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{{Short description|American screenwriter, producer, actress}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2024}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Joie Lee
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| birth_name = Joie<!-- SusannahValid citation required for full name for BLP. (WP:BLPPRIVACY) --> Lee
| othername =
| birth_date = {{Birth<!-- Valid citation required for date andof birth for BLP. (WP:BLPPRIVACY) --> age|1962|6|22}}
| birth_place = [[Brooklyn]], [[New York (state)|New York]], U.S.
| death_date =
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| spouse =
| father = [[Bill Lee (musician)|Bill Lee]]
| relatives = {{Plainlist|
* [[Spike Lee]] (brother)<br>[[Cinqué
* Lee]] (brother)<br>[[David Lee (still photographer)|David Lee]] (brother)<br>
* [[Malcolm D.Cinqué Lee]] (cousinbrother)
* [[Malcolm D. Lee]] (cousin)
}}
}}
 
'''Joie Susannah Lee''' ({{IPAc-en|ʒ|w|ɑː}}; born June 22, 1962) is an American screenwriteractress, film producer, and actressscreenwriter.
 
==Early years==
Lee was born in Brooklyn, New York,is the daughter of Jacqueline ([[married and maiden names|''née'']] Shelton), a teacher of arts and black literature, and [[Bill Lee (musician)|William James Edward Lee III]], a jazz musician, bassist, actor and composer.<ref>{{Citationcite neededweb |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2023-05-24/bill-lee-dead-spike-lee-father |title=Bill Lee, jazz bassist and father of filmmaker Spike Lee, dies at 94 |author=Emily St. Martin |website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=June 20212023-05-24 |access-date=2024-07-21}}</ref>
 
== Career ==
She has appeared in many of the films directed by her brother, [[Spike Lee]], including ''[[She's Gotta Have It]]'' (1986), ''[[School Daze]]'' (1988), ''[[Do the Right Thing]]'' (1989), and ''[[Mo' Better Blues]]'' (1990). She also co-wrote and produced the film ''[[Crooklyn]]'' (1994).<ref name="NYT">{{cite web|date=2009|title=Joie Lee|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/person/41425/Joie-Lee|url-status=dead|work=[[The New York Times]]|publisher=[[Baseline (database)|Baseline]] & [[All Movie Guide]]|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091123071914/https://movies.nytimes.com/person/41425/Joie-Lee|archivedate=November 23, 2009|department=Movies & TV Dept.}}</ref> Another movie she appears in is ''[[A Kiss Before Dying (1991 film)|A Kiss Before Dying]]'' (1991).
 
===Acting rolesActor===
{| class="wikitable" style="white-space:nowrap"
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| 1986
| ''[[She's Gotta Have It]]''
| Clorinda Bradford<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.salon.com/2017/11/23/shes-gotta-have-it-sexy-funny-and-right-on-time/ |title="She's Gotta Have It": Sexy, funny and right on time |first=MELANIE |last=MCFARLAND |website=salon.com |date= 2017-11-23 |access-date=2024-07-21}}</ref>
| Clorinda Bradford
|
|-
| 1988
| ''[[School Daze]]''
| Jigaboo Lizzie Life
|
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| 1994
| ''[[Crooklyn]]''
| Aunt Maxine<ref>{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/1994/film/reviews/lee-gets-personal-in-crooklyn-1200437284/ |title=Lee Gets Personal in 'Crooklyn' |author=Todd McCarthy |website=variety.com |date= 1994-05-09 |access-date=2024-07-21}}</ref>
| Aunt Maxine
| UncreditedCredited, in opening actor credits, as Joie Susannah Lee.<br>Not credited in closing credits cast scroll.<br>Also Associate Producer/Writer
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1995
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| Nurse Colquitt
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|- ▼
| 2020
|''[[Farewell Amor]]''
| Nzingha
|▼
|-
|}
 
{| class="wikitable" style="white-space:nowrap"
|-
! Year
! TV series
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 2016
| ''[[Rectify]]''
| Bonnie
| TV Series: 1 Episode
|-
| 2017–19
| 2017-19
| ''[[She's Gotta Have It (TV series)|She's Gotta Have It]]''
| Septima Darling
| TV Seriesseries: 11 Episodes<br>Also Writer
|-
| 2019
| ''[[Broad City]]''
| Toy Harris
| TV Series: 1 Episode
|-
| 20202023
| ''[[FarewellHarlem Amor(TV series)|''Harlem]]''
| NzinghaDeborah
| TV series: 2 Episodes ''(season 2)''
▲|
▲|-
|}
 
===Director===
* 2022 ''Untitled'' (short)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.moma.org/calendar/events/8726 |title=Shorts by Joie Lee and Crooklyn |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=moma.org |access-date=2024-07-21}}</ref>
* 2023 ''Vitapoise'' (short)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.moma.org/calendar/events/8726 |title=Shorts by Joie Lee and Crooklyn |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=moma.org |access-date=2024-07-21}}</ref>
 
==References==
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[[Category:African-American actresses]]
[[Category:African-American film producers]]
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[[Category:American television actresses]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Brooklyn]]
[[Category:Lee family (show business)]]
[[Category:American women screenwriters]]
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[[Category:21st-century African-American people]]
[[Category:21st-century African-American women]]
[[Category:20th-century African-American people]]
[[Category:20th-century African-American women]]
[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]
[[Category:African-American women writers]]
[[Category:African-American women screenwriters]]
 
 
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