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Joanna Merlin is an actress who played three different characters in Law & Order and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Merlin is best known for her portrayal of Judge Lena Petrovsky in almost every season of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. She also played Carla Bowman and Deirdre Powell in several episodes of Law & Order.
Joanna Merlin - Now Available! Joanna Merlin is a faculty member in the Graduate Acting Department of New York University and the Actors Center in N.Y.C. She has given workshops at Yale, Brandeis, Brown, Columbia, Vassar, SUNY Purchase, and Michael Chekhov Int'l Workshops in the U.K., Berlin, and Madrid. She gives annual workshops at A.C.T. in San Francisco. She is the recipient of the Casting Society of America's Artios Award. She is a co-founder of the Non-Traditional Casting Project. She is a member of the Tony Nominating Committee. She is the President of the Michael Chekhov Association.
Joanna Merlin is an actress and casting director who was born in Chicago, Illinois. She made her motion-picture debut in Cecil B. DeMille/#x27;s The Ten Commandments. In 1961 she made her Broadway debut as a replacement performer in o#x22;A Far Country," a play about Sigmund Freud. Next on Broadway she created the role of Tzeitel in the original production of
Judy is originally from Olyphant, Pa. She has a Bachelor of Music from Ithaca College. Has studied acting with Lloyd Richards (Yale Drama School), Caymichael Patten, Joanna Merlin and studies voice with Bill Shuman. An avid supporter of animal rights, Judy sings to raise money for the Cheetah Conservation Fund, and she is spokesperson for Sean Casey Animal Rescue. She is Mom to her three cats, Smudge, Bruno and Petunia.
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