Lee, Joie 1962- (Joie Susannah Lee, Joy Lee)

PERSONAL

First name pronounced "Jwah"; original name, Joy Lee; born June 22, 1962, in Brooklyn, NY; daughter of William "Bill" James Edwards (a jazz bassist, composer, and actor) and Jacquelyn (a teacher of arts and black literature; maiden name, Shelton) Lee; sister of Spike Lee (an actor, producer, director, and writer), Cinque Lee (an actor), and David Lee (a photographer). Education: Attended Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY, for two years.

Addresses:

Agent—Don Buchwald and Associates, 6500 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 2200, Los Angeles, CA 90048.

Career:

Actress. Child Hoods Productions, cofounder, 1992. Member of faculty at New School, School of Visual Arts, and Black Nexxus; Actors Studio, member.

Member:

Actors' Equity Association.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

Clorinda Bradford, She's Gotta Have It, Island, 1986.

Lizzie Life, School Daze, Columbia, 1988.

First customer, Coffee and Cigarettes II (short film; also known as Coffee and Cigarettes: Memphis Version), 1988.

Jade, Do the Right Thing, Universal, 1989.

Athena, Bail Jumper, Angelika, 1990.

Indigo Downes, Mo' Better Blues, Universal, 1990.

(As Joy Lee) Cathy, A Kiss Before Dying, Universal, 1991.

Lois, Fathers and Sons, Pacific Pictures, 1992.

(As Joie Susannah Lee) Aunt Maxine, Crooklyn, Universal, 1994.

(As Joie Susannah Lee) Marie, Losing Isaiah, Paramount, 1995.

(As Joie Susannah Lee) Switchboard operator, Girl 6, Fox Searchlight Pictures, 1996.

Jindal, Get on the Bus, Columbia, 1996.

Joie, Nowhere Fast, 1997.

(As Joie Susannah Lee) Poet woman, Personals (also known as Hook'd Up), Unapix Entertainment, 1998.

"Bed Stuy" woman interviewee, Summer of Sam, Buena Vista, 1999.

Good twin, "Twins," Coffee and Cigarettes, United Artists, 2003.

Gloria Reid, She Hate Me, Sony Pictures Classics, 2004.

Annie, Full Grown Men, 2006.

Also appeared in What Goes Around Comes Around (short).

Film Work:

Associate producer, Crooklyn, Universal, 1994.

Producer, Nowhere Fast, 1997.

(As Joie Susannah Lee) Director and producer, Snapped (short), 2000.

Executive producer, "Jesus Children of America" (short), All the Invisible Children (also known as Les enfants invisibles), 2005.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

"The Lost Weekend," The Cosby Show, NBC, 1989.

Angela Balding, "Zero Tolerance," 100 Centre Street, Arts and Entertainment, 2002.

Prison nurse, "Rotten," Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (also known as Law & Order: SVU and Special Victims Unit), 2003.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Making "Do the Right Thing," 1989.

The 19th Annual Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame, syndicated, 1992.

Television Work; Movies:

Coach for Zelda Harris, Clover, 1997.

Stage Appearances:

Zora Neale Hurston and Teets, Mulebone, Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York City, 1991.

(As Joie Susannah Lee) The Hologram Theory, Off-Broadway production, 2000.

RECORDINGS

Music Videos:

Appeared in the Neville Brothers' "Sister Rosa."

WRITINGS

Screenplays:

(With Cinque Lee and Spike Lee) Crooklyn, Universal, 1994.

Snapped (short), 2000.

"Jesus Children of America" (short), All the Invisible Children (also known as Les enfants invisibles), 2005.

Television Movies:

Wrote (with Spike Lee) Flight 770 (short), BBC.

Television Pilots:

Cowrote Accidentally on Purpose, Nickelodeon.

OTHER SOURCES

Books:

Contemporary Authors Online, Thomson Gale, 2007.

Contemporary Black Biography, Volume 1, Gale, 1992.