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Joanna Going

 
Actor: Joanna Going
  • Born: Jul 22, 1963 in Washington, D.C.
  • Occupation: Actor
  • Active: '90s
  • Major Genres: Horror, Drama
  • Career Highlights: Inventing the Abbotts, Still Breathing, Phantoms
  • First Major Screen Credit: Dark Shadows the Revival Series (1991)

Biography

Possessing a dark and delicate beauty enhanced by an alluringly hypnotic pair of large and deeply expressive eyes, actress Joanna Going gained notice early on with appearances in such soap operas as Another World and the early-'90s revival of Dark Shadows. Though her early work would consist mostly of soap operas and made-for television features, the mid-'90s found Going making a slow but steady transition into feature film territory. A Washington, D.C., native who was raised in Newport, RI, Going was the oldest of six siblings and graduated from Rogers High School in 1981. Later moving on to Emerson College, Going would subsequently study acting at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York. Her television debut in Search for Tomorrow followed shortly thereafter, and by 1987 Going was entering into a two-year stint on the long-running soap opera Another World. Remaining on the small screen for Dark Shadows immediately following Another World, Going made her feature debut in 1994's Wyatt Earp. A touching performance in the little-seen 1996 feature Eden ensured that Going would continue to climb the credits, and subsequent roles in Keys to Tulsa and Inventing the Abbots (both 1997) continued to find Going in good company. Though appearances in Still Breathing (1997) and Cupid & Cate (2000) would go largely unseen, Going would later maintain visibility opposite Helen Mirren in the television series Georgetown. In 2003 Going could be spotted in the dramatic thriller The Runaway Jury (2003). ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
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Joanna Going
Born Joanna C. Going
July 22, 1963 (1963-07-22) (age 46)
Washington D.C., USA
Occupation Film/TV actress
Years active 1986—present
Spouse(s) Dylan Walsh (2004-present)

Joanna C. Going[1] (born July 22, 1963) is an American actress.

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Early life

Going was born in Washington, D.C., the oldest of six children of Lorraine M. (née Calise), a police dispatcher, and John Burke Going, a state assemblyman and lawyer.[1] She was raised in Newport, Rhode Island and graduated from Rogers High School in 1981. Going then attended Emerson College for two years, before studying at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Going married actor Dylan Walsh on October 10, 2004. The couple have a daughter, Stella Haven Walsh (born November 22, 2003).

Going's childhood home in Newport, the Isaac Bell House, a glorious 1883 McKim, Mead and White Shingle Style building on famous Bellevue Avenue, is now owned by the Preservation Society of Newport County and is open as a museum. It is a designated National Historic Landmark.

Career

Going appeared in soap opera roles in the late 1980s, most notably as Lisa Grady on Another World from 1987 to 1989. Throughout the majority of the 1990s and 2000s, she starred in made-for-television movies, feature films and television series, including a new version of Dark Shadows. She appeared in the 1997 independent film "The Keys to Tulsa" opposite Eric Stoltz. She played a stripper named Cherry and performed a nude dance routine. Her biggest role may be in the 1998 film version of Phantoms.

She is to star opposite Sean Penn in the 2010 film The Tree of Life, her first role in a major motion picture since 2003's Runaway Jury.

Filmography

Year Title Role Other notes
1998 Still Breathing Rosalyn Willoughby
1998 Phantoms Jennifer Pailey, M.D.
1997 Inventing the Abbotts Alice Abbott
1995 "How to Make an American Quilt" Young Em Reed
1994 Children of the dust Rachel Film also known as A good day to day
1994 Wyatt Earp Josie Marcus
2002 Home Alone 4: Taking back the House Natalie
2003 Runaway Jury Celeste Wood
2010 The Tree of Life Jack's Wife

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