Joanna Gleason
ActingAlso Known As
Joanna Hall, Joanne Hall, جوانا گلیسون
Biography
Joanna Gleason Sarandon (née Joanne Hall; born June 2, 1950) is a Canadian-American actress and singer. She is a Tony Award–winning musical theatre actress and has also had a number of notable film and TV roles. She is known for originating the role of the Baker's Wife in Stephen Sondheim's Into the Woods for which she won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical. She is also known for her film work in Mike Nichols' Heartburn (1986), Woody Allen's Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) and Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989), and Paul Thomas Anderson's Boogie Nights (1997). She has had television roles in shows such as Friends, The West Wing, The Good Wife and The Affair.
Movies
(36 total)
Boogie Nights
as Dirk's Mother
Last Vegas
as Miriam Harris
Sex and the City
as Therapist
The Wedding Planner
as Mrs. Donolly
Hannah and Her Sisters
as Carol
The Rebound
as Roberta Finklestein
Crimes and Misdemeanors
as Wendy Stern
The Skeleton Twins
as Judy
Mr. Holland's Opus
as Gertrude Lang as an adult
Wedding Daze
as Lois
My Sassy Girl
as Kitty / Aunt Sally
The Women
as Barbara
F/X2
as Liz Kennedy, Assistant DA
Heartburn
as Diana
The Girl in the Park
as Sarah Graczyk
If These Walls Could Talk
as Julia
Into the Woods
as Baker's Wife
American Perfekt
as Shirley
Let the Devil Wear Black
as Dr. Rona Harvey
For Richer, for Poorer
as Irene
TV Shows
(30 total)
Friends
as Kim Clozzi
Blue Bloods
as Grace Newhouse
ER
as Iris
The Newsroom
as Nancy Skinner
The Good Wife
as Judge Carmella Romano
King of the Hill
as Marie's Mother (voice)
King of the Hill
as Maddy Platter (voice)
King of the Hill
as Receptionist (voice)
King of the Hill
as Nurse (voice)
King of the Hill
as Operator (voice)
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
as Janice Hoffman
The West Wing
as Jordon Kendall
The Affair
as Yvonne
The Good Fight
as Judge Carmella Romano
The Outer Limits
as Leslie
The Practice
as Defense Atty. Henrietta Lightstone
Perversions of Science
as Mrs. Rabe