Cast & creator
Karen Allen
Best known for Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Law & Order, The Graham Norton Show
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).
Also known as: Karen Jane Allen , کارن آلن
71
film credits
16
television credits
85
1978–2026 · acting roles
6.5
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (87)
Showing 87 of 87 credits
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Paula Varney
1999
Law & Order
Judith Sandler
1990
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007
Blue Bloods
Betty Lowe
2010
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Knots Landing
Annie Fairgate
1979
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Jackie Foster
1985
Other Mommy
Grandma Ruth
2026
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Marion Ravenwood
1981
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Marion
2023
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Marion Ravenwood
2008
Fridays
Self
1980
50 States of Fright
Sheriff Stallings
2020
The Perfect Storm
Melissa Brown
2000
The Last Movie Stars
Self
2022The Last Movie Stars
Self / Frances Woodward
2022The Last Movie Stars
Frances Woodward (voice)
2022
East of Eden
Abra
1981
The Sandlot
Mom
1993
Animal House
Katy
1978
Starman
Jenny Hayden
1984
Scrooged
Claire Phillips
1988
Malcolm X
Miss Dunne
1992
Things Heard & Seen
Mare Laughton
2021
Josh Gates Tonight
Self
2020
Manhattan
Television Actor #2
1979
Going Home
Bonnie
2022
Lovey: A Circle of Children, Part II
Elizabeth
1978
In the Bedroom
Marla Keyes
2001
Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones and Harrison Ford
Self
2023
Cruising
Nancy Gates
1980
The Wanderers
Nina
1979
King of the Hill
Miss Mathey
1993
Split Image
Rebecca / Amy
1982
Ghost in the Machine
Terry Munroe
1993
'Til There Was You
Betty Dawkan
1997
When Will I Be Loved
Alexandra Barrie
2004
Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age
Self - Actress (archive footage)
2021
A Dog Year
Paula (voice)
2009
Indiana Jones 4: The Return of a Legend
Self
2008
Poster Boy
Eunice Kray
2004
Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes
(voice)
1992The Road Home
Alison Matson
1994
Hostile Advances: The Kerry Ellison Story
Margaret
1996
November Christmas
Claire Sanford
2011
Indiana Jones: Making the Trilogy
self
2003
Shoot the Moon
Sandy
1982
Year by the Sea
Joan
2016
Backfire
Mara McAndrew
1988Where Are They Now?: A Delta Alumni Update
Katy Schoenstein
2003
The Making of 'Raiders of the Lost Ark'
Self
1981
A Stage of Twilight
Cora
2024
The Glass Menagerie
Laura Wingfield
1987
Wind River
Martha
2000
Animal House: The Inside Story
Self
2008
Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems
(voice)
1992
A Small Circle of Friends
Jessica Bloom
1980
Until September
Mo Alexander
1984
Shaka Zulu: The Citadel
Katherine Farewell
2005Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills
Self
2006
The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion
Self - Katy
1998
Challenger
Christa McAuliffe
1990
Terminus
Gus
1987
Falling Sky
Resse Nicholson
1999
Plain Dirty
Butcher Lee
2003
The Unofficial Science of Indiana Jones
Self
2024
My Horrible Year!
Belinda Faulkner
2001
Bad Hurt
Elaine Kendall
2016
World Traveler
Delores
2002
Production Diary: Making of 'The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull'
Self
2008
All the Winters that Have Been
Hannah Raven
1997
Unsinkable
Nancy Smith
2024
Great Movie Stunts: Raiders of the Lost Ark
Self (archive footage)
1981
Voyage
Catherine 'Kit' Norvell
1993
White Irish Drinkers
Margaret
2011
A Tree. A Rock. A Cloud.
director
2017A Tree. A Rock. A Cloud.
Director
2017A Tree. A Rock. A Cloud.
Screenplay
2017
The Easy Kind
Kathy
2024
The Basket
Bessie Emery
2000
The Turning
Glory Lawson
1992
Sweet Talker
Julie Maguire
1991The Cutting Room Floor
Secret Weapon
Ruth
1990
Animal Behavior
Alex Bristow
1989
Rapture
Georgianne Corcoran
1993
Colewell
Nora
2019