Karen Allen

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).

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Known For

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999 • as Paula Varney

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

1992

Law & Order

Law & Order

1990 • as Judith Sandler

Blue Bloods

Blue Bloods

2010 • as Betty Lowe

The Graham Norton Show

The Graham Norton Show

2007 • as Self

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1985 • as Jackie Foster

Filmography

2024

Unsinkable: Titanic Untold
Unsinkable: Titanic Untold
as Nancy Smith
Movie - Released: 3/10/2024
A Stage of Twilight
A Stage of Twilight
as Cora
Movie - Released: 3/7/2024
The Unofficial Science of Indiana Jones
The Unofficial Science of Indiana Jones
as Self
Movie - Released: 1/1/2024
Movie
The Easy Kind
as Kathy
Movie - Released: 8/30/2024

2023

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
as Marion
Movie - Released: 6/25/2023
Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones & Harrison Ford
Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones & Harrison Ford
as Self
Movie - Released: 12/1/2023
Movie
Indiana Jones and the Treasure of the Aztecs
as Marion (voice)
Movie - Released: 9/5/2023

2022

The Last Movie Stars
The Last Movie Stars
as Self
TV - Released: 7/21/2022
The Last Movie Stars
The Last Movie Stars
as Self / Frances Woodward
TV - Released: 7/21/2022
The Last Movie Stars
The Last Movie Stars
as Frances Woodward (voice)
TV - Released: 7/21/2022

2021

Things Heard & Seen
Things Heard & Seen
as Mare Laughton
Movie - Released: 4/29/2021
Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age
Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age
as Self - Actress (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 5/7/2021

2020

50 States of Fright
50 States of Fright
as Sheriff Stallings
TV - Released: 4/6/2020
Josh Gates Tonight
Josh Gates Tonight
as Self
TV - Released: 4/2/2020

2019

Colewell
Colewell
as Nora
Movie - Released: 4/13/2019

2017

A Tree. A Rock. A Cloud.
A Tree. A Rock. A Cloud.
as director
Movie - Released: 3/11/2017

2016

Bad Hurt
Bad Hurt
as Elaine Kendall
Movie - Released: 2/12/2016
Year by the Sea
Year by the Sea
as Joan
Movie - Released: 4/16/2016

2011

November Christmas
November Christmas
as Claire Sanford
Movie - Released: 6/21/2011
White Irish Drinkers
White Irish Drinkers
as Margaret
Movie - Released: 3/25/2011

2010

Blue Bloods
Blue Bloods
as Betty Lowe
TV - Released: 9/24/2010

2009

A Dog Year
A Dog Year
as Paula (voice)
Movie - Released: 9/3/2009

2008

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
as Marion Ravenwood
Movie - Released: 5/21/2008
Animal House: The Inside Story
Animal House: The Inside Story
as Self
Movie - Released: 8/13/2008

2007

The Graham Norton Show
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
TV - Released: 2/22/2007

2006

Movie
Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills
as Self
Movie - Released: 1/1/2006

2005

Shaka Zulu: The Citadel
Shaka Zulu: The Citadel
as Katherine Farewell
Movie - Released: 5/3/2005

2004

When Will I Be Loved
When Will I Be Loved
as Alexandra Barrie
Movie - Released: 6/6/2004
Poster Boy
Poster Boy
as Eunice Kray
Movie - Released: 5/8/2004

2003

Plain Dirty
Plain Dirty
as Butcher Lee
Movie - Released: 1/20/2003
Indiana Jones: Making the Trilogy
Indiana Jones: Making the Trilogy
as self
Movie - Released: 10/21/2003

2002

World Traveler
World Traveler
as Delores
Movie - Released: 4/19/2002

2001

In the Bedroom
In the Bedroom
as Marla Keyes
Movie - Released: 11/23/2001
My Horrible Year!
My Horrible Year!
as Belinda Faulkner
Movie - Released: 7/4/2001

2000

The Perfect Storm
The Perfect Storm
as Melissa Brown
Movie - Released: 6/29/2000
The Basket
The Basket
as Bessie Emery
Movie - Released: 5/5/2000
Wind River
Wind River
as Martha
Movie - Released: 6/7/2000

