• Name: Joan Allen
  
• Height: 5' 10
  
• Sex: F
  
• Nationality: American
  
• Birth Date: August 20, 1956
  
• Birth Place: Rochelle, Illinois, USA
  
• Profession: actress
  
• Education: Rochelle Township High School
  
•   : Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois (majored in Theatre)
  
•   : Northern Illinois University (from 1976 through 1978)
  
• Husband/Wife: Peter Friedman (actor, married on January 1, 1990)
  
• Father: Jeff Allen (gas station operator)
  
• Daughter: Sadie Friedman (born in March 1994)
  

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• "I was very shy, but was desperate to meet boys. so my sister told me to be a cheeerleader. 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."
• "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."

• Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards: Alan J. Pakula Award, THE CONTENDER (2001)
• Golden Apple Awards: Female Star of the Year (2000)
• Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards: Best Supporting Actress for PLEASANTVILLE (1999)
• Golden Satellite Awards: Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical, PLEASANTVILLE (1999)
• Online Film Critics Society Awards: Best Supporting Actress, PLEASANTVILLE (1999)
• Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards: Best Supporting Actress, PLEASANTVILLE (1999)
• Empire Awards: Best Actress, THE CRUCIBLE (1998)
• Boston Society of Film Critics Awards: Best Supporting Actress, PLEASANTVILLE (1998)
• Saturn Award: Best Supporting Actress, PLEASANTVILLE (1998)
• Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards: Best Supporting Actress, PLEASANTVILLE (1998)
• Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards: Best Supporting Actress for THE CRUCIBLE (1997)
• Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards: Best Supporting Actress for THE CRUCIBLE (1997)
• Chicago Film Critics Association Awards: Best Supporting Actress, NIXON (1996)
• National Society of Film Critics Awards: Best Supporting Actress, NIXON (1996)
• Boston Society of Film Critics Awards: Best Supporting Actress, NIXON (1995)
• Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards: Best Supporting Actress, NIXON (1995)

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