Born in Haddonfield, N.J., Joanna Cassidy attended Syracuse University with a major in fine arts. Her extracurricular activities always included sports— something in which she always excelled: "In sports I just completely took over. I was the best. It was high school hockey, basketball, softball—I did it all," the red-headed actress says. Joanna began her career with a brief turn as a weather girl at a Columbia, S.C , television station before moving on to San Francisco. In the Bay Area, Joanna became one of the city's top models and in a few short years she set out for Hollywood to pursue an acting career. Her introductory role was in the feature 'The Laughing Policeman.' with Walter Matthau, and was soon followed by roles in 'The Bank Shot,' 'The Outfit,' 'Stay Hungry,' 'Prime Time,' 'The Late Show,' 'Stunts,' 'The Winning Season' and most recently in 'Night Games.' Her TV credits included a weekly role on the 'Shields and Yarnell' show, a starring role in the series 'Rollergirls' and in the television movie 'Dress To Kill.' Joanna lives with her two children, Naomi and Daniel, in suburban Brentwood, Calif. Among her many hobbies are jogging, roller skating, gymnastics, needlepoint, pen and ink drawing and cooking.
Known For
Credits
Cast Credits
Leverage: Redemption (2021)
Guest starring as Stella Voleur
- Episode 1x11: The Jackal Job (Oct 8, 2021)
The L Word: Generation Q (2019)
Guest starring as Patty
(3 episodes)
- Episode 3x04: Last to Know (Dec 9, 2022)
- Episode 3x03: Quiz Show (Dec 2, 2022)
- Episode 3x01: Last Year (Nov 18, 2022)
Too Old to Die Young (2019)
Guest starring as Eloise
(4 episodes)
- Episode 1x09: Volume 9: The Empress (Jun 14, 2019)
- Episode 1x08: Volume 8: The Hanged Man (Jun 14, 2019)
- Episode 1x04: Volume 4: The Tower (Jun 14, 2019)
- Episode 1x03: Volume 3: The Hermit (Jun 14, 2019)
Life in Pieces (2015)
Guest starring as Charlotte
- Episode 3x14: Parents Ancestry Coupon Chaperone (Mar 8, 2018)
NCIS: New Orleans (2014)
Guest starring as Mena Pride
(6 episodes)
- Episode 7x16: Laissez Les Bons Temps Rouler (May 23, 2021)
- Episode 7x15: Runs in the Family (May 16, 2021)
- Episode 7x14: Illusions (May 9, 2021)
- Episode 6x15: Relentless (Mar 15, 2020)
- Episode 6x01: Judgement Call (Sep 24, 2019)
- Episode 5x24: The River Styx, Part II (May 14, 2019)
Motive (2013)
Guest starring as Judge Natalie Rodman
(2 episodes)
- Episode 4x12: Chronology of Pain (Aug 23, 2016)
- Episode 4x11: Natural Selection (Aug 2, 2016)
The Haunting of... (2012)
Guest starring as Joanna Cassidy
- Episode 3x16: Joanna Cassidy (Jun 20, 2015)
Switched at Birth (2011)
Guest starring as Lucille
- Episode 4x07: Fog and Storm and Rain (Feb 17, 2015)
Franklin & Bash (2011)
Guest starring as Captain Gina Vaughn
- Episode 2x07: Summer Girls (Jul 17, 2012)
Body of Proof (2011)
Guest starring as Joan Hunt
(14 episodes)
- Episode 3x13: Daddy Issues (May 28, 2013)
- Episode 3x11: Dark City (May 7, 2013)
- Episode 3x10: Committed (Apr 23, 2013)
- Episode 3x09: Disappearing Act (Apr 16, 2013)
