Joanna Gleason
Known for: Acting
Born: June 2, 1950
Place of birth: 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.
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Filmography
37 movies · 29 TV shows, newest first
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This Ordinary Thing
2025
6.7
Elsbeth
2024
2.0
The Grotto
2022
NR
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021
NR
Stars in the House
2020
7.6
The Good Fight
2017
7.1
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
2015
6.7
The Affair
2014
6.6
The Skeleton Twins
2014
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Russian Broadway Shut Down
2014
6.4
Last Vegas
2013
8.1
The Newsroom
2012
8.0
Sondheim! The Birthday Concert
2010
7.8
Blue Bloods
2010
7.2
How to Make It in America
2010
7.6
The Good Wife
2009
6.5
The Rebound
2009
7.5
The Unusuals
2009
5.2
The Women
2008
6.8
My Sassy Girl
2008
6.5
Sex and the City
2008
6.0
The Girl in the Park
2007
5.6
Wedding Daze
20064.8
The Reichen Show
200510.0
The Apprentice: Martha Stewart
2005
5.1
Fathers and Sons
2005
7.7
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
2002
5.9
The Wedding Planner
2001
7.8
Bette
2000
8.3
The West Wing
1999
4.2
Let the Devil Wear Black
1999
8.0
Oh Baby
1998
7.6
Boogie Nights
1997
4.6
Road Ends
1997
10.0
George & Leo
1997
6.5
American Perfekt
1997
6.2
Perversions of Science
1997
7.0
Temporarily Yours
1997
7.6
The Practice
1997
7.4
King of the Hill
1997
6.7
If These Walls Could Talk
1996
5.6
Edie & Pen
1996
10.0
The Louie Show
1996
8.2
Tracey Takes On...
1996
7.0
Mr. Holland's Opus
1995
7.7
The Outer Limits
1995
8.4
Friends
1994
7.8
ER
1994
9.0
For the Love of Aaron
1994
6.0
Born Too Soon
1993
6.4
Love & War
1992
5.8
For Richer, for Poorer
1992
6.3
F/X2
1991
7.0
The Boys
1991
8.1
Into the Woods
1991
7.4
Crimes and Misdemeanors
1989
5.6
Life Under Water
1989
6.0
Heartburn
1986
7.5
Hannah and Her Sisters
1986
5.5
Still the Beaver
1983
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Great Day
1983
6.6
American Playhouse
1982
5.7
Hello, Larry
1979
7.1
Diff'rent Strokes
1978
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Broadway: The Next Generation
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Penny
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