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Joan Allen in The Bourne Supremacy
Joan Allen (born August 20, 1956 in Rochelle, Illinois, USA) is a triplet-instance Oscar-nominated American actress. She was innate to flatulence-station creator Jeff Allen & Dorothy, the woman of the house. Allen began her acting career when as a stage actress & in television before making her film debut in Compromising Positions (1985). Within 1989 Allen returned to the stage and won the Tony Award in her Broadway debut performance in Burn This. She as well starred in A Pulitzer-Prize winning play The Heidi Chronicles. She received Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Pat Nixon in Nixon (1995) and for her role as a woman whose married man is accused of witchcraft in The Crucible (1996). She was likewise nominated for Best Actress in The Contender as a politician who becomes a object of scandal. Allen is respected by her peers every for her professionalism & a incapacitating preparation she will bring to each of her roles. For instance, to play the unsighted woman in the cult classic Manhunter (1986), she went to the school for the blind & bore the blindfold for many times. Brian Cox, her co-star inside Manhunter & The Bourne Supremacy, called Allen a finest actress he experienced ever worked by using & one of a right in the business. She has as well starred in the mini series The Mists of Avalon (2001) (on TNT). She is married to the actor Peter Friedman. It use at times a single baby, Sadie (b. 1994).
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Thespian Net : Joan Allen A starting point for information about the actress. Joan Allen's Digital Hit Profile A look at the actress' life and career. Rotten Tomatoes: Joan Allen Filmography, links to reviews and news, photos, and forum. PopEntertainment.com: Joan Allen - The Upside of Acting Interview discussing her roles in "The Upside of Anger" and "Off the Map." By Brad Balfour. |
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