7.9
Movie
Acting
Karen Allen
- Born
- (age 75)
- Birthplace
- Carrollton, Illinois, USA
- Credits
- 83 titles
Biography
Karen Jane Allen (born October 5, 1951) is an American actress best known for her role as Marion Ravenwood in Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008). Allen has also had roles in films including National Lampoon's Animal House (1978), The Wanderers (1979), Cruising (1980), Starman (1984), Scrooged (1988), The Sandlot (1993), and Poster Boy (2004).
Signature work
Known For
7.9
Movie
6.0
Movie
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
6.5
Movie
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
8.0
TV
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
6.5
Movie
The Perfect Storm
7.7
Movie
Manhattan
7.6
Movie
Malcolm X
6.8
Movie
Scrooged
6.9
Movie
Animal House
7.6
Movie
The Sandlot
5.7
Movie
Things Heard & Seen
6.9
Movie
Starman
7.8
TV
Blue Bloods
7.3
TV
Law & Order
6.6
Movie
Cruising
6.9
Movie
In the Bedroom
7.0
Movie
The Wanderers
6.8
Movie
King of the Hill
Acting credits 82
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| TBA | The Cutting Room Floor Film | |
| 2026 | Other Mommy Film | Grandma Ruth |
| 2024 | The Easy Kind Film | Kathy |
| 2024 | Unsinkable Film | Nancy Smith |
| 2024 | A Stage of Twilight Film | Cora |
| 2024 | The Unofficial Science of Indiana Jones Film | Self |
| 2023 | Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones and Harrison Ford Film | Self |
| 2023 | Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny Film | Marion |
| 2022 | The Last Movie Stars TV | Self, Self / Frances Woodward, Frances Woodward (voice) (1 ep) |
| 2022 | Going Home TV | Bonnie (1 ep) |
| 2021 | Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age Film | Self - Actress (archive footage) |
| 2021 | Things Heard & Seen Film | Mare Laughton |
| 2020 | 50 States of Fright TV | Sheriff Stallings (3 ep) |
| 2020 | Josh Gates Tonight TV | Self (1 ep) |
| 2019 | Colewell Film | Nora |
| 2016 | Year by the Sea Film | Joan |
| 2016 | Bad Hurt Film | Elaine Kendall |
| 2011 | White Irish Drinkers Film | Margaret |
| 2010 | November Christmas Film | Claire Sanford |
| 2010 | Blue Bloods TV | Betty Lowe (1 ep) |
| 2009 | A Dog Year Film | Paula (voice) |
| 2008 | Indiana Jones 4: The Return of a Legend Film | Self |
| 2008 | Production Diary: Making of 'The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull' Film | Self |
| 2008 | Animal House: The Inside Story Film | Self |
| 2008 | Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Film | Marion Ravenwood |
| 2007 | The Graham Norton Show TV | Self (1 ep) |
| 2006 | Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills Film | Self |
| 2005 | Shaka Zulu: The Citadel Film | Katherine Farewell |
| 2004 | When Will I Be Loved Film | Alexandra Barrie |
| 2004 | Poster Boy Film | Eunice Kray |
| 2003 | Indiana Jones: Making the Trilogy Film | self |
| 2003 | Plain Dirty Film | Butcher Lee |
| 2003 | Where Are They Now?: A Delta Alumni Update Film | Katy Schoenstein |
| 2002 | World Traveler Film | Delores |
| 2001 | In the Bedroom Film | Marla Keyes |
| 2001 | My Horrible Year! Film | Belinda Faulkner |
| 2000 | The Perfect Storm Film | Melissa Brown |
| 2000 | Wind River Film | Martha |
| 2000 | The Basket Film | Bessie Emery |
| 1999 | Falling Sky Film | Resse Nicholson |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit TV | Paula Varney (1 ep) |
| 1998 | The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion Film | Self - Katy |
| 1997 | All the Winters that Have Been Film | Hannah Raven |
| 1997 | 'Til There Was You Film | Betty Dawkan |
| 1996 | Hostile Advances: The Kerry Ellison Story Film | Margaret |
| 1994 | The Road Home TV | Alison Matson (6 ep) |
| 1993 | Ghost in the Machine Film | Terry Munroe |
| 1993 | King of the Hill Film | Miss Mathey |
| 1993 | Voyage Film | Catherine 'Kit' Norvell |
| 1993 | The Sandlot Film | Mom |
| 1993 | Rapture Film | Georgianne Corcoran |
| 1992 | Malcolm X Film | Miss Dunne |
| 1992 | Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems Film | (voice) |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno TV | (2 ep) |
| 1992 | Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes Film | (voice) |
| 1992 | The Turning Film | Glory Lawson |
| 1991 | Sweet Talker Film | Julie Maguire |
| 1990 | Law & Order TV | Judith Sandler (1 ep) |
| 1990 | Secret Weapon Film | Ruth |
| 1990 | Challenger Film | Christa McAuliffe |
Crew credits 1
| Year | Title | Job |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | A Tree. A Rock. A Cloud. Film | Director, Screenplay |