Who Is The Most Famous Joy In The World?
Voting Rules
Vote up all of the Joys you've heard of.
How many celebrities named Joy can you think of? The famous Joys below have many different professions, including notable actors named Joy, famous musicians named Joy, and even athletes named Joy.
Joy Behar is certainly one of the most famous Joys on this list. One of the famous comedians named Joy, she has served as co-host on The View since 1997. She also hosted The Joy Behar Show and Late Night Joy.
Another of the famous people with the first name Joy is Joy Bryant. She is a model turned actress. She is best known for playing Jasmine in Parenthood.
Did we forget one of your favorite famous people named Joy? Just add them to the list!
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Joy Cowley
08/07/1936Cassia Joy Cowley (née Summers; born 7 August 1936) is a New Zealand author best known for her children's fiction, including the popular series of books Mrs. Wishy-Washy.She started out writing novels for adults, and her first book, Nest in a Falling Tree (1967), was adapted for the screen by Roald Dahl. It became the 1971 film The Night Digger. Following its success in the United States, Cowley wrote several other novels, including Man of Straw (1972), Of Men and Angels (1972), The Mandrake Root (1975), and The Growing Season (1979). Typical themes of these works were marital infidelity, mental illness, and death, as experienced within families. Cowley has also published several collections of short stories, including Two of a Kind (1984) and Heart Attack and Other Stories (1985). Today she is best known for children's books, such as The Silent One (1981), which was made into a 1985 film. Others include Bow Down Shadrach (1991) and its sequel, Gladly, Here I Come (1994).She has written forty-one picture books, such as The Duck in the Gun (1969), The Terrible Taniwha of Timberditch (1982), Salmagundi (1985), and The Cheese Trap (1995). The Duck in the Gun and Salmagundi are explicitly anti-war books. She has been actively involved in teaching early reading skills and helping those with reading difficulties, in which capacity she has written approximately 500 basal readers (termed reading books in New Zealand).- Birthplace: Levin, New Zealand
- 2Joy Charity Enriquez (born June 6, 1978) is an American singer and actress who has appeared on the television series 7th Heaven and also starred in films such as Chasing Papi and Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure (voice). Enriquez was also a background singer on the single "When You Believe", a duet by Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey.
- Birthplace: USA, Whittier, California
- 3Joy Fielding (née Tepperman; born March 18, 1945) is a Canadian novelist and actress. She lives in Toronto, Ontario.
- Birthplace: Toronto, Canada
- 4Joy Page was an American actress who appeared in "Bullfighter and the Lady," "The Shrike," and "Casablanca."
- Birthplace: Los Angeles County, California, USA
- 5Joyce Irene Garrett (March 2, 1945 – February 11, 1993) was an American actress and vocalist. She is best known for her role on Days of Our Lives as Jo Johnson #1 between 1987 and 1993. In addition to her work in film and television, Garrett did some stage acting. She performed in three productions at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club during the 1970s. These were Paul Foster's Silver Queen directed by Robert Patrick (1973), The King's Crown and I (1974), and Paul Foster's Silver Queen Saloon directed by Pat Carmichael (1978).Garrett died of liver failure at the age of 47 in 1993.
- Birthplace: Texas, Fort Worth, USA
- 6Joy Bryant, a name that rings bells in the entertainment industry, has carved quite an impressive path through her multifaceted career. Born on October 18, 1974, in The Bronx, New York City, she was raised by her grandmother, who encouraged her to pursue education and extracurricular activities. A proven testament to her hard work and dedication, Bryant scored a full academic scholarship to Yale University. She initially pursued a path in Yale's prestigious pre-med program before embarking on her journey into modeling and acting. Bryant's talent was discovered during her study years when she was signed by Next Models Management. She transitioned from runways to television screens, making her first significant mark in the entertainment industry with MTV's fashion-based series Model Mission. Her exceptional performance caught the attention of director Denzel Washington, which led to her debut role in the feature film Antwone Fisher in 2002. The following years saw Bryant blossoming as an actress, with her most notable role coming in 2006 as Jasmine Trussell in the critically acclaimed TV drama series Parenthood. She also showcased her versatility by venturing into producing, making her debut as a producer in the TV movie Three Way in 2004.
- Birthplace: Bronx, New York, USA
- 7Joy Tanner (born March 7, 1966) is an American-born Canadian actress, who is best known for providing the voice of Candy Kong in the animated television series Donkey Kong Country.
