Joanna Gleason
Acting • Born 1950-06-02
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
66 credits
The Wedding Planner
Movie • 2001
Mrs. Donolly
Hannah and Her Sisters
Movie • 1986
Carol
Crimes and Misdemeanors
Movie • 1989
Wendy Stern
The Rebound
Movie • 2009
Roberta Finklestein
Wedding Daze
Movie • 2006
Lois
Into the Woods
Movie • 1991
Baker's Wife
My Sassy Girl
Movie • 2008
Kitty / Aunt Sally
The Girl in the Park
Movie • 2007
Sarah Graczyk
F/X2
Movie • 1991
Liz Kennedy, Assistant DA
For Richer, for Poorer
Movie • 1992
Irene
Sondheim! The Birthday Concert
Movie • 2010
Self
Road Ends
Movie • 1997
Armacost
Last Vegas
Movie • 2013
Miriam Harris
The Skeleton Twins
Movie • 2014
Judy
Edie & Pen
Movie • 1996
Maude
Broadway: The Next Generation
Movie
Self
Still the Beaver
Movie • 1983
Kimberly
If These Walls Could Talk
Movie • 1996
Julia
For the Love of Aaron
Movie • 1994
Shirley
Boogie Nights
Movie • 1997
Dirk's Mother
Great Day
Movie • 1983
Jennifer Simpson
Mr. Holland's Opus
Movie • 1995
Gertrude Lang as an adult
Fathers and Sons
Movie • 2005
Silvia
The Women
Movie • 2008
Barbara
The Boys
Movie • 1991
Marie
American Perfekt
Movie • 1997
Shirley
Heartburn
Movie • 1986
Diana
Life Under Water
Movie • 1989
Jinx
Sex and the City
Movie • 2008
Therapist
Russian Broadway Shut Down
Movie • 2014
Born Too Soon
Movie • 1993
Annemarie
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Movie • 2021
Self
Let the Devil Wear Black
Movie • 1999
Dr. Rona Harvey
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
Movie • 2002
Self
This Ordinary Thing
Movie • 2025
Self (voice)
Penny
Movie
Perversions of Science
TV • 1997
Mrs. Rabe
The West Wing
TV • 1999
Jordon Kendall
Friends
TV • 1994
Kim Clozzi
King of the Hill
TV • 1997
Marie's Mother (voice)
Diff'rent Strokes
TV • 1978
Tracey Takes On...
TV • 1996
The Apprentice: Martha Stewart
TV • 2005
The Practice
TV • 1997
Defense Atty. Henrietta Lightstone
Bette
TV • 2000
Connie Randolph
Temporarily Yours
TV • 1997
Joan Silver
ER
TV • 1994
Iris
Oh Baby
TV • 1998
Charlotte St. John
Love & War
TV • 1992
Nadine Berkus
Hello, Larry
TV • 1979
Morgan Winslow
The Unusuals
TV • 2009
The Outer Limits
TV • 1995
Leslie
How to Make It in America
TV • 2010
Blue Bloods
TV • 2010
Grace Newhouse
King of the Hill
TV • 1997
Maddy Platter (voice)
The Good Wife
TV • 2009
Judge Carmella Romano
The Reichen Show
TV • 2005
Self
The Good Fight
TV • 2017
Judge Carmella Romano
Stars in the House
TV • 2020
Self
King of the Hill
TV • 1997
Receptionist (voice)
King of the Hill
TV • 1997
Nurse (voice)
King of the Hill
TV • 1997
Operator (voice)
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
TV • 2015
Janice Hoffman
George & Leo
TV • 1997
The Newsroom
TV • 2012
Nancy Skinner
The Affair
TV • 2014
Yvonne