Karen Allen
Known for Acting · 81 credits
- Born
- 1951-10-05 (age 74)
- Place of birth
- Carrollton, Illinois, USA
- Also known as
- Karen Jane Allen · کارن آلن
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).
Known For
TV Shows (14)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Paula Varney
Law & Order
1990
as Judith Sandler
Blue Bloods
2010
as Betty Lowe
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
Knots Landing
1979
as Annie Fairgate
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1985
as Jackie Foster
Josh Gates Tonight
2020
as Self
Fridays
1980
as Self
50 States of Fright
2020
as Sheriff Stallings
The Last Movie Stars
2022
as Frances Woodward (voice) / Self / Self / Frances Woodward
East of Eden
1981
as Abra
Going Home
2022
as Bonnie
The Road Home
1994
as Alison Matson
Movies (67)
Raiders of the Lost Ark
1981
as Marion Ravenwood
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
2008
as Marion Ravenwood
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
2023
as Marion
The Perfect Storm
2000
as Melissa Brown
Other Mommy
2026
Malcolm X
1992
as Miss Dunne
Animal House
1978
as Katy
The Sandlot
1993
as Mom
Scrooged
1988
as Claire Phillips
Things Heard & Seen
2021
as Mare Laughton
Cruising
1980
as Nancy Gates
The Wanderers
1979
as Nina
In the Bedroom
2001
as Marla Keyes
Manhattan
1979
as Television Actor #2
Starman
1984
as Jenny Hayden
When Will I Be Loved
2004
as Alexandra Barrie
Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age
2021
as Self - Actress (archive footage)
A Dog Year
2009
as Paula (voice)
King of the Hill
1993
as Miss Mathey
'Til There Was You
1997
as Betty Dawkan
Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones and Harrison Ford
2023
as Self
Ghost in the Machine
1993
as Terry Munroe
Split Image
1982
as Rebecca / Amy
Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes
1992
as (voice)
The Glass Menagerie
1987
as Laura Wingfield
World Traveler
2002
as Delores
November Christmas
2011
as Claire Sanford
Challenger
1990
as Christa McAuliffe
Shaka Zulu: The Citadel
2005
as Katherine Farewell
Shoot the Moon
1982
as Sandy
Terminus
1987
as Gus
Until September
1984
as Mo Alexander
White Irish Drinkers
2011
as Margaret
Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems
1992
as (voice)
The Cutting Room Floor
Wind River
2000
as Martha
Indiana Jones: Making the Trilogy
2003
as self
A Small Circle of Friends
1980
as Jessica Bloom
Year by the Sea
2016
as Joan
A Tree. A Rock. A Cloud.
2017
as director
Poster Boy
2004
as Eunice Kray
The Easy Kind
2024
as Kathy
Backfire
1988
as Mara McAndrew
Sweet Talker
1991
as Julie Maguire
Secret Weapon
1990
as Ruth
Falling Sky
1999
as Resse Nicholson
Where Are They Now?: A Delta Alumni Update
2003
as Katy Schoenstein
My Horrible Year!
2001
as Belinda Faulkner
Bad Hurt
2016
as Elaine Kendall
The Unofficial Science of Indiana Jones
2024
as Self
Lovey: A Circle of Children, Part II
1978
as Elizabeth
Plain Dirty
2003
as Butcher Lee
Animal House: The Inside Story
2008
as Self
The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion
1998
as Self - Katy
Great Movie Stunts: Raiders of the Lost Ark
1981
as Self (archive footage)
A Stage of Twilight
2024
as Cora
Animal Behavior
1989
as Alex Bristow
Rapture
1993
as Georgianne Corcoran
The Basket
2000
as Bessie Emery
Hostile Advances: The Kerry Ellison Story
1996
as Margaret
Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills
2006
as Self
All the Winters that Have Been
1997
as Hannah Raven
The Making of 'Raiders of the Lost Ark'
1981
as Self
Colewell
2019
as Nora
Unsinkable
2024
as Nancy Smith
The Turning
1992
as Glory Lawson
Voyage
1993
as Catherine 'Kit' Norvell
About Karen Allen
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). With 81 credits spanning from 1978 to 2026, Karen Allen has appeared in 67 films and 14 TV shows.
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Most Popular Karen Allen Movies
- Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) — as Marion Ravenwood
- Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) — as Marion Ravenwood
- Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023) — as Marion
- The Perfect Storm (2000) — as Melissa Brown
- Other Mommy (2026)
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