- Birthplace: Rochester, New York, USA
- Joy Kane is singer, teacher, dancer and pianist.
- 9Joy Harjo (born on May 9, 1951, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Mvskoke) is a poet, musician, and author. She is also the first Native American United States Poet Laureate. She is an important figure in the second wave of the literary Native American Renaissance of the late twentieth century. She studied at the Institute of American Indian Arts, completed her undergraduate degree at University of New Mexico in 1976, and earned an M.F.A. at the University of Iowa in its Creative Writing Program. In addition to writing books and other publications, Harjo has taught in numerous United States universities, performed at poetry readings and music events, and released five albums of her original music. Her books include An American Sunrise (2019),Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings (2015), Crazy Brave (2012), and How We Became Human: New and Selected Poems 1975–2002 (2004). She was a recipient of the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize. In 2019, she was elected a Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets.
- Birthplace: Tulsa, Oklahoma
- 10Joy Maureen Denalane (born 11 June 1973) is a German singer-songwriter, known for her mixture of soul, R&B, and African folk music with lyrics in German and English.
- Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
- 11Joy Shelton was an English actress who appeared in "H.M.S. Defiant," "Millions Like Us," and "Once a Sinner."
- Birthplace: London, England, UK
- 12Bette Joy Philbin (née Senese; born February 1, 1941) is an American television personality, and the wife of television personality Regis Philbin.
- Birthplace: New York, New York, USA
- 13Joy De Vivre was one of several singers in the anarcho-punk band Crass. She was one of the two lead singers on the Crass album Penis Envy in 1981. She studied at Colchester Arts School, where she met Andy Palmer.
- 14Joy Nozomi Kogawa, CM, OBC (born June 6, 1935) is a Canadian poet and novelist of Japanese descent.
- Birthplace: Vancouver, Canada
- 15Born Josephine Victoria Occhiuto in 1942, Joy Behar carved out a distinctive path as an American comedian, television host, and actress. Brooklyn-born Behar's humble beginnings saw her working as an English teacher before she made the brave leap into stand-up comedy in the late 70s, a move that would set the stage for her future career in the entertainment industry. Her sharp wit, coupled with her unique perspective on life, quickly gained her recognition in New York's thriving comedy scene. Behar's breakthrough came in the mid-90s when she became one of the original panelists on the ABC daytime talk show The View. Her candid humor and no-holds-barred approach to controversial topics propelled her into the spotlight, earning her a Daytime Emmy Award in 2009. In addition to her work on The View, Behar hosted her own talk shows, including The Joy Behar Show, Joy Behar: Say Anything! and Late Night Joy. Despite her success in television, Behar never abandoned her roots in comedy. Throughout her career, she performed stand-up at various venues across the country. Moreover, she authored several books, blending her comedic style with her insights on politics, society, and life. Her prowess extends to acting as well, with roles in popular TV series such as Baby Boom and Buzz Lightyear of Star Command.
- Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, USA
- 16Joy T. Nilo (born January 11, 1970) is a Filipino composer who specializes in a cappella choral music. Also an orchestrator, his works range from traditional to modern, ethnic to electronic, serious to popular. He is also a pianist, singer, music conductor and educator.
- Birthplace: Oriental Mindoro, Philippines
- 17Joy Elizabeth Williams (born November 14, 1982) is an American singer-songwriter. The winner of four Grammy Awards, Williams has released four solo albums and four EPs since her self-titled debut in 2001. She was half of the Civil Wars duo from 2009 until 2014.
