Amanda Joy | |
|---|---|
 Joy in 2014 | |
| Education | Cardinal Carter Academy for the Arts |
| Alma mater | Ryerson University (now Toronto Metropolitan University) |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, comedian, screenwriter, producer |
| Years active | 2001–present |
| Notable work | Mo on Second Jen , Kanako in Devil's Mile |
Amanda Joy is a Canadian actress, screenwriter, comedian, satirist, and producer. She is best known for co-creating and starring in the Omni Television original series Second Jen .
Joy studied vocal music at Cardinal Carter Academy for the Arts, before pursuing Contemporary Studies at Ryerson University (now Toronto Metropolitan University). [1] Joy's mother is Filipina, [2] [3] and her father is of Chinese descent. [4] Joy starred in her first short film as a child in 2001, under the name Amanda Joy Lim. [5]
While originally training for a career in musical theatre (and later film), a high school teacher encouraged her to pursue screenwriting. [1]
Joy achieved recognition in 2016 when her sitcom, Second Jen, premiered on City. [2] Joy has professed her desire to combat the invisibility and misrepresentation of Filipinos in western media. [2] She has also been outspoken about the need for more diversity on TV, telling interviewers that she would "like to stop seeing [diversity] as an intentional choice," adding that she wants "kids growing up now to see people who look like them onscreen." [6]
She was featured by FLARE as one of five Canadian "rabble rousers," telling the magazine she believes "many [women of colour] are leaders despite forces that see [them] as unworthy, as threats, as less than—as other." [7]
Joy writes for the online satirical news site, The Beaverton , covering topics including: Hollywood whitewashing, [8] online dating, [9] and sexism in journalism. [10]
In 2017, Joy was nominated for a Writers Guild of Canada Award for Second Jen's pilot script "Couch Surfing." [11] In 2019, she was nominated for a Canadian Screen Award for the second season of Second Jen, [12] and for Best Comedy Script at the Writers Guild of Canada Awards for the Second Jen episode "Like a Girl." [13] In 2022 she won a Writers Guild of Canada award for Amelia Parker/The Parker Andersons. [14] Joy has also received a shared Canadian Screen Award nomination for Son of a Critch. [15]
Joy credits Radio Free Vestibule as her earliest comic influence. [16]
Joy's hobbies include weight-lifting, [6] and playing video games. [17] She is a supporter of the Toronto Blue Jays. [18] [19]
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