Acting · Carrollton, Illinois, USA · Born October 5, 1951
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).
MovieOther Mommy
2026
MovieThe Easy Kind
2024
as Kathy
MovieUnsinkable
2024
as Nancy Smith
MovieA Stage of Twilight
2024
as Cora
MovieThe Unofficial Science of Indiana Jones
2024
as Self
MovieTimeless Heroes: Indiana Jones and Harrison Ford
2023
as Self
MovieIndiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
2023
as Marion
TVThe Last Movie Stars
2022
as Frances Woodward (voice)
TVGoing Home
2022
as Bonnie
MovieIndiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age
2021
as Self - Actress (archive footage)
MovieThings Heard & Seen
2021
as Mare Laughton
TV50 States of Fright
2020
as Sheriff Stallings
TVJosh Gates Tonight
2020
as Self
MovieColewell
2019
as Nora
MovieA Tree. A Rock. A Cloud.
2017
as director
MovieYear by the Sea
2016
as Joan
MovieBad Hurt
2016
as Elaine Kendall
MovieNovember Christmas
2011
as Claire Sanford
MovieWhite Irish Drinkers
2011
as Margaret
TVBlue Bloods
2010
as Betty Lowe
MovieA Dog Year
2009
as Paula (voice)
MovieAnimal House: The Inside Story
2008
as Self
MovieIndiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
2008
as Marion Ravenwood
TVThe Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills
2006
as Self
MovieShaka Zulu: The Citadel
2005
as Katherine Farewell
MovieWhen Will I Be Loved
2004
as Alexandra Barrie
MoviePoster Boy
2004
as Eunice Kray
MovieIndiana Jones: Making the Trilogy
2003
as self
MoviePlain Dirty
2003
as Butcher Lee
Where Are They Now?: A Delta Alumni Update
2003
as Katy Schoenstein
MovieWorld Traveler
2002
as Delores
MovieIn the Bedroom
2001
as Marla Keyes
MovieMy Horrible Year!
2001
as Belinda Faulkner
MovieThe Perfect Storm
2000
as Melissa Brown
MovieWind River
2000
as Martha
MovieThe Basket
2000
as Bessie Emery
MovieFalling Sky
1999
as Resse Nicholson
TVLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Paula Varney
MovieThe Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion
1998
as Self - Katy
MovieAll the Winters that Have Been
1997
as Hannah Raven
Movie'Til There Was You
1997
as Betty Dawkan
MovieHostile Advances: The Kerry Ellison Story
1996
as Margaret
The Road Home
1994
as Alison Matson
MovieGhost in the Machine
1993
as Terry Munroe
MovieKing of the Hill
1993
as Miss Mathey
MovieVoyage
1993
as Catherine 'Kit' Norvell
Movie★ 9.0The Sandlot
1993
as Mom
MovieRapture
1993
as Georgianne Corcoran
MovieMalcolm X
1992
as Miss Dunne
MovieNonsense and Lullabyes: Poems
1992
as (voice)
TVThe Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
MovieNonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes
1992
as (voice)
MovieThe Turning
1992
as Glory Lawson
MovieSweet Talker
1991
as Julie Maguire
TVLaw & Order
1990
as Judith Sandler
MovieSecret Weapon
1990
as Ruth
MovieChallenger
1990
as Christa McAuliffe
MovieAnimal Behavior
1989
as Alex Bristow
MovieScrooged
1988
as Claire Phillips
MovieBackfire
1988
as Mara McAndrew
MovieThe Glass Menagerie
1987
as Laura Wingfield
MovieTerminus
1987
as Gus
TVThe New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1985
as Jackie Foster
MovieStarman
1984
as Jenny Hayden
MovieUntil September
1984
as Mo Alexander
MovieSplit Image
1982
as Rebecca / Amy
MovieShoot the Moon
1982
as Sandy
MovieThe Making of 'Raiders of the Lost Ark'
1981
as Self
MovieGreat Movie Stunts: Raiders of the Lost Ark
1981
as Self (archive footage)
MovieRaiders of the Lost Ark
1981
as Marion Ravenwood
TVEast of Eden
1981
as Abra
TVFridays
1980
as Self
MovieA Small Circle of Friends
1980
as Jessica Bloom
MovieCruising
1980
as Nancy Gates
TVKnots Landing
1979
as Annie Fairgate
MovieThe Wanderers
1979
as Nina
MovieManhattan
1979
as Television Actor #2
MovieLovey: A Circle of Children, Part II
1978
as Elizabeth
MovieAnimal House
1978
as Katy
The Cutting Room Floor
