Joanna Gleason
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.
63 acting credits · 3 directing credits
Acting · 63
Friends
1994
Blue Bloods
2010
The Good Wife
2009
ER
1994
The West Wing
1999
King of the Hill
1997
The Practice
1997
The Good Fight
2017
Elsbeth
2024
The Outer Limits
1995
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
2015
Stars in the House
2020
The Newsroom
2012
The Affair
2014
The Reichen Show
2005
Love & War
1992
Tracey Takes On...
1996
Sex and the City
2008
Oh Baby
1998
George & Leo
1997
How to Make It in America
2010
Perversions of Science
1997
Boogie Nights
1997
Bette
2000
The Unusuals
2009
The Rebound
2009
Hello, Larry
1979
Last Vegas
2013
The Wedding Planner
2001
Wedding Daze
2006
Heartburn
1986
Mr. Holland's Opus
1995
The Women
2008
The Apprentice: Martha Stewart
2005
Hannah and Her Sisters
1986
My Sassy Girl
2008
Crimes and Misdemeanors
1989
Temporarily Yours
1997
Diff'rent Strokes
1978
The Skeleton Twins
2014
F/X2
1991
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021
If These Walls Could Talk
1996
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
2002
The Girl in the Park
2007
Into the Woods
1991
This Ordinary Thing
2025
For Richer, for Poorer
1992
Let the Devil Wear Black
1999
Broadway: The Next Generation
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The Boys
1991
Fathers and Sons
2005
Edie & Pen
1996
American Perfekt
1997
Road Ends
1997
Penny
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Great Day
1983
Sondheim! The Birthday Concert
2010
Still the Beaver
1983
Life Under Water
1989
Born Too Soon
1993
For the Love of Aaron
1994
Russian Broadway Shut Down
2014
