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.

Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Filmography 4 References 5 External links

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Joanna Going at the Internet Movie Database
• TNT Rough Cut interview (November 30, 1998)
• Going at Yahoo! Movies