Hélène Joy

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Hélène Joy, 2012

Hélène Joy (born October 21, 1978 in Perth ) is a Canadian - Australian actress .

Life

Joy was born in Perth and raised in Australia. She began acting at Kewdale Senior High School and then toured Europe with a youth theater company. She majored in theater for a year at Curtin University before she was accepted into the Western Australia Academy of Performing Arts in Perth, where she graduated with a degree in performance. She won the Academy’s Leslie Anderson Award for Best Actress. She starred in theater and small film and television productions in Australia for a number of years before moving to Vancouver , Canada in 2000 .

theatre

Joy began her theater career in Australia in the 1990s. She played regularly in Sydney ensembles for the Bell Shakespeare Company and the Melbourne Theater Company . In Canada, she made her theatrical debut in 2012 with a role in Andrew Bovell's Speaking in Tongues at The Company Theater in Toronto.

Film acting

In Australia, Joy had minor roles in television series such as Snowy River: The McGregor Saga (1996), Water Rats - Die Hafencops (1996-97), Big Sky (1997) and Stingers (1999). After moving to Canada, roles in productions such as First Wave - Die Prophezeiung (2000), Outer Limits - The Unknown Dimension (2001), The Chris Isaak Show (2002) and The Twilight Zone (2002) followed. In 2003 she got the lead role of Judy Surgick in the short-lived television sitcom An American in Canada on CBC . For this role, she and her team were nominated for the 2003 Gemini Award in the category “Best Ensemble Performance in a Comedy Series”.

She starred in several supporting roles in Toronto , such as after moving to Toronto, she played a supporting role in The Murdoch Mysteries: Under the Dragon's Tail (2004), before finally moving to Toronto. This is followed by roles in Canadian television series such as This Is Wonderland (2005-06) and ReGenesis (2006). Between 2007 and 2010 she played in Durham County - In the intoxication of violence and in 2008 as a doc in the primetime soap opera MVP: The Secret Lives of Hockey Wives .

At Christmas 2007 she starred in the fantasy musical film The Secret of the Nutcracker with Brian Cox for the broadcaster CBC. In 2008 she had a role in An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving with Jacqueline Bisset on Hallmark . She has guest roles in Heartland - Paradise for Horses , Rookie Blue (2011), Republic of Doyle - Use for Two (2012) and The LA Complex (2012), among others .

Although she played a different character in Under the Dragon's Tail , the third television movie about William Murdoch and his unique style of detective work, the book's author, Maureen Jennings , was so impressed with Joy's acting skills that she convinced the show's producers, Joy for the role of “Dr. Julia Ogden ”. As a result, Joy has played this role in Murdoch Mysteries since 2008.

Voice acting

In some productions she had roles as voice actress. She voiced "Gabi" and "Polly" in the Australian-Canadian cartoon series Yolky in The Eggs (2004), Faireez (2005), The Secret World of Og (2006), Pearlie (2009), and Detentionaire (2012) .

Filmography

Movie

  • 1997: The Beneficiary - Court Metrage - Miss Desaree
  • 2005: Desolation Sound - Laurel Elliott
  • 2011: At the Bottom of the Hill - Court Metrage - Alice
  • 2016: Sadie's Last Days on Earth - Hope Mitchell

