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Joanna Adler(I)

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Joanna Adler
Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winner Lin-Manuel Miranda makes his feature directorial debut with tick, tick...BOOM!, an adaptation of the autobiographical musical by Jonathan Larson, who revolutionized theater as the creator of Rent. The film follows Jon (Academy Award nominee and Tony Award winner Andrew Garfield), a young theater composer who's waiting tables at a New York City diner in 1990 while writing what he hopes will be the next great American musical. With the clock ticking, Jon is at a crossroads and faces the question everyone must reckon with: What are we meant to do with the time we have?
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Joanna P. Adler is an Obie Award-winning actor who has long enjoyed a distinguished career in New York City -- which began under the aegis of New York's internationally acclaimed theatre artists Mabou Mines and Richard Foreman. Also honored with the inaugural New Dramatists' Boden Award to Actors, she has been described by the Village Voice as "One of New York's best stage talents." She's worked alongside Tony, Pulitzer, Emmy & MacArthur award winning writers and directors Off Broadway and regionally. She made her Broadway debut in Terrence McNally's "Deuce" starring Angela Lansbury and Marion Seldes. She's participated as both an actor & dramaturg in the development of countless new plays through the O'Neill Playwrights Conference, New Dramatists, New York Stage & Film and The Sundance Institute.

In addition to several world premieres across the US, countless recurring television appearances, a pilot for NBC starring Stephen Colbert and a series regular role as Opal in Devious Maids, she has shot over 60 national network commercials including Superbowl spots & many long-running campaigns. In 2017 and 2018, she garnered critical praise for her work as the Young Mr. Kaplan on "The Blacklist", and in the recurring role of Mary Ann Cunanan (Andrew Cunanan's mother) in Ryan Murphy's Emmy and Golden Globe Award winning "American Crime Story: The Assassination Of Gianni Versace." In 2019, Joanna was cast in the series regular role of Chyna in Darlene Hunt's "Patty's Auto" produced by Elizabeth Banks' Brownstone Productions and Warner Bros. Television. She studied Theatre & Art History at Williams College and in the Performance Studies Department of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts.
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    Beanie Feldstein in American Crime Story (2016)
    American Crime Story
    8.4
    TV Series
    • Mary Ann Cunanan(as Joanna P. Adler)
    Bill Pullman and Alice Kremelberg in The Sinner (2017)
    The Sinner
    7.8
    TV Series
    • Captain Anne Farmer(as Joanna P. Adler)
    The Blacklist (2013)
    The Blacklist
    7.9
    TV Series
    • Young Kaplan(as Joanna P. Adler)
    Kate Mulgrew, Natasha Lyonne, Selenis Leyva, Laura Prepon, Taylor Schilling, Uzo Aduba, Dascha Polanco, and Danielle Brooks in Orange Is the New Black (2013)
    Orange Is the New Black
    8.0
    TV Series
    • Chaplain Royce(as Joanna P. Adler)

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    • David Costabile, Jeffrey DeMunn, Paul Giamatti, Damian Lewis, Corey Stoll, Kelly AuCoin, Maggie Siff, Asia Kate Dillon, and Dola Rashad in Billions (2016)
      Billions
      8.3
      TV Series
      • Alaska Faire (as Joanna P. Adler)
      • 2022
    • Andrew Garfield in tick, tick... BOOM! (2021)
      tick, tick... BOOM!
      7.5
      • Molly
      • 2021
    • Billy Crystal and Tiffany Haddish in Here Today (2021)
      Here Today
      6.7
      • Director (as Joanna P. Adler)
      • 2021
    • Seth Rogen in An American Pickle (2020)
      An American Pickle
      5.7
      • Professor Kim Ecklund (as Joanna P. Adler)
      • 2020
    • Matt Czuchry, Bruce Greenwood, Emily VanCamp, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Manish Dayal, and Anuja Joshi in The Resident (2018)
      The Resident
      7.8
      TV Series
      • Dawn Long (as Joanna P. Adler)
      • 2019–2020
    • Interrogation (2020)
      Interrogation
      7.3
      TV Series
      • D.A. Judith Cameron (as Joanna P. Adler)
      • 2020
    • Patty's Auto
      TV Series
      • Chyna
      • 2019
    • Ramy (2019)
      Ramy
      8.0
      TV Series
      • Mrs. Russo (as Joanna P. Adler)
      • 2019
    • Michael Weatherly in The Necklace (2016)
      Bull
      7.1
      TV Series
      • Dr. Judy Barnes (as Joanna P. Adler)
      • 2019
    • Nancy Giles, Larisa Oleynik, Finnerty Steeves, Matthew Humphreys, and Joe Curnutte in Half Life (2018)
      Half Life
      8.0
      TV Series
      • Catherine Harris
      • 2018
    • Candice Bergen in Murphy Brown (1988)
      Murphy Brown
      6.9
      TV Series
      • Mary Kate #97 (as Joanna P. Adler)
      • 2018
    • Ryan Eggold in New Amsterdam (2018)
      New Amsterdam
      7.9
      TV Series
      • Faye (as Joanna P. Adler)
      • 2018
    • Melissa McCarthy in Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018)
      Can You Ever Forgive Me?
      7.1
      • Arlene (as Joanna P. Alder)
      • 2018
    • Daniel Doheny, Antonio Marziale, and Madeline Weinstein in Alex Strangelove (2018)
      Alex Strangelove
      6.3
      • Lina Truelove (as Joanna P. Adler)
      • 2018
    • Beanie Feldstein in American Crime Story (2016)
      American Crime Story
      8.4
      TV Series
      • Mary Ann Cunanan (as Joanna P. Adler)
      • 2018

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      • Joanna P. Adler
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      • May 1
      • Olmsted, Minnesota, USA
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      "Deuce," an original drama, written by Terrence McNally, directed by Michael Blakemore, with Angela Lansbury (as Leona Mullen); Marian Seldes (as Midge Barker); Joanna Adler (in her Broadway Debut, as Kelly Short); Brian Haley (in his Broadway Debut as Ryan Becker); and Michael Mulheren (as An Admirer); on Broadway at the Music Box Theatre (147 performances, including 27 previews beginning April 11, 2007).

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