shoe size is 10.