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Joy Sunday
Acting · Born 1995-04-17 · Staten Island, New York, USA
Biography
Joy Sunday is an Nigerian-American actress. She has performed in television notably in Dear White People and Wednesday. In film, she is known for side roles in Bad Hair, Shithouse, and Dog. Sunday was born in Staten Island, New York to a Nigerian family. She studied theater in high school at Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School in New York City, before going to study at USC School of Cinematic Arts in Los Angeles and graduating with a degree in critical studies. Outside of academia, she worked as a filmmaker with Tribeca Film Institute on the side, working on several shorts.
Known for
Wednesday
Bianca Barclay
MacGyver
Abina
Good Trouble
Janella
Hot Ones Versus
Self
DTF St. Louis
Jodie Plumb
Carol's Second Act
Macy
Dog
Dr. Gray
Clarissa
Comfort
Limelight
Didienne
Shithouse
Sophia
Filmography
- 2026ClarissaComfort
- 2026DTF St. LouisJodie Plumb
- 2024Under the InfluencerRachel
- 2024Hot Ones VersusSelf
- 2022WednesdayBianca Barclay
- 2022DogDr. Gray
- 2021The Beta TestCelia
- 2021Eyimofe (This Is My Desire)Tolu
- 2020LimelightDidienne
- 2020ShithouseSophia
- 2019Carol's Second ActMacy
- 2019Good TroubleJanella
- 2016Down the WormholeUnit Production Manager
- 2016MacGyverAbina
- —You'll Never See It ComingAnna
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