Joanna Gleason
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
All Movies (36)
- This Ordinary Thing2025 · as Self (voice)
- Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age2021 · as Self
- The Skeleton Twins2014 · as Judy
- Russian Broadway Shut Down2014
- Last Vegas2013 · as Miriam Harris
- Sondheim! The Birthday Concert2010 · as Self
- The Rebound2009 · as Roberta Finklestein
- The Women2008 · as Barbara
- My Sassy Girl2008 · as Kitty / Aunt Sally
- Sex and the City2008 · as Therapist
- The Girl in the Park2007 · as Sarah Graczyk
- Wedding Daze2006 · as Lois
- Fathers and Sons2005 · as Silvia
- AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories2002 · as Self
- The Wedding Planner2001 · as Mrs. Donolly
- Let the Devil Wear Black1999 · as Dr. Rona Harvey
- Boogie Nights1997 · as Dirk's Mother
- Road Ends1997 · as Armacost
- American Perfekt1997 · as Shirley
- If These Walls Could Talk1996 · as Julia
- Edie & Pen1996 · as Maude
- Mr. Holland's Opus1995 · as Gertrude Lang as an adult
- For the Love of Aaron1994 · as Shirley
- Born Too Soon1993 · as Annemarie
- For Richer, for Poorer1992 · as Irene
- F/X21991 · as Liz Kennedy, Assistant DA
- The Boys1991 · as Marie
- Into the Woods1991 · as Baker's Wife
- Crimes and Misdemeanors1989 · as Wendy Stern
- Life Under Water1989 · as Jinx
- Heartburn1986 · as Diana
- Hannah and Her Sisters1986 · as Carol
- Still the Beaver1983 · as Kimberly
- Great Day1983 · as Jennifer Simpson
- Broadway: The Next Generation— · as Self
- Penny—
All TV Shows (31)
- Elsbeth2024 · as Maura Davidoff
- Stars in the House2020 · as Self
- The Good Fight2017 · as Judge Carmella Romano
- Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt2015 · as Janice Hoffman
- The Affair2014 · as Yvonne
- The Newsroom2012 · as Nancy Skinner
- Blue Bloods2010 · as Grace Newhouse
- How to Make It in America2010
- The Good Wife2009 · as Judge Carmella Romano
- The Unusuals2009
- The Reichen Show2005 · as Self
- The Apprentice: Martha Stewart2005
- Bette2000 · as Connie Randolph
- The West Wing1999 · as Jordon Kendall
- Oh Baby1998 · as Charlotte St. John
- George & Leo1997
- Perversions of Science1997 · as Mrs. Rabe
- Temporarily Yours1997 · as Joan Silver
- The Practice1997 · as Defense Atty. Henrietta Lightstone
- King of the Hill1997 · as Marie's Mother (voice)
- King of the Hill1997 · as Maddy Platter (voice)
- King of the Hill1997 · as Receptionist (voice)
- King of the Hill1997 · as Operator (voice)
- King of the Hill1997 · as Nurse (voice)
- Tracey Takes On...1996
- The Outer Limits1995 · as Leslie
- Friends1994 · as Kim Clozzi
- ER1994 · as Iris
- Love & War1992 · as Nadine Berkus
- Hello, Larry1979 · as Morgan Winslow
- Diff'rent Strokes1978