Joanna Gleason Biography

Fast Facts

• Won a Theatre World Award for her Broadway debut in "I Love My Wife․"
• Won a Tony Award for her performance in "Into the Woods․"
• Won her first Drama Desk Award in 1986 for outstanding featured actress in a play for the comedy "Social Security․"
• Graduated from the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television
• Took part in high school productions of "The Music Man," "The Mikado," "The Grass Harp" and "The Madwoman of Chaillot․"
• Quote: "If you're not going to reveal anything, why be up there?"
• Quote: "I've taken on so many things these last few years that I never thought I could do or secretly dreamed of doing․"
• Already known for her stage work, her roles as the Baker's Wife in "Into the Woods" catapulted her to the status of a Broadway leading lady
• Started studying the tango for eight hours a week and going to ballroom competitions
• Dreamed of being a big-band singer all her life and finally made her cabaret debut in 2013