Joan was born in New Orleans, Lousiana in the 1960s. She was destined to become an actress since she was in her first play at the age of five, when she played a pair of roller skates. Joan did move on to more serious roles, later on. She acted throughout school, and in several regional theatre groups. She later went to the Herbert-Berghof Acting Studio, in New York City, where she studied with Uta Hagen, Michael Beckett and several other gifted teachers. She also attended the University of M ...[Read Story]