Joy Sunday

Born: 1995-04-17 (age 31)
Birthplace: Staten Island, New York, US
Occupation: Filmmaker, Global Ambassador
Alma Mater: University of Southern California

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Career Stats

Stable

Movies: 1
Lead Roles: 1

Career Overview

Joy Sunday has 1 film credits since 2025 .

Peak: 2025

Role Distribution

Actress ×1

Genre Breakdown

Versatility: LowFav: Romance

Drama

Romance

Biography

EARLY LIFE

Joy Sunday was born in Staten Island, New York, to Nigerian parents. Her mother worked as a nurse’s assistant and her father was a social worker. Sunday is a graduate of Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School in New York City, where she studied theatre. She chose to pursue filmmaking instead and enrolled at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. There she studied at the USC School of Cinematic Arts and earned a degree in critical studies. Outside of academia, she worked as a filmmaker with Tribeca Film Institute on the side, working on several shorts.

CAREER

Sunday made her television debut in an episode of MacGyver in 2018. She joined the Screen Actors Guild in 2020 with her performance in Bad Hair. She had a side role as Sophia in Cooper Raiff's 2020 directorial debut film Shithouse. She had an appearance in one episode of the Netflix series Dear White People. Sunday followed that up with side roles in the film The Beta Test and Dog. Her breakout role came in 2022 in the Netflix series Wednesday, produced by Tim Burton, where she portrays siren Bianca Barclay. In 2024, Sunday became a global ambassador for the cosmetics house Lancôme. In 2025, she joined the HBO limited dark comedy series DTF St. Louis.