Joie Lee

Joie Lee
Born	Joie Susannah Lee Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Occupations	Actress film producer screenwriter
Years active	1986–present
Father	Bill Lee
Relatives	Spike Lee (brother) Cinqué Lee (brother) David Lee (brother) Malcolm D. Lee (cousin)

Joie Susannah Lee (/ʒwɑː/) is an American screenwriter, film producer and actress.

Early years

Lee was born in Brooklyn, New York, the daughter of Jacqueline (née Shelton), a teacher of arts and black literature, and William James Edward Lee III, a jazz musician, bassist, actor and composer.

Career

She has appeared in many of the films directed by her brother, Spike Lee, including She's Gotta Have It (1986), School Daze (1988), Do the Right Thing (1989), and Mo' Better Blues (1990). She also co-wrote and produced the film Crooklyn (1994). Another movie she appears in is A Kiss Before Dying (1991).

Acting roles

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1986	She's Gotta Have It	Clorinda Bradford
1988	School Daze	Lizzie Life
1989	Do the Right Thing	Jade
1990	Mo' Better Blues	Indigo Downes
	Bail Jumper	Athena
1991	A Kiss Before Dying	Cathy	Credited as Joy Lee
1992	Fathers & Sons	Lois
1994	Crooklyn	Aunt Maxine	Credited, in opening actor credits, as Joie Susannah Lee. Not credited in closing credits cast scroll. Also Associate Producer/Writer
1995	Nowhere Fast	Joie
	Losing Isaiah	Marie
1996	Girl 6	Switchboard Operator
	Get on the Bus	Jindal
1999	Personals	Poet Woman
	Summer of Sam	Bed Stuy Woman Interviewed
2003	Coffee and Cigarettes	Good Twin	Segment: Twins
2004	She Hate Me	Gloria Reid
2006	Full Grown Men	Annie
2007	Starting Out in the Evening	Second Author
2010	Window on Your Present	Cloakey's Girlfriend
2014	Da Sweet Blood of Jesus	Nurse Colquitt
2016	Rectify	Bonnie	TV series: 1 Episode
2017-19	She's Gotta Have It	Septima Darling	TV series: 11 Episodes Also Writer
2019	Broad City	Toy Harris	TV series: 1 Episode
2020	Farewell Amor	Nzingha
2023	Harlem	Deborah	TV series: 2 Episodes (season 2)

External links

• Joie Lee at IMDb