Joanna Gleason
Acting
Born: 1950-06-02 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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.
Known For
Friends
Kim Clozzi
Boogie Nights
Dirk's Mother
Last Vegas
Miriam Harris
Sex and the City
Therapist
The Wedding Planner
Mrs. Donolly
Hannah and Her Sisters
Carol
Blue Bloods
Grace Newhouse
The Rebound
Roberta Finklestein
Crimes and Misdemeanors
Wendy Stern
ER
Iris
The Newsroom
Nancy Skinner
The Skeleton Twins
Judy
The Good Wife
Judge Carmella Romano
King of the Hill
Marie's Mother (voice)
King of the Hill
Maddy Platter (voice)
King of the Hill
Receptionist (voice)
King of the Hill
Nurse (voice)
King of the Hill
Operator (voice)
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Janice Hoffman
The West Wing
Jordon Kendall
Mr. Holland's Opus
Gertrude Lang as an adult
Wedding Daze
Lois
The Affair
Yvonne
My Sassy Girl
Kitty / Aunt Sally
The Women
Barbara
The Good Fight
Judge Carmella Romano
F/X2
Liz Kennedy, Assistant DA
Diff'rent Strokes
The Outer Limits
Leslie
Heartburn
Diana
Elsbeth
Maura Davidoff
The Practice
Henrietta Lightstone
How to Make It in America
If These Walls Could Talk
Julia
The Girl in the Park
Sarah Graczyk
Into the Woods
Baker's Wife
The Unusuals
American Perfekt
Shirley
For Richer, for Poorer
Irene
Let the Devil Wear Black
Dr. Rona Harvey