Nancy Allen
Known for Acting · 56 credits
- Born
- 1950-06-24 (age 75)
- Place of birth
- New York City, New York, USA
- Also known as
- Nancy Anne Allen · The Scream Queen · نانسی آلن
Biography
Nancy Anne Allen (born June 24, 1950) is an American actress. She came to prominence for her performances in several films directed by Brian De Palma in the 1970s and early 1980s. Her accolades include a Golden Globe Award nomination and three Saturn Award nominations.
The daughter of a New York City police lieutenant, Allen was raised in the Bronx, and attended the High School of Performing Arts, aspiring to have a career as a dancer. In her early twenties, she shifted her focus to acting and relocated to Los Angeles to pursue a career there. Her first major role was as Chris Hargensen in Brian De Palma's film adaptation of Carrie (1976). Allen was subsequently cast as the lead in the Robert Zemeckis-directed comedy I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978), followed by a supporting part in Steven Spielberg's 1941 (1979).
Allen married De Palma in 1979, and her subsequent portrayal of a prostitute who witnesses a murder in his feature Dressed to Kill (1980) earned her a Golden Globe nomination for New Star of the Year. She then appeared in De Palma's neo-noir film Blow Out (1981), playing a woman implicated in an assassination. Allen and DePalma divorced in 1984.
She appeared in the science fiction films Strange Invaders (1983) and The Philadelphia Experiment (1984), and Abel Ferrara's television film The Gladiator (1986). Allen garnered mainstream fame playing Anne Lewis in Paul Verhoeven's RoboCop (1987), a role she reprised for the two sequels that followed. Other credits include Poltergeist III (1988), Limit Up (1990), and Les patriotes (1994).
Allen stepped back from acting in 2008, and became involved in cancer support after her friend, Wendie Jo Sperber, died of breast cancer. In 2010, she was named executive director of the weSPARK Cancer Support Center in Los Angeles, which was founded by Sperber.
Known For
TV Shows (9)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Carin Healy
Touched by an Angel
1994
as Megan
The Division
2001
as Christine Ogden
The Outer Limits
1995
as Rachel Rose
The Commish
1991
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982
as Princess Elizabeth
The Movies That Made Us
2019
as Self
RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop
2023
as Self
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Movies (47)
RoboCop
1987
as Officer Anne Lewis
Carrie
1976
as Chris Hargenson
RoboCop 3
1993
as Anne Lewis
RoboCop 2
1990
as Officer Anne Lewis
Blow Out
1981
as Sally Badina
1941
1979
as Donna Stratton
Out of Sight
1998
as Midge
Dressed to Kill
1980
as Liz Blake
Poltergeist III
1988
as Patricia Wilson-Gardner
The Philadelphia Experiment
1984
as Allison Hayes
Forced Entry
1975
as Hitch Hiker
Acting 'Carrie'
2001
as Self
The Last Detail
1973
as Nancy
Home Movies
1980
as Kristina
In Search of Tomorrow
2022
as Self - Interviewee
Circuit
2001
as Louise
My Apocalypse
2008
as Linda Savage
The Patriots
1994
as Catherine Pelman
Strange Invaders
1983
as Betty Walker
The Man Who Wouldn't Die
1994
as Jessie Gallardo
Children of the Corn 666: Isaac's Return
1999
as Rachel Colby
In Search of Darkness: Part II
2020
as Self
John Travolta: The Inside Story
2004
as Self
Acting on Impulse
1993
as Cathy Thomas
The Gladiator
1986
as Susan Neville
The Pass
1998
as Shirley Duprey
I Wanna Hold Your Hand
1978
as Pam Mitchell
Sweet Revenge
1987
as Jillian Grey
Kiss Toledo Goodbye
1999
as Madge
Bound by Flesh
2012
as Voiceover
Against the Law
1997
as Maggie Hewitt
Close Encounters with Vilmos Zsigmond
2016
as Self
The Buddy System
1984
as Carrie
Not for Publication
1984
as Lois
Limit Up
1989
as Casey Falls
Secret of the Andes
1999
as Brenda Willings
Dusting Cliff 7
1997
as Anna Bishop
Terror in the Aisles
1984
as Self - Host
The Princess and the Pea
1984
as Princess Elizabeth
The Curse of Poltergeist
2002
Memories of Murder
1990
as Alice
The Making of 'Dressed to Kill'
2001
as Self
Corporate Wars: The Making of 'RoboCop 2'
2017
as Self
Valerie 23
1995
as Rachel Rose
Slashing 'Dressed to Kill'
2001
as Self
More Acting 'Carrie'
2016
as Self
Rag Doll Memories: Nancy Allen on 'Blow Out'
2012
as herself
About Nancy Allen
Nancy Anne Allen (born June 24, 1950) is an American actress. She came to prominence for her performances in several films directed by Brian De Palma in the 1970s and early 1980s. Her accolades include a Golden Globe Award nomination and three Saturn Award nominations. The daughter of a New York City police lieutenant, Allen was raised in the Bronx, and attended the High School of Performing Arts, aspiring to have a career as a dancer. In her early twenties, she shifted her focus to acting and relocated to Los Angeles to pursue a career there.… With 56 credits spanning from 1973 to 2023, Nancy Allen has appeared in 47 films and 9 TV shows.
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