- Birthplace: Mount Hermon, California
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Joy Bauer
11/06/1963Joy L. Bauer, MS, RD, CDN, is the founder of Joy Bauer Nutrition Centers and the nutrition expert on the Today Show. She is also the co-host, with Florence Henderson, of the RLTV show "Good Food, Good Deeds." - 19
Joy Reid
12/08/1968Joy-Ann M. Lomena-Reid (born December 8, 1968), known professionally as Joy Reid, is an American cable television host, MSNBC national correspondent, and political commentator. In 2016, The Hollywood Reporter described her as one of the political pundits "who have been at the forefront of the cable-news conversations this election season." That same year, she wrote a book on the recent history of the Democratic Party, called Fracture: Barack Obama, the Clintons, and the Racial Divide. She hosted the weekly MSNBC morning show AM Joy, and in 2019 published the book, The Man Who Sold America: Trump and the Unraveling of the American Story. On July 9, 2020, MSNBC announced that Reid would host The ReidOut, a new Washington-based weeknight show in the 7 p.m. Eastern time slot vacated in March by Hardball host Chris Matthews' retirement.- Birthplace: New York City, NY
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Joy Barlow
05/18/1923Joy Barlow was an actress.- Birthplace: Minnesota, USA
- 21Joy Lynn Fawcett (née Joy Biefeld; February 8, 1968) is a retired American professional soccer player. She earned 241 caps with the United States women's national soccer team (WNT) and retired from the WNT in 2004 as the highest scoring defender for the U.S. WNT. Fawcett was a founding member of the WUSA and was elected for induction into the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 2009. She was in the movie Soccer Mom as herself.
- Birthplace: Los Angeles, USA, California, Inglewood
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Joy Davidman
04/18/1915Helen Joy Davidman (18 April 1915 – 13 July 1960) was an American poet and writer. Often referred to as a child prodigy, she earned a master's degree from Columbia University in English literature at age twenty in 1935. For her book of poems, Letter to a Comrade, she won the Yale Series of Younger Poets Competition in 1938 and the Russell Loines Award for Poetry in 1939. She was the author of several books, including two novels. While an atheist and after becoming a member of the American Communist Party, she met and married her first husband and father of her two sons, William Lindsay Gresham, in 1942. After a troubled marriage, and following her conversion to Christianity, they divorced and she left America to travel to England with her sons. Davidman published her best known work, Smoke on the Mountain: An Interpretation of the Ten Commandments, in 1954 with a preface by C. S. Lewis. Lewis influenced her work and conversion, and became her second husband after her permanent relocation to England in 1956. She died from metastatic carcinoma involving the bones in 1960. The relationship that developed between Davidman and Lewis has been featured in a television BBC film, a stage play, and a theatrical film named Shadowlands. Lewis published A Grief Observed under a pseudonym in 1961, from notebooks he kept after his wife's death revealing his immense grief and a period of questioning God. Lewis ultimately comes to a place of peace and gratitude for having received and experienced the gift of a true love.- Birthplace: New York City, New York
- 23Joy Lauren (born c. 1989) is an American actress. She is known for playing Danielle Van de Kamp on the ABC comedy-drama series Desperate Housewives.
- Birthplace: Atlanta, Georgia, USA
- Joy Malbon is a Canadian journalist with CTV National News, based in Washington D.C. A veteran of more than 20 years in television, Malbon has covered a variety of major events first hand including the death of Princess Diana, the second Palestinian Intifada, the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Kosovo War, the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, Hurricane Katrina, the Rodney King verdict, Canada’s Westray mining disaster, the debate over the Meech Lake Accord and the sex-slaying trial of Paul Bernardo. As a political correspondent in Ottawa, Malbon covered landmark decisions at the Supreme Court of Canada and followed the rise of Stephen Harper and the Conservative Party of Canada. Over the years she’s been Bureau Chief for CTV in London, Halifax and Winnipeg, and has been posted to Toronto and Jerusalem. Malbon is married to Paul Hunter, a correspondent for CBC Television in Washington.
