
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.
Awards & recognition
- Tony Award — Best Actress in a Musical · 1988
- Theatre World Award · 1977
- Tony Award — Best Featured Actress in a Play · 1985 · nominated
Filmography40 titles

For the Love of Aaron

Friends

The West Wing

The Newsroom

Into the Woods

Blue Bloods

ER

The Practice

The Outer Limits

The Good Wife

Boogie Nights

The Good Fight

The Unusuals

Hannah and Her Sisters

King of the Hill

Crimes and Misdemeanors

How to Make It in America

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

Diff'rent Strokes

Mr. Holland's Opus

My Sassy Girl

Elsbeth

The Skeleton Twins

The Affair

If These Walls Could Talk

The Rebound

Sex and the City

American Perfekt

Last Vegas

Love & War

F/X2

The Girl in the Park

Edie & Pen

Heartburn

The Wedding Planner

Wedding Daze

The Women

Let the Devil Wear Black

The Grotto

This Ordinary Thing