Karen Allen

Acting

Karen Allen

Born 5 October 1951 · Carrollton, Illinois, USA · 75

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).

Known for

Highlights

Raiders of the Lost Ark1981 · Film · Marion Ravenwood
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit1999 · Series · Paula Varney
Manhattan1979 · Film · Television Actor #2
Malcolm X1992 · Film · Miss Dunne
The Sandlot1993 · Film · Mom
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull2008 · Film · Marion Ravenwood

Filmography

Movies

56 films

Other Mommy2026 · Film · Grandma Ruth
The Easy Kind2024 · Film · Kathy
Unsinkable2024 · Film · Nancy Smith
A Stage of Twilight2024 · Film · Cora
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny2023 · Film · Marion
Things Heard & Seen2021 · Film · Mare Laughton
Colewell2019 · Film · Nora
A Tree. A Rock. A Cloud.2017 · Film · Director
Year by the Sea2016 · Film · Joan
Bad Hurt2016 · Film · Elaine Kendall
White Irish Drinkers2011 · Film · Margaret
November Christmas2010 · Film · Claire Sanford
A Dog Year2009 · Film · Paula (voice)
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull2008 · Film · Marion Ravenwood
Shaka Zulu: The Citadel2005 · Film · Katherine Farewell
When Will I Be Loved2004 · Film · Alexandra Barrie
Poster Boy2004 · Film · Eunice Kray
Plain Dirty2003 · Film · Butcher Lee
World Traveler2002 · Film · Delores
In the Bedroom2001 · Film · Marla Keyes
My Horrible Year!2001 · Film · Belinda Faulkner
The Perfect Storm2000 · Film · Melissa Brown
Wind River2000 · Film · Martha
The Basket2000 · Film · Bessie Emery
Falling Sky1999 · Film · Resse Nicholson
All the Winters that Have Been1997 · Film · Hannah Raven
'Til There Was You1997 · Film · Betty Dawkan
Hostile Advances: The Kerry Ellison Story1996 · Film · Margaret
Ghost in the Machine1993 · Film · Terry Munroe
King of the Hill1993 · Film · Miss Mathey
Voyage1993 · Film · Catherine 'Kit' Norvell
The Sandlot1993 · Film · Mom
Rapture1993 · Film · Georgianne Corcoran
Malcolm X1992 · Film · Miss Dunne
Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems1992 · Film · (voice)
Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes1992 · Film · (voice)
The Turning1992 · Film · Glory Lawson
Sweet Talker1991 · Film · Julie Maguire
Secret Weapon1990 · Film · Ruth
Challenger1990 · Film · Christa McAuliffe
Animal Behavior1989 · Film · Alex Bristow
Scrooged1988 · Film · Claire Phillips
Backfire1988 · Film · Mara McAndrew
The Glass Menagerie1987 · Film · Laura Wingfield
Terminus1987 · Film · Gus
Starman1984 · Film · Jenny Hayden
Until September1984 · Film · Mo Alexander
Split Image1982 · Film · Rebecca / Amy
Shoot the Moon1982 · Film · Sandy
Raiders of the Lost Ark1981 · Film · Marion Ravenwood
A Small Circle of Friends1980 · Film · Jessica Bloom
Cruising1980 · Film · Nancy Gates
The Wanderers1979 · Film · Nina
Manhattan1979 · Film · Television Actor #2
Lovey: A Circle of Children, Part II1978 · Film · Elizabeth
Animal House1978 · Film · Katy

Filmography

Series

9 shows

The Last Movie Stars2022 · Series · Frances Woodward (voice)
Going Home2022 · Series · Bonnie
50 States of Fright2020 · Series · Sheriff Stallings
Blue Bloods2010 · Series · Betty Lowe
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit1999 · Series · Paula Varney
Law & Order1990 · Series · Judith Sandler
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents1985 · Series · Jackie Foster
East of Eden1981 · Series · Abra
Knots Landing1979 · Series · Annie Fairgate