Joanna Gleason
Born: 1950-06-02
• Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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
This Ordinary Thing
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
The Skeleton Twins
Russian Broadway Shut Down
Last Vegas
Sondheim! The Birthday Concert
The Rebound
The Women
My Sassy Girl
Sex and the City
The Girl in the Park
Wedding Daze
Fathers and Sons
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
The Wedding Planner
Let the Devil Wear Black
Boogie Nights
Road Ends
American Perfekt
If These Walls Could Talk
Edie & Pen
Mr. Holland's Opus
For the Love of Aaron
Born Too Soon
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
Great Day
Broadway: The Next Generation
No Image
Penny