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List of Nancy Allen performances

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Nancy Allen is an American actress who began her career in the 1970s. She made her feature film debut in a minor role opposite Jack Nicholson in The Last Detail (1973), before being cast as Chris Hargensen in Brian De Palma's film adaptation of Carrie (1976). She subsequently had a starring role in Robert Zemeckis's comedy I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978), followed by a supporting part in Steven Spielberg's 1941 (1979).

Allen went on to collaborate with De Palma on several other films in the 1980s, including Home Movies (1980), the erotic thriller Dressed to Kill (also 1980; for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award), and the neo-noir Blow Out (1981). In 1984, Allen appeared in the science fiction film The Philadelphia Experiment, and later had a starring role in Abel Ferrara's The Gladiator (1986). Allen was subsequently cast by director Paul Verhoeven in the science fiction thriller RoboCop (1987) as Officer Anne Lewis, a role she reprised in the first and second sequels.

Through the 1990s, Allen appeared in several independent films and television productions, including a lead role in the French drama The Patriots (1994), directed by Éric Rochant, and a supporting role in Steven Soderbergh's crime comedy Out of Sight (1998). As a result of this performance, the following year, she appeared in the crime film Kiss Toledo Goodbye, as well as the direct-to-video horror sequel Children of the Corn 666: Isaac's Return. She subsequently had guest-starring roles on the television series The Division and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit in 2002 and 2003, respectively.

Film

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="margin-right: 0;"
scope="col" | Year

! scope="col" | Title

! scope="col" | Role

! scope="col" | Director(s)

! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes

! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference}}

scope="row"| 1973

|{{sortname|The|Last Detail}}

|Nancy

| {{sortname|Hal|Ashby}}

|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Kirshner|2012|p=228}}

scope="row"| 1975

|Forced Entry

|Hitchhiker

|{{sortname|Jim|Sotos}}

|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Weldon|1996|pages=213–214}}

scope="row"| 1976

|Carrie

|Christine "Chris" Hargensen

|{{sortname|Brian|De Palma}}

|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Bouzereau|1988|p=43}}

scope="row"| 1978

|I Wanna Hold Your Hand

|Pam Mitchell

|{{sortname|Robert|Zemeckis}}

|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Jackson|2007|p=29}}

scope="row"| 1979

|1941

|Donna Stratton

| {{sortname|Steven|Spielberg}}

|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Jackson|2007|pages=29–30}}

scope="row"| 1980

|Home Movies

|Kristina

|{{sortname|Brian|De Palma|nolink=yes}}

|

| style="text-align:center;"| {{sfn|Bouzereau|1988|p=83}}

scope="row"| 1980

|Dressed to Kill

|Liz Blake

|{{sortname|Brian|De Palma|nolink=yes}}

|

| style="text-align:center;"| {{sfn|Bouzereau|1988|p=136}}

scope="row"| 1981

|Blow Out

|Sally Bedina

|{{sortname|Brian|De Palma|nolink=yes}}

|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Bouzereau|1988|p=149}}

scope="row"| 1983

|Strange Invaders

|Betty Walker

|{{sortname|Michael|Laughlin}}

|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Young|2000|p=715}}

scope="row"| 1984

|{{sortname|The|Buddy System|The Buddy System (film)}}

|Carrie

|{{sortname|Glenn|Jordan}}

|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Martin|Porter|2003|p=155}}

scope="row"| 1984

|Terror in the Aisles

|Herself

|{{sortname|Andrew J.|Kuehn}}

|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Young|2000|p=715}}

scope="row"| 1984

|{{sortname|The|Philadelphia Experiment|The Philadelphia Experiment (film)}}

|Allison Hayes

|{{sortname|Stewart|Raffill}}

|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Young|2000|p=484}}

scope="row"| 1984

|Not for Publication

|Lois Thorndyke

|{{sortname|Paul|Bartel}}

|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Martin|Porter|2003|p=796}}

scope="row"| 1986

|{{sortname|The|Gladiator|The Gladiator (1986 film)}}

|Susan Neville

|{{sortname|Abel|Ferrara}}

|Television film

| style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Weldon|1996|p=235}}

scope="row"| 1987

|Sweet Revenge

|Jillian Grey

|{{sortname|Mark|Sobel|nolink=yes}}

|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Martin|Porter|2003|p=1082}}

