Karen Allen

Karen Allen
Allen in 2017
Born	Karen Jane Allen (1951-10-05) October 5, 1951 (age 72) Carrollton, Illinois, U.S.
Alma mater	Fashion Institute of Technology George Washington University Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1974–present
Known for	Role of Marion Ravenwood in the Indiana Jones movies Raiders of the Lost Ark Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Dial of Destiny
Spouse	Kale Browne ​ ​ (m. 1988; div. 1998)​
Children	1
Website	karenallen-actor-director.com

Karen Jane Allen (born October 5, 1951)^[1] is an American film and stage actress. She made her film debut in the comedy film Animal House (1978), which was soon followed by a small role in Woody Allen's romantic comedy-drama Manhattan (1979) and a co-lead role in Philip Kaufman's coming-of-age film The Wanderers (1979), before co-starring opposite Al Pacino in William Friedkin's crime thriller Cruising (1980).

Her critical and commercial breakthrough came when she portrayed Marion Ravenwood opposite Harrison Ford in Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), for which she won the Saturn Award for Best Actress. She later co-starred in Shoot the Moon (1982), Starman (1984), for which she was again nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Actress, and Scrooged (1988). She has also received recognition for her work in The Glass Menagerie (1987), Year by the Sea (2016), and Colewell (2019). She reprised her role as Marion Ravenwood in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) and Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023).