I AM JOY.
Actress, intimacy choreographer & emotional freedom coach.
Let's heal and elevate consciousness.​
My personal Story is...
Family Woman | Artist | Healer | Bringer of JOY!
​Above all else, I am a mother and wife - a woman who has loved, nurtured, and poured into others. Motherhood set me on a journey of personal growth, with the intention to break generational cycles and become the wife and mother I aspired to be. As life shifted and my parenting responsibilities lessened, I was faced with the challenge of asking, "What's next?" Negative thoughts and limiting beliefs had me convinced that I was too old and somehow not enough to return to my passion - acting. But deep within, I couldn’t ignore the pull. Despite the negative thoughts and the years that had passed, I chose to heal my limiting beliefs and return to acting with a renewed sense of purpose and started working right away as an actress on the screen and stage.
​​Upon my return to acting I recognized the urgent need to uplift actors' well-being and sense of agency. This lead me to intimacy choreography. Realizing how profoundly media and certain narratives shape not just actors, but the collective subconscious of society, was a powerful awakening! It became clear that my work in somatic holistic healing was meant to go beyond artists - to reach anyone ready to break free, step into their power, and live with greater joy, purpose, and freedom.
Now, as a Transformational EFT Tapping Coach, I create spaces for healing, empowerment, and transformation, guiding others to release emotional blockages, trauma and stress. I guide people to break free from social and cultural conditioning by addressing the root causes of their struggles, shifting emotional patterns and nurturing holistic growth.​​
Official Info
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​Joy's is currently on stage in A Noise Within's production of MACBETH, and was most recently she was seen on stage in WACO Theatre's World Premier of MARTY AND THE HANDS THAT COULD (Los Angeles, CA - April thru May 2023), SWEAT at BCT (Boise, ID - January thru February 2023) and the US premier of NINE NIGHT at Roundhouse Theater, (Bethesda, MD - September thru October 2022).
Currently you can see Joy on screen streaming on GREY'S ANATOMY, ALL AMERICAN, HULU’s limited series MIKE, as well as SNOWFALL, FOR THE PEOPLE, L-WORD: GENERATION Q and various others.
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Currently her work as an intimacy coordinator can be seen in BACON at the Rogue Theatre, in various coming film and television. She has choreographed for several universities including: (USC, Chapman University and UCLB). Joy has led cultural sensitivity and intimacy workshops for CBS Leadership Pipeline Challenge, Celebration Theatre and private groups.
She holds a MFA degree in performance (under the tutelage of William "Bill" Esper, Maggie Flanigan, Loyd Williamson, Lenard Petit and Hal Scott), where she received the Bettenbender Award for Outstanding Performance. Joy's earned her BFA from North Carolina A & T (HBCU).
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Joy lives in Los Angeles with her husband and only daughter Zenzele, who is living her cinematography dreams. When not acting, coaching/teaching actors, facilitating intimate scenes or holistic care, Joy can be found hanging with her family, or chilling at the beach.
