Joy Bryant
Biography
Joy Bryant is an American actress who began her career as a fashion model before moving into film in 2001. Born in the Bronx, she was studying at Yale when a model scout signed her, and she went on to appear in advertisements for Ralph Lauren, Tommy Hilfiger and Victoria's Secret. Her screen debut came in Carmen: A Hip Hopera (2001), and Denzel Washington cast her in his directorial debut, Antwone Fisher (2002), the film that brought her breakthrough. She followed it with Showtime (2002), Honey (2003), The Skeleton Key and Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2005) and Bobby (2006), and played Jasmine Trussell throughout the six seasons of the NBC drama Parenthood. Later credits include About Last Night (2014) and guest roles on Girls and Ballers. She has received two NAACP Image Award nominations and one Screen Actors Guild Award nomination.
52years old
Turns 53 on October 18in 365 days
- Born New York City
- Star sign: LibraThe sign runs September 23 to October 22
Movie Career
- Films
- 15
- Career span
- 13 years2001 to 2014
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A change of course
Joy Bryant was discovered by a Next Model Management scout while she was a student at Yale, and was picked for Seventeen magazine's "Back to School" issue soon after.
First role
In 2001, Joy Bryant got her start as an actor in Robert Townsend's Carmen: A Hip Hopera. She appeared as a close friend of Carmen, sharing scenes with Beyoncé and Mekhi Phifer.
Big break
After a small part in the action comedy Showtime (2002), Bryant landed her big breakthrough in Antwone Fisher (2002), the directorial debut of Denzel Washington.
Early training
Bryant was a gifted student who won a scholarship to Yale University. She spent two years studying there, then left school to start a modeling career.
Behind the camera
Bryant started her own web series in 2012, Across the Board with Joy Bryant, where she interviewed celebrity guests. On the action talk show, she and her guests took part in activities including go-karting, climbing and pottery.
Behind the camera
Deadline reported on January 13, 2021 that Bryant started a production company called Hot Sauce with producer Samantha Taylor Pickett, signing a three-year deal at Sony Pictures.
Joy Bryant movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Five actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Box office
What Joy Bryant's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$412 million
9 of the 15 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 15 films: 9 worldwide figure; 3 us gross only; 2 never in cinemas; 1 figure not found.
- 9Worldwide figure
- 3US gross only
- 2Never in cinemas
- 1Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$94M22.8% of the total
- 2$78M18.9% of the total
- 3$63M15.2% of the total
- 4$49M11.9% of the total
- 5$46M11.3% of the total
- 6$44M10.6% of the total
- 7$23M5.7% of the total
- 8$14M3.5% of the total
$365,248from the other 1 film with a worldwide figure, 0% of the total