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- Height5′ 7½″ (1.71 m)
- Joan Sweeny is an American actress born in Manhattan, New York. She studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London and earned a Bachelor of Arts from Loyola Marymount University. Joan has acted on stage in Los Angeles and London and in numerous films and TV shows. She is an award-winning Producer and Partner at Red Road Productions with current projects in development: Sellout, Call Fat Tommy, Red Road and Dangers of Shopping. As a Development Executive at Spark Lab she has worked on numerous movies including: Fluorescent Black, The Final Moments of Karl Brant and Draken. Joan is a writer and poet and has been published in numerous literary publications. She has contributed to Huffington Post. She served on the Board of Governors for the AFI Associates and was Co-Chair of their International Film Series as well as serving on the Membership board of the Actors Studio where she is a lifetime Member. Her husband, Robert Chimento, is a writer/actor, and her son, M. F. Wilson, is a writer/director.
- IMDb mini biography by: Julia Kennedy
- SpousesJay Wilson(August 19, 1978 - ?) (1 child)Robert Chimento(? - present)
- Is a twin.
- Honorary lifetime Member of the Actors Studio.
- Twin sister of John Sweeny who was inducted (posthumously) into the Surfing Walk of Fame for Gordy's Hole in the Wall gang. John is one of the surfing pioneers who gave Huntington Beach the name "Surf City".
- Attended RADA.
- Mother of M. Francis Wilson, author of graphic novel "Fluorescent Black".
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