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.
Known For
Top 36 Movies
Sex and the City
2008
Boogie Nights
1997
My Sassy Girl
2008
Hannah and Her Sisters
1986
The Rebound
2009
Last Vegas
2013
Crimes and Misdemeanors
1989
Mr. Holland's Opus
1995
The Wedding Planner
2001
Heartburn
1986
The Boys
1991
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021
F/X2
1991
Fathers and Sons
2005
Wedding Daze
2006
If These Walls Could Talk
1996
The Skeleton Twins
2014
The Women
2008
The Girl in the Park
2007
Edie & Pen
1996
Into the Woods
1991
Broadway: The Next Generation
N/A
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
2002
Road Ends
1997
Born Too Soon
1993
Let the Devil Wear Black
1999
American Perfekt
1997
Sondheim! The Birthday Concert
2010
For Richer, for Poorer
1992
Great Day
1983
Russian Broadway Shut Down
2014
Still the Beaver
1983
For the Love of Aaron
1994
Life Under Water
1989
This Ordinary Thing
2025