watch TV

  • 1996: Snowy River
  • 1996: GP
  • 1997: Water Rats - Die Hafencops - Episodes: The Shaft - Lucy White
  • 1997: Water Rats - Die Hafencops - Episodes: Sex Games - Gina Downie
  • 1997: Big Sky - Episodes: Simple Twist of Fate - Kate Vernon
  • 1997: Fable - Shelley
  • 1998: Never Tell Me Never - Nancy
  • 1998: Blue Heelers - Episodes: Little Monsters - Marina Armstrong
  • 1999: Stingers - Episodes: Lunatic Fringe: Part 1 & 2 - Anna De Groot
  • 2000: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde - Mary Riley
  • 2000: First Wave Episodes: Comes a Horseman - Doctor Victoria Kelly
  • 2001: Outer Limits - The Unknown Dimension - Episodes: In the Blood - Doctor Louisa Kennedy
  • 2001: Night Visions - Episodes: Hate Puppet - Linda
  • 2002: The Chris Isaak Show - Episodes: The Hidden Mommy - Doctor Darcy
  • 2002: Twilight Zone - Episodes: Mr. Motivation - Linda
  • 2003: Andromeda - Episodes: Vault of the Heavens - Alien Queen
  • 2002–2003: An American in Canada - Judy Surgick
  • 2004: Puppets Who Kill - Episodes: Dan and the Necrophiliac - Hazel
  • 2004: Murdoch Mysteries - Episodes: Under the Dragon's Tail - Maud Pedlow
  • 2005: The Collector - Episodes: The Ripper - Constance
  • 2005: Murder in the Hamptons - Grace
  • 2005: Beautiful People - Episodes: Dark, Room, Chemicals - Miss Patel
  • 2005-2006: This Is Wonderland - Erica Taft - Episodes 3.12 (2006) - Episodes 3.2 (2005)
  • 2006: ReGenesis - Audrey Graves
  • 2007: The Secret of the Nutcracker - Mama
  • 2008: MVP - Doc
  • 2008: An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving - Mary Bassett
  • Since 2008: Murdoch Mysteries - Doctor Julia Ogden
  • 2009: Pearlie - Opal
  • 2007-2010: Durham County - Audrey Sweeney
  • 2010: The Being Frank Show - Episodes 1.2
  • 2010: Heartland - Episodes: A Heartland Christmas - Joanna Hawke
  • 2011: Rookie Blue - Episodes: God's Good Grace - Giselle Armstrong
  • 2011: Detentionaire - VP Victoria
  • 2011: Stay with Me
  • 2012: The LA Complex - Episodes: Other Side of the Door - Connor's mother
  • 2012: Republic of Doyle - Episodes: Rusted Steele - Tamara
  • 2013: Murdoch Mysteries: Nightmare on Queen Street - Doctor Julia Ogden
  • 2014–2015: Heartland - Horse Paradise - Joanna Hawke

Nominations and Awards

In 2006, Joy was nominated for a Gemini Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama or Miniseries in Murdoch Mysteries: Under the Dragon's Tail . She was also nominated for "Best Guest Role in a Drama Production" in ReGenesis . In 2011 and 2012 she was nominated for an award for “Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series” for her role in Murdoch Mysteries at the Festival de Télévision de Monte-Carlo . In 2014, 2017 and 2018 she was nominated for the Canadian Screen Award for "Best Leading Role" in the series Murdoch Mysteries .

She won the Leslie Anderson Award for Best Actress at the Western Australia Academy of Performing Arts . In 2005 she won a Leo Award for "Best Actress Leading Role in a Feature-Length Drama" for her role in Desolation Sound . For her role in Durham County , she won the Gemini Award for "Best Acting in a Continuing Dramatic Leading Role".

Web links

Commons : Hélène Joy  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Pam Brown: Canada wins Aussie Joy ( Memento of May 18, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), June 29, 2011.
  2. ↑ a b c d e f Hélène Joy. In: The Canadian Encyclopedia . Accessed August 31, 2020 .
  3. ↑ a b Joy Biography. In: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation . Accessed August 31, 2020 .
  4. ^ Greg Quill: Hélène Joy: Successful - and ignored. In: Toronto Star . January 10, 2009, accessed August 31, 2020 .
  5. ↑ a b c Helene Joy CV In: garygoddardagency.com. Accessed August 31, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Whether it's "Murdoch Mysteries" ... In: zoiksonline.com. Accessed August 31, 2020 .
  7. ^ Gemini Awards 2006. In: awardsandwinners.com. Accessed August 31, 2020 .
  8. ^ Leo Awards 2005. In: leoawards.com. Accessed August 31, 2020 .
  9. ^ Gemini Awards 2008. In: awardsandwinners.com. Accessed August 31, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Joy, Hélène
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian-Australian actress
DATE OF BIRTH October 21, 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH Perth