"I'm grateful for every opportunity to create behavior"
- Joy DeMichelle
WHAT DO THE CRITICS SAY?
"...brings grace and dramatic ease..." - (LA Times)
"...perfect example of how an actor can be both stylized and emotionally connected at the same time." - (Variety)
”…breaks hearts with her vulnerability…a wrenching depth of emotion.”- (Courier Journal)
"...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
AMERICAN GUN Supporting Dir. Aric Avelino (IFC FILMS)
TAKING BACK OUR TOWN Supporting Dir. Sam Pillsbury (Hearst Ent.)
DANCING IN SEPTEMBER Supporting Dir. Reggie R. Bythewood (HBO)
POSITIVE BUY Supporting Dir. Hanley Valentin
STATE OF GRACE Lead Dir. Ron Mayes
TELEVISION
I THINK YOU SHOULD LEAVE "Del Frisco's" Guest Star Dir. Alice Mathias (NETFLIX)
SNOWFALL "Through a Glass Darkly" Guest Star Dir. Alonso Alvarez (FX)
THE L WORD "Lobster's, Too" Co-Star Dir. Sarah Pia Anderson (SHOWTIME)
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)
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)
ONE LIFE TO LIVE Co-Star (ABC)
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 IrbAND 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
THE REHEARSAL Risa Braman Garcia. BGB Studio LA, CA
MASTER CLASS L. Kenneth Richardson. Mark Taper Forum LA, CA
HOLLYWOOD BOOT CAMP Bill Duke Bootcamp Bill Duke LA, CA
MFA Rutgers University: Mason Gross School of the Arts New Jersey
*Maggie Flanigan, Bill Esper, Harold Scott, Nancy Mayans, Loyd Williamson
*Jack Bettenbender Award for Outstanding Performance
BFA North Carolina A & T State University North Carolina
*Magna Cum Laude | 2x Irene Ryan Award Nominee
Youth Performing Arts High School *NAACP ACT-SO National Gold Medalist Louisville, KY
DIALECTS - Transatlantic, R.P. Standard, American Southern, African diaspora
SPECIAL SKILLS - Podcast Co-Host: Live at The Lortel Podcast; Founder, ACTING WITH JOY: holistic approach to deep creative expression; Practitioner: Reiki, Urban Zen Integrative Therapy