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





