Joanna Gleason is a Canadian-American actress and singer, known for her performances in theatrical musicals and plays, and on film and television.
In theatre, Gleason originated the role of the Baker's Wife in Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's Into the Woods on Broadway, for which she won the Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical in 1988. She also received Tony nominations for her performances in A Day in the Death of Joe Egg and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Her notable film appearances include supporting roles in Woody Allen's Hannah and Her Sisters and Crimes and Misdemeanors, and Paul Thomas Anderson's Boogie Nights. On television she has appeared in ER, Friends, The West Wing, The Good Wife and The Affair.