Joan Allen knows how to play pissed-off women ‑- tight-as-a-drum, wickedly perfect, manipulated and manipulative women, the kind who get caught up in the expectations of their times and fight subversively against the powers that be. Like Pat Nixon. Like the uptight moms in The Ice Storm and Pleasantville. Like Elizabeth Proctor in The Crucible. This kind of work has earned her three Oscar nominations and won her a Tony on Broadway. All the while, behind the scenes, she's as nice as can be.
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