Biography: Sassy passion with a heart of gold who "tells you like it is," for your own good, of course! You may remember her as Real Jean (opposite Denis Leary) in "Rescue Me," in "The Leftovers" as Gale Sawicki and on "Law & Order: SVU" as Joannie Cassidy, that bad boy Det. Cassidy's (Dean Winters) Mom. Yes, she's "played Peoria!" (Peoria, Illinois) where she grew up. After touring with shows throughout the US, Canada, Mexico, Australia and parts of the Far East, she lived and worked in Los Angeles and now resides in New York City with her husband and Amazon parrot. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Mary Ann Hay