Joie Lee
Joie Susannah Lee is an American actress, film producer, and screenwriter.
Joie Lee
- Name
- Joie Lee
- Occupation
- * Actress
- Full name
- Joie Susannah Lee.
- Born
- 1962 · New York City.
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
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Key facts
• Name — Joie Lee • Occupation — * Actress • film producer • screenwriter • Years Active — 1986–present • Father — Bill Lee • Relatives — * Spike Lee (brother) • David Lee (brother) • Cinqué Lee (brother) • Malcolm D. Lee (cousin)
Early years
Early years
Lee is the daughter of William James Edward Lee III, a jazz musician, bassist, actor and composer.
Career
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). A movie without her brother's involvement she appears in is A Kiss Before Dying (1991).
Actor
Actor
• 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 • 2020 — Farewell Amor — Nzingha • Year — TV series — Role — Notes • 2016 — Rectify — Bonnie — 1 Episode • 2017–19 — She's Gotta Have It — Septima Darling — TV series: 11 Episodes Also Writer • 2019 — Broad City — Toy Harris — 1 Episode • 2023 — Harlem — Deborah — TV series: 2 Episodes (season 2)
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Director
• 2022 Untitled (short) • 2023 Vitapoise (short)
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- 1.Emily St. Martin. Bill Lee, jazz bassist and father of filmmaker Spike Lee, dies at 94. Los Angeles Times. 2023-05-24.
- 2.Joie Lee. The New York Times. 2009.
- 3.MCFARLAND, MELANIE. "She's Gotta Have It": Sexy, funny and right on time. salon.com. 2017-11-23.
- 4.Todd McCarthy. Lee Gets Personal in 'Crooklyn'. variety.com. 1994-05-09.
- 5.Shorts by Joie Lee and Crooklyn. moma.org.
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