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Joan Allen

1956 - Today

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Joan Allen (born August 20, 1956) is an American actress. Known for her work on stage and screen, she has received a Tony Award as well as nominations for three Academy Awards, a BAFTA Award, three Primetime Emmy Awards, and three Golden Globe Awards. She began her career with the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in 1977, won the 1984 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play for And a Nightingale Sang, and won the 1988 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for her Broadway debut in Burn This. In the mid-1990s to the early 2000s, Allen received international recognition for a string of critically acclaimed performances. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joan Allen is the 1,125th most popular actor (down from 1,062nd in 2019), the 2,148th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,852nd in 2019) and the 558th most popular American Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Joan Allen ranks 1,125 out of 13,578. Before her are Eddie Redmayne, Veronica Lake, Ljubiša Samardžić, Ewan McGregor, Maria Riva, and Vincent Schiavelli. After her are John Nettles, Elizabeth Montgomery, Lea Massari, Judith Anderson, Adam West, and James Faulkner.

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Among people born in 1956, Joan Allen ranks 64. Before her are Bakir Izetbegović, Ian Curtis, Imelda Staunton, Almazbek Atambayev, La Toya Jackson, and Hal Finney. After her are Mohamed Ould Ghazouani, Jan Peter Balkenende, Milan Babić, Iveta Radičová, El Risitas, and Georg Gänswein.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Joan Allen ranks 2,148 out of 20,380. Before her are Elias Howe (1819), Vincent Schiavelli (1948), Jack White (1975), Dan Simmons (1948), Billy Milligan (1955), and Lillian Asplund (1906). After her are Spotted Elk (1826), Elizabeth Montgomery (1933), Mahalia Jackson (1911), Hubert Humphrey (1911), Charles Sweeney (1919), and Andrew Davis (1946).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Joan Allen ranks 558. Before her are Brion James (1945), John Turturro (1957), Sydne Rome (1951), Edward James Olmos (1947), Veronica Lake (1922), and Vincent Schiavelli (1948). After her are Elizabeth Montgomery (1933), Adam West (1928), Mary Steenburgen (1953), Paul L. Smith (1936), Stacy Keach (1941), and Priscilla Lane (1915).

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