Acting credits
61
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Joanna Gleason
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 36Series: 27Crew credits: 3
TMDB ID: 20747
IMDb ID: nm0322306
Known for: Acting
Born: June 2, 1950
Age: 76
Place of birth: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1978 - 2025
Years active: 48
Average TMDB rating: 7.04
Wikidata: Q273830
Also known as
Joanna Hall • Joanne Hall • جوانا گلیسون
Other jobs
Director (3)
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.
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Movies
Movie credits linked with Joanna Gleason.
This Ordinary Thing
as Self (voice)
2025 Movie
The Grotto
Director
2022 Movie
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
as Self
2021 Movie
The Skeleton Twins
as Judy
2014 Movie
Russian Broadway Shut Down
2014 Movie
Last Vegas
as Miriam Harris
2013 Movie
Sondheim! The Birthday Concert
as Self
2010 Movie
The Rebound
as Roberta Finklestein
2009 Movie
The Women
as Barbara
2008 Movie
My Sassy Girl
as Kitty / Aunt Sally
2008 Movie
Sex and the City
as Therapist
2008 Movie
The Girl in the Park
as Sarah Graczyk
2007 Movie
Wedding Daze
as Lois
2006 Movie
Fathers and Sons
as Silvia
2005 Movie
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
as Self
2002 Movie
The Wedding Planner
as Mrs. Donolly
2001 Movie
Let the Devil Wear Black
as Dr. Rona Harvey
1999 Movie
Boogie Nights
as Dirk's Mother
1997 Movie
Road Ends
as Armacost
1997 Movie
American Perfekt
as Shirley
1997 Movie
If These Walls Could Talk
as Julia
1996 Movie
Edie & Pen
as Maude
1996 Movie
Mr. Holland's Opus
as Gertrude Lang as an adult
1995 Movie
For the Love of Aaron
as Shirley
1994 Movie
Series
Series credits linked with Joanna Gleason.
Elsbeth
as Maura Davidoff • 1 eps
2024 Series
Stars in the House
as Self • 1 eps
2020 Series
The Good Fight
as Judge Carmella Romano • 1 eps
2017 Series
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
as Janice Hoffman • 1 eps
2015 Series
The Affair
as Yvonne • 3 eps
2014 Series
The Newsroom
as Nancy Skinner • 1 eps
2012 Series
Blue Bloods
as Grace Newhouse • 2 eps
2010 Series
How to Make It in America
1 eps
2010 Series
The Good Wife
as Judge Carmella Romano • 3 eps
2009 Series
The Unusuals
1 eps
2009 Series
Bette
as Connie Randolph • 18 eps
2000 Series
The West Wing
as Jordon Kendall • 5 eps
1999 Series
Oh Baby
as Charlotte St. John • 44 eps
1998 Series
George & Leo
1 eps
1997 Series
Perversions of Science
as Mrs. Rabe • 1 eps
1997 Series
Temporarily Yours
as Joan Silver • 6 eps
1997 Series
The Practice
as Henrietta Lightstone • 2 eps
1997 Series
King of the Hill
as Marie's Mother (voice) • 1 eps
1997 Series
The Louie Show
Director • 1 eps
1996 Series
Tracey Takes On...
3 eps
1996 Series
The Outer Limits
as Leslie • 1 eps
1995 Series
Friends
as Kim Clozzi • 2 eps
1994 Series
ER
as Iris • 3 eps
1994 Series
Love & War
as Nadine Berkus • 68 eps
1992 Series