Joanna Gleason
Photoplayd Industry Rating
Not enough rated films yet to compute a weighted score.
Roles are weighted by involvement: director 1.0, screenwriter 0.7, lead 0.8, supporting 0.4, crew 0.1.
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
Credits
Boogie Nights (1997)
as Dirk's Mother
Sex and the City (2008)
as Therapist
The Wedding Planner (2001)
as Mrs. Donolly
Last Vegas (2013)
as Miriam Harris
Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
as Carol
The Rebound (2009)
as Roberta Finklestein
Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
as Wendy Stern
The Women (2008)
as Barbara
Wedding Daze (2006)
as Lois
Heartburn (1986)
as Diana
Mr. Holland's Opus (1995)
as Gertrude Lang as an adult
The Skeleton Twins (2014)
as Judy
My Sassy Girl (2008)
as Kitty / Aunt Sally
F/X2 (1991)
as Liz Kennedy, Assistant DA
If These Walls Could Talk (1996)
as Julia
The Girl in the Park (2007)
as Sarah Graczyk
Penny (—)
Actor
Into the Woods (1991)
as Baker's Wife
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age (2021)
as Self
Life Under Water (1989)
as Jinx
Edie & Pen (1996)
as Maude
For Richer, for Poorer (1992)
as Irene
This Ordinary Thing (2025)
as Self (voice)
Broadway: The Next Generation (—)
as Self
Fathers and Sons (2005)
as Silvia
Let the Devil Wear Black (1999)
as Dr. Rona Harvey
American Perfekt (1997)
as Shirley
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories (2002)
as Self
The Boys (1991)
as Marie
Russian Broadway Shut Down (2014)
Actor
Sondheim! The Birthday Concert (2010)
as Self
For the Love of Aaron (1994)
as Shirley
Road Ends (1997)
as Armacost
Still the Beaver (1983)
as Kimberly
Born Too Soon (1993)
as Annemarie
Great Day (1983)
as Jennifer Simpson