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www.MOSTmag.com // CELEBRITY MAGAZINE // 31 oanna Going has a long list of acting credits, just take a peek at her IMDB page and you%u2019re sure to recognize a favorite. A true veteran of the film industry, Joanna started in soaps, and since then has been in dozens of movies, television roles and a number of theater performances. Here are just a few of the acting credits under her belt that you may recognize: Love & Mercy, Mad Men, Dark Shadows, and Runaway Jury. Now it seems that Joanna has finally found her role in television, and it%u2019s far away from the networks. Her recent work on projects through Netflix and DirecTV have provided her with more freedom in the roles that she plays. Joanna describes a trust in the showrunner, in the material, and the actors that embody all of the characters they play. Joanna explains that %u201cThe actors, crew and producers commit out of love of the material.%u201d Since many of these shows, off the traditional platforms are not dependent on advertising sales as revenue, they are afforded the freedom to take risks. With groundbreaking shows like House of Cards, Kingdom and so many others breaking the traditional molds of television expectations, networks are able to re-adjust there longstanding formulas. Joanna cites Empire as a recent example, probably because she just spent ten hours straight binge-watching the entire first season. %u201cFive years ago Empire wouldn%u2019t have even been on network television,%u201d she says; Empire one of the most watched TV series of 2015! Eventually like every actor or actress, Joanna grows tired of the characters she plays, most lacking the complexity and dimension she seeks. It took coming back to her career, after pressing pause for her daughter%u2019s childhood, for Joanna to find the roles she was meant to be playing. %u201cIt took getting older to get beyond that in my own head. When I had my daughter I took a step away from the business and I had to come back when I was pushing 50.%u201d One show you may recognize her in is Mad Men. Joanna played Arlene, a soap opera diva. %u201cIt was a really rich character I had a lot of fun with. And then it opened up something for me, I%u2019m a different kind of actress now because I%u2019m a different age now with different experiences.%u201d Lucky for us, Joanna has pushed full steam ahead since then and has been able to give us portrayals of characters that we have never seen before. Her character Christina Kulina is a perfect example. Joanna gives dimension to the characters she plays. As soon as you watch, you will know exactly what we are talking about. What everyone is talking about! Joanna opened up a little about Hollywood, and the business of equality among men and women. Everyday we are seeing more and more people speak out about the underwhelming equality of roles and pay for women in the acting business, especially in California. %u201cI think the young women speaking out today are going to have a huge impact on the industry and I stand behind them. At the same time I have to say it%u2019s disappointing in ten episodes on the show we didn%u2019t have a female director. As long as we keep handing them what they%u2019re asking for, they%u2019re going to keep asking for it.%u201dJ