Early life

She was born in Washington, DC, the oldest of six children of a police dispatcher mother and a lawyer/state assemblyman father. Raised in Newport, Rhode Island, she graduated from Rogers High School in 1981, then attended Emerson College for two years before studying at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.

Career

Going appeared in soap opera roles in the late 1980s, most notably as Lisa Grady on Another World from 1987 to 1989. She went on to portray lead character Victoria Winters on the 1991 primetime series Dark Shadows. Going later starred in short-lived television series Going to Extremes and guest-starred on Columbo, Spin City, The Outer Limits, and Law & Order.

Going starred in the number of feature films. She made her film debut in Wyatt Earp (1994) as Josephine Marcus, and later had major roles in Eden, Keys to Tulsa, Inventing the Abbotts, and Still Breathing. Her biggest role may be in the 1998 film version of Phantoms. In the 2000s, she starred in several television films and guest-starred on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Criminal Minds, and Mad Men. She also appeared opposite Sean Penn in the 2011 film The Tree of Life, her first role in a major motion picture since 2003's Runaway Jury. In 2014, Going starred as First Lady Tricia Walker in the second season of Netflix political series House of Cards. She later was cast in the DirecTV series Kingdom.

Going appeared on Ken Reid's TV Guidance Counselor podcast on March 25, 2016.

Personal life

Going married actor Dylan Walsh on October 10, 2004. They have a daughter, Stella Haven. On December 15, 2010, Walsh announced he had filed for divorce. The divorce was finalized in December 2012.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994	Wyatt Earp	Josephine Marcus
1995	How to Make an American Quilt	Young Em
1995	Nixon	Young Student
1996	Eden	Helen Kunen
1997	Little City	Kate
1997	Inventing the Abbotts	Alice Abbott
1997	Keys to Tulsa	Cherry
1997	Commandments	Karen Warner
1997	Still Breathing	Rosalyn Willoughby
1998	Phantoms	Jennifer Pailey, M.D.
1998	Heaven	Jennifer Marling
1998	Blue Christmas	Pretty Woman
1999	NetForce	Toni Fiorelli
2000	Cupid & Cate	Cynthia	TV Movie
2001	Lola	Sandra
2002	The Routine	Mother	Short film
2002	Home Alone 4	Natalie	TV Movie
2003	Runaway Jury	Celeste Wood
2006	Save Me	Rita Lambert	Short film
2006	My Silent Partner	Phyllis Webber	TV Movie
2007	McBride: Dogged	Sarah Sinclair	TV Movie
2009	Chasing a Dream	Diane Stiles	TV Movie
2011	The Tree of Life	Jack's Wife
2014	Ready or Knot	Margo
2014	The Sphere and the Labyrinth	Jordana
2014	Love & Mercy	Audree Wilson

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1986	Search for Tomorrow	Evie Stone	Recurring role
1987-1989	Another World	Lisa Grady	Series regular
1990	The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd	Mindy	Episode: "Here's Why You Can Never Have Too Much Petty Cash"
1991	Dark Shadows	Victoria Winters / Josette du Pres	Series regular, 12 episodes
1992	Columbo	Melissa Alexandra Hayes	Episode: "No Time to Die"
1992-1993	Going to Extremes	Kathleen McDermott	Series regular, 17 episodes
1993	New Year	Katie Hartman	TV pilot
1993	Nick's Game	Laura 'Stock' Swenson	TV pilot
1995	Children of the Dust	Rachel	TV miniseries
2000	Ed	Sela McKenzie	Episode: "Pretty Girls and Waffles"
2001	Spin City	Julia Rhodes	3 episodes
2001	The Outer Limits	Dr. Anya Kenway	Episode: "Worlds Within"
2002	Law & Order	Dana Bauer	Episode: "The Collar"
2002	Georgetown		TV pilot
2003	111 Gramercy Park	Cathy Wilton	TV pilot
2005	Inconceivable	Jann Carlton	Episode: "Sex, Lies and Sonograms"
2005	Into the West	Old Clara Wheeler	TV miniseries
2006	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Amanda Sinclair / Jill Case	Episode: "Happenstance"
2007	Criminal Minds	Dana Woodridge	Episode: "Distress"
2007	Close to Home	Samantha Veeder	3 episodes
2007	Journeyman	Lauren	Episode: "Perfidia"
2013	Mad Men	Arlene	Episodes: "To Have and to Hold" and "The Better Half"
2014	House of Cards	First Lady Tricia Walker	7 episodes
2014-present	Kingdom	Christina Kulina	Main role

Charities

Joanna Going supports the following charitable cause: Gay Rights.

[ Source: Wikipedia ]