Joy Jacobson
Biography
Joy Jacobson received an MFA in Theater from the California Institute of the Arts, where she was immersed in both contemporary and classical works, including Hamlet, Three Sisters, and The Way of the World to name a few. Upon graduating, she worked for several years in regional theater before pursuing her career in television and film. Her recent credits include Instant Family, Roots and Looking for Alaska.
Known For & Full Filmography20 Titles
Drama Series - 2009, 16 episodes • as Woman
The daily mishaps of a married woman and her semi-dysfunctional family and their attempts to survive life in general in the city of Orson, Indiana.
Drama Series - 2017, 16 episodes • as Actress
The early life of child genius Sheldon Cooper, later seen in The Big Bang Theory.
Drama Series - 2013, 16 episodes • as Ms. Galway
Ichabod Crane is resurrected and pulled two and a half centuries through time to unravel a mystery that dates all the way back to the founding fathers.
Drama Series - 2016, 16 episodes • as Woman
Maya DiMeo is a mom on a mission who will do anything for her husband, Jimmy, and kids Ray, Dylan, and JJ, her eldest son with special needs. As Maya fights injustices both real and imagined, the family works to make a new home for themselves and searches for just the right person to give JJ his “voice.”
Drama Series - 2015, 16 episodes • as Irene
Dr. Ken is a brilliant physician with no bedside manner. He is always trying to be a good doctor, as well as a good husband and dad to his two kids. However, these good intentions have a way of driving everyone crazy at both work and at home. Luckily, his therapist wife Allison is just the right partner to keep things sane.
Movie - 2018, 2h 15m • as Dana McCann
When Pete and Ellie decide to start a family, they stumble into the world of foster care adoption. They hope to take in one small child but when they meet three siblings, including a rebellious 15 year old girl, they find themselves speeding from zero to three kids overnight.
Drama Series - 2023, 16 episodes • as Shari
In the 1950s, Elizabeth Zott's dream of being a scientist is challenged by a society that says women belong in the domestic sphere. She accepts a job on a TV cooking show and sets out to teach a nation of overlooked housewives way more than recipes.
Drama Series - 2018, 16 episodes • as Overholt Receptionist
Reporter Camille Preaker confronts the psychological demons from her past when she returns to her hometown to investigate the murders of two young girls.
Drama Series - 2015, 16 episodes • as Wife
The Muppets return to primetime with a contemporary, documentary-style show. For the first time ever, a series will explore the Muppets’ personal lives and relationships, both at home and at work, as well as romances, breakups, achievements, disappointments, wants and desires. This is a more adult Muppet show, for “kids” of all ages.
Drama Series - 2020, 16 episodes • as Nurse
Rooted in the conflict between characters connected to the deity Santa Muerte and others allied with the Devil, this saga explores an exciting mix of the supernatural and the combustible reality of 1938 Los Angeles, a time and place deeply infused with Mexican-American folklore and social tension.
Drama Series - 2019, 16 episodes • as Trina Burger
In the early 1990s, a recently widowed, impoverished Orlando water park employee schemes and cons her way up the ranks of the multi-billion dollar pyramid scheme which ruined her financially in the first place.
Movie - 2015, 2h 15m • as Luke's Nurse
The lives of a young couple intertwine with a much older man as he reflects back on a lost love while he's trapped in an automobile crash.
Drama Series - 2019, 16 episodes • as Judy Halter
Miles enrolls in a new boarding school seeking adventure. There, he befriends a group of quirky students led by the captivating and troubled Alaska. As they pull pranks and explore dark secrets, a night of celebration takes a tragic turn, forcing the group to grapple with loss and the complexities of growing up.
Movie - 2018, 2h 15m • as Brandy Vidler
Jared, the son of a Baptist pastor in a small American town, is outed to his parents at age 19. Jared is faced with an ultimatum: attend a gay conversion therapy program – or be permanently exiled and shunned by his family, friends, and faith.
Drama Series - 2016, 16 episodes • as Charlotte Murray
An adaptation of Alex Haley's "Roots", chronicling the history of an African slave, Kunta Kinte sold to America and his descendants.
Drama Series - 2018, 16 episodes • as Dance Instructor
Emet is the perfect mom, boss, wife, friend and daughter. Okay, she's not perfect. In fact, she's just figuring it out like the rest of us. Sure, she feels bad when she has a sexy dream about someone other than her husband, or when she pretends not to know her kids when they misbehave in public, or when she uses her staff to help solve personal problems. But that's okay, right? Nobody can have it all and do it perfectly.
Drama Series - 2014, 16 episodes • as Dot
One bar. One night. Ten single people. Welcome to Mix, a high-end bar in Manhattan's trendy meatpacking district. Â These are the exploits of singles, five guys and five girls, in search of love - all over the course of one night.
Drama Series - 2018, 16 episodes • as Cat Woman
A brilliant radio journalist, husband, and father of two is about to do something crazy — quit his job and start his own company. He quickly discovers it’s going to be a lot harder than he thought.
Movie - 2019, 2h 15m • as Lorraine
After a mysterious woman saves her daughter from a deadly snakebite, a single mother must repay the debt by killing a stranger before sundown.
Movie - 2020, 2h 15m • as Mother
With grand ideas of leaving the broken city they grew up in, two sisters get roped into using their get rich idea to help their womanizing father save the city he loves from bankruptcy and a three foot tall Mexican Drug Lord.