Joanna Gleason
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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
Credits
Sex and the City (2008)
as Therapist
Boogie Nights (1997)
as Dirk's Mother
Last Vegas (2013)
as Miriam Harris
The Rebound (2009)
as Roberta Finklestein
Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
as Carol
Wedding Daze (2006)
as Lois
The Wedding Planner (2001)
as Mrs. Donolly
Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
as Wendy Stern
Mr. Holland's Opus (1995)
as Gertrude Lang as an adult
The Women (2008)
as Barbara
Life Under Water (1989)
as Jinx
The Skeleton Twins (2014)
as Judy
My Sassy Girl (2008)
as Kitty / Aunt Sally
This Ordinary Thing (2025)
as Self (voice)
Heartburn (1986)
as Diana
If These Walls Could Talk (1996)
as Julia
F/X2 (1991)
as Liz Kennedy, Assistant DA
Fathers and Sons (2005)
as Silvia
Penny (—)
Actor
Let the Devil Wear Black (1999)
as Dr. Rona Harvey
The Girl in the Park (2007)
as Sarah Graczyk
Broadway: The Next Generation (—)
as Self
Into the Woods (1991)
as Baker's Wife
American Perfekt (1997)
as Shirley
For Richer, for Poorer (1992)
as Irene
Edie & Pen (1996)
as Maude
Russian Broadway Shut Down (2014)
Actor
Sondheim! The Birthday Concert (2010)
as Self
The Boys (1991)
as Marie
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age (2021)
as Self
Still the Beaver (1983)
as Kimberly
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories (2002)
as Self
Born Too Soon (1993)
as Annemarie
Road Ends (1997)
as Armacost
For the Love of Aaron (1994)
as Shirley
Great Day (1983)
as Jennifer Simpson