1999

Falling Sky
Falling Sky
as Resse Nicholson
Movie - Released: 11/1/1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Paula Varney
TV - Released: 9/20/1999

1998

The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion
The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion
as Self - Katy
Movie - Released: 10/13/1998

1997

'Til There Was You
'Til There Was You
as Betty Dawkan (Nick's Mom)
Movie - Released: 5/30/1997
All the Winters that Have Been
All the Winters that Have Been
as Hannah Raven
Movie - Released: 9/21/1997

1996

Hostile Advances: The Kerry Ellison Story
Hostile Advances: The Kerry Ellison Story
as Margaret
Movie - Released: 5/27/1996

1994

TV
The Road Home
as Alison Matson
TV - Released: 3/5/1994

1993

The Sandlot
The Sandlot
as Mom
Movie - Released: 4/7/1993
King of the Hill
King of the Hill
as Miss Mathey
Movie - Released: 8/20/1993
Ghost in the Machine
Ghost in the Machine
as Terry Munroe
Movie - Released: 12/20/1993
Voyage
Voyage
as Catherine 'Kit' Norvell
Movie - Released: 6/1/1993
Rapture
Rapture
as Georgianne Corcoran
Movie - Released: 3/11/1993

1992

Malcolm X
Malcolm X
as Miss Dunne
Movie - Released: 11/18/1992
The Turning
The Turning
as Glory Lawson
Movie - Released: 1/1/1992
Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes
Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes
as (voice)
Movie - Released: 2/1/1992
Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems
Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems
as (voice)
Movie - Released: 6/10/1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV - Released: 5/25/1992

1991

Sweet Talker
Sweet Talker
as Julie Maguire
Movie - Released: 5/10/1991

1990

Challenger
Challenger
as Christa McAuliffe
Movie - Released: 2/25/1990
Secret Weapon
Secret Weapon
as Ruth
Movie - Released: 3/19/1990
Law & Order
Law & Order
as Judith Sandler
TV - Released: 9/13/1990

1989

Animal Behavior
Animal Behavior
as Alex Bristow
Movie - Released: 10/27/1989

1988

Scrooged
Scrooged
as Claire Phillips
Movie - Released: 11/22/1988
Backfire
Backfire
as Mara McAndrew
Movie - Released: 6/21/1988

1987

The Glass Menagerie
The Glass Menagerie
as Laura Wingfield
Movie - Released: 10/23/1987
Terminus
Terminus
as Gus
Movie - Released: 1/28/1987

1985

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Jackie Foster
TV - Released: 9/29/1985

1984

Starman
Starman
as Jenny Hayden
Movie - Released: 12/13/1984
Until September
Until September
as Mo Alexander
Movie - Released: 9/21/1984

1982

Shoot the Moon
Shoot the Moon
as Sandy
Movie - Released: 1/22/1982
Split Image
Split Image
as Rebecca / Amy
Movie - Released: 10/3/1982

1981

Raiders of the Lost Ark
Raiders of the Lost Ark
as Marion Ravenwood
Movie - Released: 6/12/1981
Movie
Great Movie Stunts: Raiders of the Lost Ark
as Self (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 10/5/1981
The Making of 'Raiders of the Lost Ark'
The Making of 'Raiders of the Lost Ark'
as Self
Movie - Released: 11/28/1981
East of Eden
East of Eden
as Abra
TV - Released: 2/8/1981

1980

Cruising
Cruising
as Nancy Gates
Movie - Released: 2/15/1980
A Small Circle of Friends
A Small Circle of Friends
as Jessica Bloom
Movie - Released: 3/12/1980

1979

The Wanderers
The Wanderers
as Nina
Movie - Released: 7/13/1979
Manhattan
Manhattan
as Television Actor #2
Movie - Released: 4/25/1979
Knots Landing
Knots Landing
as Annie Fairgate
TV - Released: 12/27/1979

1978

Animal House
Animal House
as Katy
Movie - Released: 7/28/1978
Lovey: A Circle of Children, Part II
Lovey: A Circle of Children, Part II
as Elizabeth
Movie - Released: 12/13/1978

Unknown

Movie
The Cutting Room Floor
Movie