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Nancy Allen

Nancy Allen

Actor · Born 1950-06-24 · New York City, New York, USA

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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 scienc…

Movies & TV Shows

  1. RoboCop (1987) — Officer Anne Lewis
  2. Carrie (1976) — Chris Hargenson
  3. Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) — Carin Healy
  4. RoboCop 2 (1990) — Officer Anne Lewis
  5. Blow Out (1981) — Sally Badina
  6. RoboCop 3 (1993) — Anne Lewis
  7. Out of Sight (1998) — Midge
  8. Dressed to Kill (1980) — Liz Blake
  9. 1941 (1979) — Donna Stratton
  10. Poltergeist III (1988) — Patricia Wilson-Gardner
  11. The Philadelphia Experiment (1984) — Allison Hayes
  12. The Last Detail (1973) — Nancy
  13. The Outer Limits (1995) — Rachel Rose
  14. Children of the Corn 666: Isaac's Return (1999) — Rachel Colby
  15. Touched by an Angel (1994) — Megan
  16. The Movies That Made Us (2019) — Self
  17. I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978) — Pam Mitchell
  18. Strange Invaders (1983) — Betty Walker
  19. E! True Hollywood Story (1996)
  20. The Patriots (1994) — Catherine Pelman
  21. In Search of Darkness: Part II (2020) — Self
  22. Terror in the Aisles (1984) — Self - Host
  23. In Search of Tomorrow (2022) — Self - Interviewee
  24. Home Movies (1980) — Kristina
  25. The Commish (1991)
  26. Circuit (2001) — Louise
  27. Faerie Tale Theatre (1982) — Princess Elizabeth
  28. Forced Entry (1975) — Hitch Hiker
  29. Bound by Flesh (2012) — Voiceover
  30. The Buddy System (1984) — Carrie
  31. The Division (2001) — Christine Ogden
  32. Not for Publication (1984) — Lois
  33. The Gladiator (1986) — Susan Neville
  34. Secret of the Andes (1999) — Brenda Willings
  35. RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop (2023) — Self
  36. Sweet Revenge (1987) — Jillian Grey
  37. Memories of Murder (1990) — Alice
  38. Dusting Cliff 7 (1997) — Anna Bishop
  39. Against the Law (1997) — Maggie Hewitt
  40. Acting on Impulse (1993) — Cathy Thomas