Joanna P. Adler

Joanna P. Adler
Born	1964 U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1993–present

Joanna P. Adler (born 1964) is an American actress, known for her roles in Off-Broadway plays. She has won Obie Award in 1995. In 2014, Adler starred in the second season of Lifetime television series, Devious Maids.

Life and career

Adler graduated Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, and New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. She later appeared in number of television commercials and in the independent movies, most notable The Event and Book of Love. In 1995, Adler has won Obie Award for Distinguished Performance by an Actress for The Boys in the Basement. She also performed in many other stage productions during her career. On television, Adler guest-starred in Sex and the City, Law & Order, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, 30 Rock, The Good Wife, Orange Is the New Black, and also had recurring roles on Gravity, and Are We There Yet?.

In December 2013 came the announcement that Adler had been cast as a series regular for second season of the Lifetime television comedy-drama series, Devious Maids. She played the role of Opal, a new maid who is secretive & conniving, reminiscent of Mrs. Danvers from Hitchcock’s Rebecca.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993	The Five Spot	Neurotic Girl
1996	The Proprietor	New York - F. Freemder
1997	Ties to Rachel	Deke
1998	A Perfect Murder	Vyczowski
1998	Side Streets	Policewoman
1998	The Silent Love of the Fish	The Boy	Short film
1999	Just the Ticket	Vickie
1999	A Fish in the Bathtub	Heather
2000	Down to You	Piercing Woman
2000	Drop Back Ten	McCue's Bartender
2001	Trigger Happy	Katja
2003	The Event	Gaby
2003	School of Rock	Summer's Mother
2004	Book of Love	Melissa
2004	Boutique	Cordelia	Short film
2004	My Mom and Dad	Betty	Short film
2006	Shut Up and Sing	Sheila
2006	The Big Bad Swim	Dr. Gaskill
2010	An Invisible Sign	Lisa's Mom
2013	Dinner@40	Abby	Short film
2014	Revenge of the Green Dragons	Prosecutor Gwen Shore
2014	5 Flights Up	Boy's Mother

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	Sex and the City	Syd	Episode: "Bay of Married Pigs"
2000	Cosby	Dr. Ball	Episode: "The Song Remains the Same"
2008	New Amsterdam	Tech	Episode: "Soldier's Heart"
2008	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Anna Nobile	Episode: "Legacy"
2009	The Unusuals	Jennifer Goodman	Episode: "42"
2009	Ugly Betty	Wedding Planner	Episode: "In the Stars"
2006, 2010	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Sarah Gallagher / Persephone James	Episodes: "Informed" and "Savior"
2002, 2009, 2010	Law & Order	Barbara Speight / Amber Woods	Episodes: "Missing", "Great Satan" and "Love Eternal"
2010	Gravity	Sissy Rosenblum	Recurring role, 4 episodes
2010, 2011	30 Rock	Donna Straunk	Episodes: "When It Rains, It Pours" and "It's Never Too Late for Now"
2012	The Good Wife	Miss Ledger	Episode: "Don't Haze Me, Bro"
2012	Chicago Fire	Sondra Sherman	Episode: "One Minute"
2011–2012	Are We There Yet?	Mrs. Phillips	Recurring role, 9 episodes
2006–2013	The Venture Bros.	Voice	7 episodes
2013, 2015	Orange Is the New Black	Chaplain Royce	Recurring role, 4 episodes
2014	Devious Maids	Opal Sinclair	Series regular, 13 episodes

External links

• Joanna P. Adler at the Internet Movie Database

• Adler, Joanna (Joanna P. Adler)