- Episode 3x08: Doubting Tommy (Apr 9, 2013)
- Episode 3x05: Eye for an Eye (Mar 19, 2013)
- Episode 2x17: Identity (Mar 13, 2012)
- Episode 2x15: Occupational Hazards (Feb 21, 2012)
- Episode 2x13: Sympathy for the Devil (Jan 17, 2012)
- Episode 2x09: Gross Anatomy (Nov 29, 2011)
- Episode 2x08: Love Bites (Nov 15, 2011)
- Episode 2x03: Missing (Oct 4, 2011)
- Episode 1x08: Buried Secrets (May 10, 2011)
- Episode 1x06: Society Hill (Apr 26, 2011)
Celebrity Ghost Stories (2009)
Guest starring as Joanna Cassidy
- Episode 5x09: Michael Madsen, Linda Dano, Joanna Cassidy and Rae Dawn Chong (Oct 26, 2013)
In Plain Sight (2008)
Guest starring as Deandra Bevins
- Episode 1x03: Never the Bride (Jun 15, 2008) [Special Guest Star]
Bones (2005)
Guest starring as Marianne Booth
(2 episodes)
- Episode 9x06: The Woman in White (Oct 21, 2013)
- Episode 8x22: The Party in the Pants (Apr 15, 2013)
Boston Legal (2004)
Guest starring as Beverly Bridge
(5 episodes)
- Episode 2x17: ...There's Fire! (Feb 28, 2006)
- Episode 2x15: Smile (Feb 14, 2006)
- Episode 2x13: Too Much Information (Jan 24, 2006)
- Episode 2x12: Helping Hands (Jan 17, 2006)
- Episode 2x11: The Cancer Man Can (Jan 10, 2006)
Desperate Housewives (2004)
Guest starring as Melina Cominis
- Episode 5x11: Home Is the Place (Jan 4, 2009)
Everwood (2002)
Guest starring as Evelyn Rowser
- Episode 1x13: The Price of Fame (Jan 20, 2003) [Special Guest Star]
Star Trek: Enterprise (2001)
Guest starring as T'Les
(2 episodes)
- Episode 4x08: Awakening (2) (Nov 26, 2004)
- Episode 4x03: Home (Oct 22, 2004)
Superman: The Animated Series (1996)
Guest starring as Maggie Sawyer
(9 episodes)
- Episode 3x05: Little Big Head Man (Nov 21, 1998) [Co-Star]
- Episode 2x26: Apokolips...Now! Part II (Feb 14, 1998) [Co-Star]
- Episode 2x25: Apokolips... Now! (Feb 7, 1998) [Co-Star]
- Episode 2x21: Prototype (Oct 11, 1997) [Co-Star]
- Episode 2x20: The Hand of Fate (Oct 11, 1997) [Co-Star]
- Episode 2x19: Bizarro's World (Oct 10, 1997) [Co-Star]
- Episode 2x13: Monkey Fun (Sep 27, 1997) [Co-Star]
- Episode 1x13: Two's a Crowd (Feb 15, 1997) [Co-Star]
- Episode 1x12: Tools of the Trade (Feb 1, 1997) [Co-Star]
Melrose Place (1992)
Guest starring as Kate Reilly
(3 episodes)
- Episode 6x06: The Light at the End of the Tumble (Oct 27, 1997) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 6x05: Desperately Seeking Samantha (Oct 20, 1997) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 6x01: Brand New Day (Sep 8, 1997) [Special Guest Star]
Diagnosis Murder (1992)
Guest starring as Dr. Madison Wesley
(2 episodes)
- Episode 7x04: Murder at Midterm (Oct 14, 1999)
- Episode 7x02: Sleeping Murder (Sep 30, 1999)
L.A. Law (1986)
Guest starring as Judge Carolyn Walker
(3 episodes)
- Episode 8x21: Whistle Stop (May 12, 1994)
- Episode 8x10: He Ain't Guilty, He's My Brother (Feb 3, 1994)
- Episode 8x08: Eli's Gumming (Dec 9, 1993)
Buffalo Bill (1983)
Starring as Jo-Jo White
(26 episodes)
- Episode 2x14: Church of the Poisoned Mind (Mar 29, 1984)