- 25Joy Uche Angela Ogwu (born August 22, 1946) is a former Foreign Minister of Nigeria and a former Permanent Representative of Nigeria to the United Nations in New York 2008-2017. She is the first woman to hold the post of Permanent Representative, to the United Nations in the history of Nigeria. Prior to her ministerial career, Ogwu, who is from Delta State, served as Director–General of the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA). Ogwu has advised the United Nations on disarmament issues and has published books promoting more African ties to Latin America. She is the former Chair of the Board of Trustees of the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR). She was appointed Foreign Minister by Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo on August 30, 2006. In 2008, Ogwu became the Permanent Representative of Nigeria to the UN in New York. Ogwu was the President of the UN Security Council in July 2010 and in October 2011. She was the former President of the Executive Board of the UN Women Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. Ogwu obtained her BA and MA in Political Science from Rutgers University. She later received her Ph.D. from the University of Lagos in Nigeria. While obtaining her Ph.D. in 1977, she joined the Institute of International Affairs at the University of Lagos. Ogwu started her career as an assistant lecturer, at the Nigerian National War College and the National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS). She subsequently joined the NIIA as a lecturer, obtaining a research fellowship during which she authored her first book, Nigerian Foreign Policy: Alternative Futures (Macmillan, 1986). She eventually headed the research department in International Politics, leading on to her role as the first female Director General. Professor Ogwu's career has been distinct in its additional focus on the developing countries of Latin America, enabling an investigation into the possibilities of a proficient South-South relationship between Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America. In this capacity she held a visiting fellowship at the University of London's Institute of Latin American Studies and has been published extensively in Portuguese, Spanish, French and Croatian. As an expert on security issues, she serves on the United Nations Secretary General's Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters. As a woman in a foremost position in her distinguished career specialization, Ogwu has become a voice for women's development and human rights. In this subject, her perspective spans Asia Pacific, Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa with prolific publications on regional aspects of the subject. Her participation in the government under the auspices of NIIA and the Presidential Advisory Council on International Relations enabled positive contribution, to practical government policy such as the construct of the Nigeria-South America relationship, on a macro level and the United Nations Educational Social and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) funded program for teaching human rights in Nigerian Schools on a micro level. Furthermore, her continual role on the Nigerian National Delegation to UN General Assembly exhibits her contribution as an influential figure in the formation of Nigeria's relationship with the rest of the world.
- 26Joy Westmore (née Grisold) (born in 1932, in Australia is an Australian actress, of radio, theatre and television, she best known to international television viewers for her long-running role in Prisoner - as friendly but highly ineffectual bespectacled officer Joyce Barry Pringle - in which she won a Penguin Award. She made her debut in the television movie The Sentimental Bloke, and then played Joyce in Prisoner. Initially a recurring cast member throughout the first five years of the show, the part of Officer Barry was developed into a major character in 1984, and continued until the series' finale in 1986. After Prisoner, she played Mrs. Blanche White in an Australian TV game show version of Cluedo, and had two brief roles in Neighbours - as Mrs. Forster in 1991; and as Dee Bliss' grandmother, Nancy Bliss, in 2003. Joy has since played various small roles in one-off and long-running dramas - Waiting at the Royal, Fergus McPhail, and Blue Heelers - and is an Australian media personality and speaker. She was married to Brian William Westmore, in 1960 and had 4 children
- Birthplace: Australia
- 27Joy Michelle Moore is an actress.
- Birthplace: New York City, USA, New York
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Joy Lynn White
07/24/1961Joy Lynn White is an American country music singer-songwriter. White was born in Arkansas but raised in Mishawaka, Indiana. Signed to Columbia Records in 1992, she released her debut album Between Midnight & Hindsight that same year. In 1993, she was nominated for Top New Female Vocalist at the Academy of Country Music Awards, but lost to Michelle Wright. A critical favorite, reviewer Alanna Nash once described White as "a fiery redhead with a wild-and-wounded delivery and an attitude that says she’s not to be ignored." The Dixie Chicks covered both "Cold Day in July" from White's first album and "Tonight the Heartache's on Me" from her Wild Love album.- Birthplace: Arkansas
- Joy Fernandes is an actor.
- Peter O'Grady, better known as Joy Orbison, Is an English electronic musician. His style is a coalescence of house, dubstep, UK funky, UK garage and oldschool jungle. O'Grady achieved underground success with his debut single "Hyph Mngo", released via Hotflush Recordings in October 2009. He is also known for his collaborations with Boddika.
- Joy Ishii is Assistant Professor of Finance in the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University.
- 32Friederike Victoria "Joy" Adamson (née Gessner, 20 January 1910 – 3 January 1980) was a naturalist, artist and author. Her book, Born Free, describes her experiences raising a lion cub named Elsa. Born Free was printed in several languages, and made into an Academy Award-winning movie of the same name. In 1977, she was awarded the Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art.
- Birthplace: Czech Republic, Opava
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Joy Bright Hancock
05/04/1898Joy Bright Hancock (4 May 1898 – 20 August 1986), a veteran of both the First and Second World Wars, was one of the first women officers of the United States Navy.- Birthplace: Wildwood, New Jersey
- 34Joy Giovanni (born January 20, 1978) is an American actress, glamour model, retired professional wrestler, and former professional wrestling valet. She is best known for her time with World Wrestling Entertainment, where she worked on its SmackDown! brand. She was the first and only winner of the promotion's Rookie Diva of the Year award.
- Birthplace: Boston, USA, Massachusetts
