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.
Filmography
This Ordinary Thing
2025
as Self (voice)
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021
as Self
The Skeleton Twins
2014
as Judy
Russian Broadway Shut Down
2014
Last Vegas
2013
as Miriam Harris
Sondheim! The Birthday Concert
2010
as Self
The Rebound
2009
as Roberta Finklestein
The Women
2008
as Barbara
My Sassy Girl
2008
as Kitty / Aunt Sally
Sex and the City
2008
as Therapist
The Girl in the Park
2007
as Sarah Graczyk
Wedding Daze
2006
as Lois
Fathers and Sons
2005
as Silvia
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
2002
as Self
The Wedding Planner
2001
as Mrs. Donolly
Let the Devil Wear Black
1999
as Dr. Rona Harvey
Boogie Nights
1997
as Dirk's Mother
Road Ends
1997
as Armacost
American Perfekt
1997
as Shirley
If These Walls Could Talk
1996
as Julia
Edie & Pen
1996
as Maude
Mr. Holland's Opus
1995
as Gertrude Lang as an adult
For the Love of Aaron
1994
as Shirley
Born Too Soon
1993
as Annemarie