Name Johanna Day Role Television actress | Parents Eileen Day, Walter Day | |
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Born 1964 Winchester, Virginia Movies Unbreakable, The Exonerated, The Trap, My Name Is David, The Breatharians Awards Obie Award for Performance, Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Play Nominations Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play Similar People Maddie Corman, Annaleigh Ashford, Mary‑Louise Parker, Rita Wilson, M Night Shyamalan | ||
Johanna Day (born 1964) is an American stage and television actress.
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Awards
Johanna Day won the Helen Hayes Award as Leading Actress in a Resident Play for her starring role in the 2006 Arena Stage production of The Rainmaker.
In 2008 she was a nominee for the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play for her role of Ann in the Second Stage Theatre production of Edward Albee's Peter and Jerry.
In 2000 she was nominated for a Tony Award for her performance in Proof.
In 2017 she was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her role in Sweat.
Biography
Johanna was born 1963 in Winchester, Virginia and grew up in Rappahannock County, Virginia. She is the daughter and ninth child of Eileen Mitchell Day of Sperryville and Walter Day of Flint Hill. She graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in 1984.
Work
In August 2013 Johanna Day costarred with Reg Rogers in the world premiere of Carly Mensch’s play Oblivion at the Westport Country Playhouse.
She costarred with Amelia Campbell in Penn State Centre Stage 2013 production of David Lindsay-Abaire's play Good People.
She appeared with Tracy Letts and Parker Posey in the world premiere of Will Eno's play The Realistic Joneses on April 20, 2012 at the Yale Repertory Theatre.
She appeared as Barbara Fordham in the 2007 performance of August: Osage County at the Imperial Theatre on Broadway and played Claire in the 2000 production of David Auburn's Proof at the Walter Kerr Theatre.
Joanna Day has frequently appeared in guest roles on television dramas including on Alpha House, Madam Secretary, Elementary, Masters of Sex, The Americans, Royal Pains, Fringe, Judging Amy, All My Children, Law & Order, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Law & Order: Trial by Jury, The Americans, and Law & Order: Criminal Intent. She appeared in the 2011 television short Henry.
She is especially known for her role of Marilyn Stafford on the daytime TV drama All My Children.