Nancy Allen (actress)

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Nancy Allen (born June 24, 1950) is an American actress. She came to prominence for her performances in several films directed by Brian De Palma in the 1970s and early 1980s. Her accolades include a Golden Globe Award nomination and three Saturn Award nominations. Her first major role was as Chris Hargensen in Brian De Palma's film Carrie (1976). She was subsequently cast as the co-lead in the Robert Zemeckis-directed comedy I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978), followed by a supporting part in Steven Spielberg's 1941 (1979). Her portrayal of a prostitute who witnesses a murder in De Palma's Dressed to Kill (1980) earned her a Golden Globe nomination for New Star of the Year. She then appeared in De Palma's neo-noir film Blow Out (1981), playing a woman implicated in an assassination. Allen appeared in the science fiction films Strange Invaders (1983) and The Philadelphia Experiment (1984), and Abel Ferrara's television film The Gladiator (1986). Allen garnered mainstream fame playing Anne Lewis in Paul Verhoeven's RoboCop (1987), a role she reprised for RoboCop 2 (1990) and RoboCop 3 (1993). Other credits include Poltergeist III (1988), Limit Up (1990), Les patriotes (1994), and Steven Soderbergh’s Out of Sight (1998). Allen stepped back from acting in 2008, and became involved in advocacy for cancer patients. In 2010, she was named executive director of the weSPARK Cancer Support Center in Los Angeles.

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1. 1950
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