- Episode 2x13: Have Yourself a Very Degrading Christmas (Mar 22, 1984)
- Episode 2x12: The Tap Dancer (Mar 15, 1984)
- Episode 2x11: A Hero (Mar 8, 1984)
- Episode 2x10: Buffalo Bill Versus the Kremlin (Mar 1, 1984)
- Episode 2x09: The Girl on the Jetty (Feb 23, 1984)
- Episode 2x08: The Big Freeze (Feb 16, 1984)
- Episode 2x07: Miss WBFL (Feb 9, 1984)
- Episode 2x06: Jo-Jo's Problem (2) (Feb 2, 1984)
- Episode 2x05: Jo-Jo's Problem (1) (Jan 26, 1984)
- Episode 2x04: Company Ink (Jan 19, 1984)
- Episode 2x03: The Interview (Jan 12, 1984)
- Episode 2x02: Jerry Lewis Week (Jan 5, 1984)
- Episode 2x01: Hit the Road, Newdell (Dec 22, 1983)
- Episode 1x12: Hackles (Aug 24, 1983)
- Episode 1x11: The Fan (Aug 17, 1983)
- Episode 1x10: True Love (Aug 10, 1983)
- Episode 1x09: Ratings (Aug 3, 1983)
- Episode 1x08: Below the Belt (Jul 27, 1983)
- Episode 1x07: Guess Who's Coming to Buffalo? (Jul 20, 1983)
- Episode 1x06: Wilkinson's Sword (Jul 13, 1983)
- Episode 1x05: Mrs. Buffalo Bill? (Jun 29, 1983)
- Episode 1x04: Buffalo Bill and the Movies (Jun 22, 1983)
- Episode 1x03: Woody Quits (Jun 15, 1983)
- Episode 1x02: Buffalo Beat (Jun 8, 1983)
- Episode 1x01: Pilot (Jun 1, 1983)
The Devlin Connection (1982)
Guest starring as Slats
- Episode 1x02: Lady on the Billboard (Oct 9, 1982)
Falcon Crest (1981)
Guest starring as Katherine Demery
(5 episodes)
- Episode 2x08: Choices (Nov 26, 1982)
- Episode 2x07: The Namesake (Nov 19, 1982)
- Episode 2x06: Home Away from Home (Nov 12, 1982)
- Episode 2x05: The Exposé (Nov 5, 1982)
- Episode 2x04: Murder One (Oct 22, 1982)
240-Robert (1979)
Starring as Deputy Morgan Wainwright
(13 episodes)
- Episode 1x13: Oil and Water (Dec 3, 1979)
- Episode 1x12: The Applicant (Nov 26, 1979)
- Episode 1x11: Earthquake (Nov 19, 1979)
- Episode 1x10: Poison Air (Nov 5, 1979)
- Episode 1x09: Double Trouble (Oct 29, 1979)
- Episode 1x08: Time Bomb (Oct 22, 1979)
- Episode 1x07: Out of Sight (Oct 15, 1979)
- Episode 1x06: Bank Job (Oct 1, 1979)
- Episode 1x05: Acting Sergeant (Sep 24, 1979)
- Episode 1x04: Models (Sep 17, 1979)
- Episode 1x03: Bathysphere (Sep 10, 1979)
- Episode 1x02: Stuntman (Sep 3, 1979)
- Episode 1x01: The Apology (Aug 28, 1979)
Dallas (1978)
Guest starring as Sally Bullock
(2 episodes)
- Episode 4x07: The Fourth Son (Dec 12, 1980) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 4x06: The Venezuelan Connection (Dec 5, 1980) [Special Guest Star]
The Love Boat (1977)
Guest starring as Dr. Lisa Lessing
- Episode 5x15: I Don't Play Anymore / Gopher's Roommate / Crazy For You (Jan 23, 1982)
Guest starring as Joan Horner
- Episode 3x06: Gopher's Greatest Hits / The Vacation / One Rose a Day (Oct 13, 1979)
Battle of the Network Stars (1976)
Guest starring as Joanna Cassidy
- Episode 1x07: Special #7 (Nov 2, 1979)
Charlie's Angels (1976)
Guest starring as Stacy Parrish
- Episode 5x07: Hula Angels (Jan 11, 1981) [Special Guest Star]
The Hollywood Squares (1966)
Guest starring as Panelist
- Episode 12x80: June 12-16, 1978 (DT) (Jun 12, 1978)