Joanna Adler

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Joanna P. Adler is an American actress, known for her roles in Off-Broadway plays. She won an Obie Award in 1995. In 2014, she starred in the second season of the Lifetime television series Devious Maids .

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Life and career

Adler graduated from Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts and pursued a master's degree in Performance Studies at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. Before completing her thesis, she began her professional acting career working with the internationally renowned theater collaborative, Mabou Mines. [1] She continued to work in New York City's off-Broadway theater community, most notably in the title role of Richard Foreman's Obie Award-winning play Benita Canova, John Guare's Lydie Breeze, and Paul Rudnick's The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told.

In 1995, Adler won an Obie Award for Distinguished Performance by an Actress, for her role in the off-Broadway play The Boys in the Basement. [2] [3] She made her Broadway debut in Terrence McNally's Deuce, directed by Michael Blakemore. On television, she has guest-starred in Sex and the City , Law & Order , Law & Order: Special Victims Unit , 30 Rock , The Good Wife , and The Blacklist, and has had recurring roles on Gravity , Are We There Yet? , and Orange Is The New Black . [4] [5]

In December 2013, it was announced that Adler had been cast as a series regular for the second season of the Lifetime television comedy-drama series Devious Maids [5] as Opal, a new maid who is secretive and conniving. [5] In 2018, she appeared in FX's The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story in a recurring role as Mary Ann Schillaci Cunanan, mother of serial killer Andrew Cunanan, who was portrayed by Darren Criss.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1993The Five SpotNeurotic Girl
1996 The Proprietor New York – F. Freemder
1997 Ties to Rachel Deke
1998 A Perfect Murder Vyczowski
1998 Side Streets Policewoman
1998The Silent Love of the FishThe BoyShort film
1999 Just the Ticket Vickie
1999 A Fish in the Bathtub Heather
2000 Down to You Piercing Woman
2000Drop Back Ten McCue's Bartender
2001Trigger HappyKatja
2003 The Event Gaby
2003 School of Rock Summer's Mother
2004 Book of Love Melissa
2004BoutiqueCordeliaShort film
2004My Mom and DadBettyShort film
2006 Shut Up and Sing Sheila
2006 The Big Bad Swim Dr. Gaskill
2010 An Invisible Sign Lisa's Mom
2013Dinner@40AbbyShort film
2014 Revenge of the Green Dragons Prosecutor Gwen Shore
2014 5 Flights Up Boy's Mother
2014Kill MeWaitressShort film
2016 Almost Paris Lauren
2018 Alex Strangelove Holly Truelove
2018 Can You Ever Forgive Me? Arlene
2020 An American Pickle Professor Kim Ecklund
2021 Tick, Tick... Boom! Molly

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1998 Sex and the City SydEpisode: "Bay of Married Pigs"
2000 Cosby Dr. BallEpisode: "The Song Remains the Same"
2008 New Amsterdam TechEpisode: "Soldier's Heart"
2008 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Anna NobileEpisode: "Legacy"
2009 The Unusuals Jennifer GoodmanEpisode: "42"
2009 Ugly Betty Wedding PlannerEpisode: "In the Stars"
2006, 2010 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Sarah Gallagher / Persephone JamesEpisodes: "Informed" and "Savior"
2002, 2009, 2010 Law & Order Barbara Speight / Amber WoodsEpisodes: "Missing", "Great Satan" and "Love Eternal"
2010 Gravity Sissy RosenblumRecurring role, 4 episodes
2010, 2011 30 Rock Donna StraunkEpisodes: "When It Rains, It Pours" and "It's Never Too Late for Now"
2012 The Good Wife Miss LedgerEpisode: "Don't Haze Me, Bro"
2012 Chicago Fire Sondra ShermanEpisode: "One Minute"
2011–2012 Are We There Yet? Mrs. PhillipsRecurring role, 9 episodes
2006–2013 The Venture Bros. Myra Brandish (voice)7 episodes
2013, 2015 Orange Is the New Black Chaplain RoyceRecurring role, 4 episodes
2014 Devious Maids Opal SinclairSeries regular, 13 episodes
2016 The Tick Dr. CreekEpisode: "The Tick" (pilot)
2017 The Blacklist Kathryn NemecEpisode: "Requiem"
2017 The Sinner Detective Farmer3 episodes
2018 The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story Mary Ann CunananRecurring
2019 The Resident Dawn Long1 episode "Flesh of the Flesh (3x02)"
2022 Billions Alaska FaireEpisode: "Succession"

References

  1. "Adler, Joanna". Encyclopedia.com.
  2. "1994–1995 Obie Awards". Infoplease.com. Retrieved 2013-12-24.
  3. McNeil, Donald G. Jr. (May 26, 1995). "On Stage, and Off". The New York Times. Retrieved 2017-08-31.
  4. "Devious Maids: Joanna Adler Joins the Cast for Season 2". Tvhackr.com. 2013-12-20. Retrieved 2013-12-24.
  5. 1 2 3 Andreeva, Nellie (December 20, 2013). "Josh Hamilton Joins Fox's 'Gracepoint', Joanna Adler Added To 'Devious Maids'". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved 2013-12-24.