scope="row"| 1987

|RoboCop

|Officer Anne Lewis

|{{sortname|Paul|Verhoeven}}

|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Young|2000|p=529}}

scope="row"| 1988

|Poltergeist III

|Patricia Wilson-Gardner

|{{sortname|Gary|Sherman|Gary Sherman (director)}}

|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Young|2000|p=715}}

scope="row"| 1989

|Limit Up

|Casey Falls

|{{sortname|Richard|Martini|Richard Martini (director)}}

|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Young|2000|p=356}}

scope="row"| 1990

|RoboCop 2

|Anne Lewis

|{{sortname|Irvin|Kershner}}

|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Young|2000|p=715}}

scope="row"| 1990

|Memories of Murder

|Jennifer Gordon/Corey

|{{sortname|Robert|Lewis|Robert Lewis (director)}}

|Television film

| style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Young|2000|p=398}}

scope="row"| 1993

|RoboCop 3

|Anne Lewis

|{{sortname|Fred|Dekker}}

|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Young|2000|p=715}}

scope="row"| 1993

|Acting on Impulse

|Cathy Thomas

|{{sortname|Sam|Irvin}}

|Television film

| style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Bleiler|2004|p=4}}

scope="row"| 1994

|The Man Who Wouldn't Die

|Jessie Gallardo

|{{sortname|Bill|Condon}}

|Television film

| style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Quinlan|1997|p=13}}

scope="row"| 1994

|Les patriotes

|Catherine Pelman

|{{sortname|Éric|Rochant}}

| English: The Patriots

| style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Quinlan|1997|p=13}}

scope="row"| 1997

|Against the Law

|Maggie Hewitt

|{{sortname|Jim|Wynorski}}

|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite web|work=Rotten Tomatoes|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/against_the_law|title=Against the Law|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150721051646/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/against_the_law|archive-date=July 21, 2015|access-date=July 8, 2019|url-status=live}}

scope="row"| 1997

|Dusting Cliff 7

|Anna Bishop

|{{sortname|William H.|Molina|nolink=yes}}

| Also known as: Last Assassins

| style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Martin|Porter|2003|p=615}}

scope="row"| 1998

|{{sortname|The|Pass|nolink=1}}

|Shirley Duprey

|{{sortname|Kurt|Voss}}

|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Sykes|2018|p=290}}

scope="row"| 1998

|Out of Sight

|Midge

|{{sortname|Steven|Soderbergh}}

|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Rogall|2003|p=233}}

scope="row"| 1999

|Secret of the Andes

|Brenda Willings

|{{sortname|Alejandro|Azzano|nolink=yes}}

|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Quigley|2007|p=45}}

scope="row"| 1999

|Kiss Toledo Goodbye

|Madge

|{{sortname|Lyndon|Chubbuck|nolink=yes}}

|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Quigley|2007|p=45}}

scope="row"| 1999

|Children of the Corn 666: Isaac's Return

|Rachel Colby

|{{sortname|Kari|Skogland}}

|Direct to video

| style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Martin|Porter|2003|p=195}}

scope="row"| 2001

|Circuit

|Louise

|{{sortname|Dirk|Shafer}}

|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Bleiler|2004|p=117}}

scope="row"| 2008

|My Apocalypse

|Linda Savage

|{{sortname|Chris|LaMont}}

|Filmed in 1997; also known as: Quality Time

| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite journal|journal=The Hollywood Reporter|volume=407|page=132|title=My Apocalypse|year=2008|publisher=Hollywood Reporter Incorporated|issn=0018-3660|location=Los Angeles, California}}

scope="row"| 2012

|Bound by Flesh

|Narrator

|{{sortname|Leslie|Zemeckis}}

| Documentary

| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/27/movies/bound-by-flesh-centers-on-the-hiltons-conjoined-twins.html|work=The New York Times|date=June 26, 2014|archive-url=https://archive.today/20190708224651/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/27/movies/bound-by-flesh-centers-on-the-hiltons-conjoined-twins.html|archive-date=July 8, 2019|title=Two lives, ruthlessly exploited|last=Genzlinger|first=Neil|access-date=July 8, 2019|url-status=live}}

scope="row"| 2020

|In Search of Darkness: Part II

|Herself

|{{sortname|David|A. Weiner}}

| Documentary

|

scope="row"| 2022

|In Search of Tomorrow

|Herself

|David A. Weiner

|Documentary

|

Television

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scope="col" | Year

! scope="col" | Title

! scope="col" | Role

! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes

! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference}}

scope="row"| 1983–1984

|Another World

|Paula James

|Unknown episodes

| style="text-align:center;"|

scope="row"| 1984

|Faerie Tale Theatre

|Princess Elizabeth

|Episode: "The Princess and the Pea"

| style="text-align:center;"|

scope="row"| 1994

|Touched by an Angel

|Megan

|Episode: "An Unexpected Snow"

| style="text-align:center;"|

scope="row"| 1995

|{{sortname|The|Outer Limits|The Outer Limits (1995 TV series)}}

|Rachel Rose

|Episode: "Valerie 23"

| style="text-align:center;"|

scope="row"| 1995

|{{sortname|The|Commish}}

|Gina Raposo

|Episode: "Brooklyn"

| style="text-align:center;"|

scope="row"| 2002

|{{sortname|The|Division}}

|Christine Ogden

|Episode: "Brave New World"

| style="text-align:center;"|

scope="row"| 2003

|Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

|Carin Healy

|Episode: "Escape"

| style="text-align:center;"|

Stage

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="margin-right: 0;"
scope="col" | Year

! scope="col" | Title

! scope="col" | Role

! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes

! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference}}

scope="row"| 1995–1996

| Dial M For Murder

| Margot Wendice

| Broadway

| style="text-align:center;"| {{cite web|url=http://www.ibdb.com/tour-production/dial-m-for-murder-511172|work=Internet Broadway Database|title=Dial "M" for Murder|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180604141516/http://www.ibdb.com/tour-production/dial-m-for-murder--511172|archive-date=June 4, 2018}}

References

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