Joan Allen

Joan Allen (born August 20, 1956 in Rochelle, Illinois, USA) is a three-time Oscar-nominated American actress. Allen began her acting career as as a stage actress and on television before making her film debut in Compromising Positions (1985). In 1989 Allen returned to the stage and won a Tony Award in her Broadway debut performance in Burn This. She also starred in The Pulitzer-Prize winning play The Heidi Chronicles.

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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 husband is accused of witchcraft in The Crucible (1996). She was also nominated for Best Actress in The Contender as a politician who becomes the object of scandal. Allen is respected by her peers both for her professionalism and the intense preparation she brings to each of her roles. For example, to play a blind woman in the cult classic Manhunter (1986), she went to a school for the blind and wore a blindfold for several days. Brian Cox, her co-star in Manhunter and The Bourne Supremacy, called Allen the finest actress he had ever worked with and one of the best in the business.

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She has also starred in the mini series The Mists of Avalon (2001) (on TNT).

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She is married to the actor Peter Friedman. They have one child, Sadie (b. 1994).

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August 20: August 20 is the 232nd day of the year (233rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 133 days remaining....

1956: 1956 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar....

Rochelle, Illinois: Rochelle is a city located in Ogle County, Illinois. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 9,424....

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