Joanna Gleason

Born: 1950-06-02, 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.

Filmography

• Friends (1994)
• Blue Bloods (2010)
• King of the Hill (1997)
• The Good Wife (2009)
• Elsbeth (2024)
• The Good Fight (2017)
• The Outer Limits (1995)
• The Newsroom (2012)
• Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (2015)
• Love & War (1992)
• Love & War (1992)
• Boogie Nights (1997)
• The Unusuals (2009)
• Last Vegas (2013)
• The Wedding Planner (2001)
• The Rebound (2009)
• Wedding Daze (2006)
• George & Leo (1997)
• The Women (2008)
• Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
• F/X2 (1991)
• The Louie Show (1996)
• My Sassy Girl (2008)
• Mr. Holland's Opus (1995)
• Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
• The Skeleton Twins (2014)
• If These Walls Could Talk (1996)
• Edie & Pen (1996)
• The Girl in the Park (2007)
• Temporarily Yours (1997)