Joanna Gleason

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Joanna Gleason

Acting 76 June 2, 1950

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 numb…

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Friends

Friends

8.4 1994 TV Show
Boogie Nights

Boogie Nights

7.6 1997 Movie
Sex and the City

Sex and the City

6.5 2008 Movie
Last Vegas

Last Vegas

6.4 2013 Movie
Blue Bloods

Blue Bloods

7.8 2010 TV Show
The Wedding Planner

The Wedding Planner

5.9 2001 Movie
King of the Hill

King of the Hill

7.4 1997 TV Show
ER

ER

7.8 1994 TV Show
The Good Wife

The Good Wife

7.6 2009 TV Show
The West Wing

The West Wing

8.3 1999 TV Show
Hannah and Her Sisters

Hannah and Her Sisters

7.5 1986 Movie
The Newsroom

The Newsroom

8.1 2012 TV Show

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2025
    This Ordinary Thing

    Movie Self (voice)

  2. 2024
    Elsbeth

    TV show Maura Davidoff

  3. 2022
    The Grotto

    Movie Director

  4. 2021
    Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

    Movie Self

  5. 2020
    Stars in the House

    TV show Self

  6. 2017
    The Good Fight

    TV show Judge Carmella Romano

  7. 2015
    Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

    TV show Janice Hoffman

  8. 2014
    The Affair

    TV show Yvonne

  9. 2014
    The Skeleton Twins

    Movie Judy

  10. 2014
    Russian Broadway Shut Down

    Movie

  11. 2013
    Last Vegas

    Movie Miriam Harris

  12. 2012
    The Newsroom

    TV show Nancy Skinner

  13. 2010
    Sondheim! The Birthday Concert

    Movie Self

  14. 2010
    Blue Bloods

    TV show Grace Newhouse

  15. 2010
    How to Make It in America

    TV show

  16. 2009
    The Good Wife

    TV show Judge Carmella Romano

More credits
  1. 2009
    The Rebound

    Movie Roberta Finklestein

  2. 2009
    The Unusuals

    TV show

  3. 2008
    The Women

    Movie Barbara

  4. 2008
    My Sassy Girl

    Movie Kitty / Aunt Sally

  5. 2008
    Sex and the City

    Movie Therapist

  6. 2007
    The Girl in the Park

    Movie Sarah Graczyk

  7. 2006
    Wedding Daze

    Movie Lois

  8. 2005
    The Reichen Show

    TV show Self

  9. 2005
    The Apprentice: Martha Stewart

    TV show

  10. 2005
    Fathers and Sons

    Movie Silvia

  11. 2002
    AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories

    Movie Self

  12. 2001
    The Wedding Planner

    Movie Mrs. Donolly

  13. 2000
    Bette

    TV show Connie Randolph

  14. 1999
    The West Wing

    TV show Jordon Kendall

  15. 1999
    Let the Devil Wear Black

    Movie Dr. Rona Harvey

  16. 1998
    Oh Baby

    TV show Charlotte St. John

  17. 1997
    Boogie Nights

    Movie Dirk's Mother

  18. 1997
    Road Ends

    Movie Armacost

  19. 1997
    George & Leo

    TV show

  20. 1997
    American Perfekt

    Movie Shirley

  21. 1997
    Perversions of Science

    TV show Mrs. Rabe

  22. 1997
    Temporarily Yours

    TV show Joan Silver

  23. 1997
    The Practice

    TV show Defense Atty. Henrietta Lightstone

  24. 1997
    King of the Hill

    TV show Marie's Mother (voice)