Joanna Gleason
Acting
- Born:
- 1950-06-02
- Place of birth:
- 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
Filmography
This Ordinary Thing
Elsbeth
The Grotto
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Stars in the House
The Good Fight
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
The Affair
The Skeleton Twins
Russian Broadway Shut Down
Last Vegas
The Newsroom
Sondheim! The Birthday Concert
Blue Bloods
How to Make It in America
The Good Wife
The Rebound
The Unusuals
The Women
My Sassy Girl
Sex and the City
The Girl in the Park
Wedding Daze
The Reichen Show
The Apprentice: Martha Stewart
Fathers and Sons
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
The Wedding Planner
Bette
The West Wing
Let the Devil Wear Black
Oh Baby
Boogie Nights
Road Ends
George & Leo
American Perfekt
Perversions of Science
Temporarily Yours
The Practice
King of the Hill
If These Walls Could Talk
Edie & Pen
The Louie Show
Tracey Takes On...
Mr. Holland's Opus
The Outer Limits
Friends
ER
For the Love of Aaron
Born Too Soon
Love & War
For Richer, for Poorer
F/X2
The Boys
Into the Woods
Crimes and Misdemeanors
Life Under Water
Heartburn
Hannah and Her Sisters
Still the Beaver