Date of Birth : Aug 20th 1956
Allen worked in theatre, television and film during her early career, and achieved recognition for her Broadway debut in Burn This, winning a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play in 1989. She also starred in the Pulitzer Prize-winning play The Heidi Chronicles.
She received Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actress for her roles as Pat Nixon in Nixon (1995) and as Elizabeth Proctor, a woman accused of witchcraft, in The Crucible (1996). She was also nominated for Best Actress for her role in The Contender (2000), in which she played a politician who becomes the object of scandal.
She had starring roles in the drama The Ice Storm directed by Ang Lee and the action thriller Face/Off directed by John Woo, both released in 1997, as well as in the comedy Pleasantville (1998). In 2005, she received many positive notices for her leading role in the comedy/drama The Upside of Anger, in which she played an alcoholic housewife.
She played CIA Department Director Pamela Landy in The Bourne Supremacy and The Bourne Ultimatum. In 2008, Allen appeared in a remake of the film Death Race, playing a prison warden.
CAREER
Room ( 2016 )
The Bourne Legacy ( 2012 )
Hachiko: A Dog’s Story ( 2010 )
Death Race ( 2008 )
The Bourne Ultimatum ( 2007 )
The Upside Of Anger ( 2007 )
The Bourne Supremacy ( 2004 )
The Notebook ( 2004 )
The Contender ( 2001 )
When The Sky Falls ( 2000 )
All the Rage ( 1999 )
Pleasantville ( 1999 )
The Ice Storm ( 1998 )
Face/Off ( 1997 )
The Crucible ( 1997 )
Nixon ( 1996 )
Peggy Sue got Married ( 1986 )