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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. [citation needed] Career.
Joie Lee is a Brooklyn-born performer who has appeared in films by her brother Spike Lee, such as Do the Right Thing and Crooklyn. She has also written and produced several projects, including the TV series She's Gotta Have It and the short film Snapped.
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Joie Susannah Lee is an American actress, film producer and screenplay writer. She is known for her roles in her brother Spike Lee’s movies like ‘She’s Gotta Have It,’ ‘School Daze,’ ‘Do the Right Thing,’ among others.
Joie Lee is an actress and writer, born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1962. She is the sister of Spike Lee and the cousin of Malcolm D. Lee. She has appeared in films such as Summer of Sam, Coffee and Cigarettes, and Do the Right Thing.
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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 L...
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, 1...
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.
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.
Books:
Contemporary Authors Online,Thomson Gale, 2007. Contemporary Black Biography,Volume 1, Gale, 1992.
Joie Lee is an actress and producer who has appeared in several films by her brother Spike Lee, such as She's Gotta Have It and Mo' Better Blues. She is also known for her roles in A Kiss before Dying and The Best Man.
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Sep 24, 2020 · In the midst of Lee’s stylized world of macho jazzmen were his sister Joie, in her first major role, and newcomer Williams. One of the film’s most consequential moments occurs when both women...
Joie Lee is an American actress, writer, producer and director, known for her roles in Spike Lee's films. She has also appeared in TV shows like Rectify and Farewell Amor, and directed Vitapoise and an untitled project.
