I breath life into words.
WHAT DO THE CRITICS SAY?
"...a luminous Joy DeMichelle sets Aubergine's tone with Diane's opening soliloquy, then returns for the most unexpectedly heart-rendering of codas."
"But no review of this show should fail to mention Joy DeMichelle’s excellent bookending... DeMichelle owns it, and it gives a heartening uplift to a play rooted so deeply in the frightening, awful truth of how sweet life can be."
Joy DeMichelle
SAG / AFTRA /AEA 5’8”
MANAGER: Susanna Griffith Talent (818) 726-1829
THEATRICAL: Avalon Artists Group (323) 692-1700
COMMERCIAL: CESD (310) 475-2111
FILM & TELEVISION
SNOWFALL "Through a Glass Darkly" Guest Star Dir. Alonso Alvarez (FX)
FOR THE PEOPLE “Rahowa” Co-Star Dir. Mark Tinker (ABC)
CRIMINAL MINDS “Restoration” Co-Star Dir. Felix Alcala (CBS)
PARENTHOOD “My Brother’s Wedding” Co- Star Dir. Lawrence Trilling (NBC)
OUTLAW “Kelvin Jones” Co-Star Dir. Tim Hunter (NBC)
AMERICAN GUN Supporting Dir. Aric Avelino (IFC FILMS)
TAKING BACK OUR TOWN Supporting Dir. Sam Pillsbury (Hearst Ent.)
LIE TO ME “Do No Harm” Co-Star Dir. John Behring (FOX)
JUDGING AMY “The Song That Never” Co-Star Dir. James Frawley (CBS)
KING PIN “Pilot” Co-Star Dir. Alan Coulter (NBC)
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER “Bargain” Co-Star Dir. David Grossman (UPN)
STRONG MEDICINE “Control Group” Co-Star Dir. Mike Flash (LIFETIME)
DANCING IN SEPTEMBER Supporting Dir. Reggie R. Bythewood (HBO)
ONE LIFE TO LIVE Co-Star (ABC)
COMMERCIAL
CONFLICTS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST
THEATRE (SELECT LIST)
AUBERGINE Diane South Coast Rep., LA Dir. Lisa Peterson
SWEAT Cynthia(U/S) Mark Taper Forum, LA Dir. Lisa Peterson
RAISIN IN THE SUN Ruth Actors Theatre of Louisville Dir. Israel Hicks
DARKER FACE OF THE EARTH Phebe Fountain Theatre Dir. Tony Haney
BLUES FOR AN ALABAMA SKY Deilia Denver Center Theatre Dir. Israel Hicks
SPIRIT NORTH Leila Denver Center Theatre Dir. Israel Hicks
STONEWALL JACKSON’S HOUSE Tracey(U/S) *American Place Theatre Dir. Wynn Handman
SEVEN GUITARS Ruby Denver Center Theatre Dir. Israel Hicks
HARRIET’S RETURN Harriet Crossroads Theatre Dir. Ricardo Khan
THE PIANO LESSON Grace Crossroads Theatre Dir. Dean Irby
AND THE WORLD LAUGHS Kida Crossroads Theatre Dir. Woodie King
THE WATER HOLE Seynab Actors Theatre of Louisville Dir. Frazier Marsh
*Off-Broadway
READING/BENEFITS
WE SEE YOU SIS Jackie Barbara Morrison Theatre Dir. Kia Skrine
HOMEWARD LA Sinnetti Open Fist Theatre Dir. EMSLA
TRAINING & AFFILIATIONS
Los Angeles: Margie Haber Studio, L. Kenneth Richardson, Bill Duke Bootcamp
MFA Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University | Jack Bettenbender Award
Maggie Flanigan, Bill Esper, Harold Scott, Beth Wickie, Nancy Mayans, Loyd Williamson, Lenard Petit
BFA North Carolina A & T State University | Magna Cum Laude | Irene Ryan Award
Youth Performing Arts High School | NAACP ACT-SO National Gold Medalist
DIALECTS - Transatlantic, R.P. Standard, American Southern, African diaspora
SPECIAL SKILLS - Healing Arts Practitioner: Reiki + Restorative Mindful Movement + Meditation + Urban Zen Integrative Therapy