With DC roots, a classical education and a big heart, Joy’s cast on-camera and onstage as smart, vulnerable-yet-resilient characters with a plan or a cheeky quip to make things better: white-collar professionals, Shakespearean queens, caring mothers, etc. Visit Joy's Media for her Film/TV clips or check out Production Photos of her favorite credits: DC Noir (Pictureshow Productions), You Wear It Well (Charm City), Jubilee (Arena Stage - World Premiere), The Champion (TheatreSquared - World Premiere - Lead Role) and others.
This lovely lady's a member of SAG-AFTRA and AEA, has an Acting MFA from UNC-Chapel Hill and Shakespeare training from the British American Drama Academy; she studies voice with Tom Pedersen.
When not performing, Joy's nurturing her crunchy side: she's a tree-adopter, trained recycler and former freegan who can juggle and make her own lip balm, though she has never attempted to combine these passions.