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Joy Bryant was born on the 18th October 1974, in The Bronx, New York City USA, and is a former fashion model now actress, and is probably best known for her role as Jasmine Trussell in the NBC TV family drama “Parenthood” (2010-2015). Bryant’s career started in 2001.

Have you ever wondered how rich Joy Bryant is, as of late 2016? According to authoritative sources, it has been estimated that Bryant’s net worth is as high as $2 million, an amount earned mostly through her successful acting career. In addition to her acting skills, Bryant also worked as a model with Tommy Hilfiger and Victoria’s Secret, which also improved her wealth.

Joy Bryant Net Worth $2 Million

Joy Bryant grew up in The Bronx, raised by her grandmother. She started dancing at the age of three, and was later part of the elite high school preparatory program called the Fieldston Enrichment Program. Joy later boarded at Westminster School in Connecticut, and then received a scholarship to join Yale University.

Before she made it to the big screen, Bryant had smaller jobs in music videos and commercials, and she also worked as a model with such renowned brands as Ralph Lauren, Tommy Hilfiger, Gap, Victoria’s Secret, and RocaWear. In 2001, Joy made her television debut in Robert Townsend’s TV movie “Carmen: A Hip Hopera”, alongside Mekhi Phifer and Beyoncé Knowles. Later, she had a minor role in “Showtime” (2002) starring Eddie Murphy and Robert De Niro, but was then cast in a bigger part in Denzel Washington’s “Antwone Fisher” (2002). From 2003 to 2004, Joy appeared in three episodes of “ER”, and also had a notable part in Mario Van Peebles’ biography “Baadasssss!” (2003). In 2005, Bryant starred alongside Kate Hudson and Peter Sarsgaard in the horror “The Skeleton Key”, and also in “London” (2005) with Jessica Biel, Chris Evans, and Jason Statham. Her net worth was well established.

By the end of the 2000’s, Joy had a role in Emilio Estevez’s Golden Globe-nominated biography called “Bobby” (2006) starring Anthony Hopkins, Demi Moore, and Sharon Stone. She ended the decade in Richard Shepard’s “The Hunting Party” (2007) with Richard Gere, Terrence Howard, and Jesse Eisenberg, and the Primetime Emmy-nominated thriller “Virtuality” (2009) starring Nikolaj Coster-Waldau. Her net worth was rising steadily.

From 2010 to 2015, Bryant played Jasmine Trussell in 103 episodes of the comedy series called “Parenthood”, and the commercial success of the show helped Joy to increase her net worth significantly. Meantime, in 2012 Bryant appeared in “Hit and Run” with Dax Shepard, Kristen Bell, and Bradley Cooper, and in 2014 she played in “About Last Night” alongside Kevin Hart, Michael Ealy, and Regina Hall. Most recently, Bryant has had continuing roles in such series as “Rosewood” (2015- ) and “Good Girls Revolt” (2015- ). Her net worth is still rising.

Regarding her personal life, Joy Bryant became engaged to the stuntman Dave Pope in 2007, after the pair met on the set of “Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins”, and they married in 2008. Joy has a ranch house in Glendale, California. She is an ambassador for Oxfam’s Sisters on the Planet, the organisation that helps women to fight hunger, poverty, and promote climate change.



Full Name Joy Bryant
Net Worth $2 Million
Date Of Birth October 18, 1974
Place Of Birth The Bronx, New York, USA
Height 5′ 9″ (1.75 m)
Profession Actress
Education Yale University, Ethical Culture Fieldston School, Westminster School
Nationality American
Spouse Dave Pope
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/RealJoyBryant
Twitter https://twitter.com/realjoybryant
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/joybeezy/
IMDB http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0117146/
Allmusic http://www.allmusic.com/artist/joy-bryant-mn0000289031
Awards Young Hollywood Award for Breakthrough Performance – Female
Nominations Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, Critics’ Choice Movie Award for Best Acting Ensemble, NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Movies About Last Night, Get Rich or Die Tryin’, Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins, The Skeleton Key, Antwone Fisher, Baadasssss!, Hit and Run, Three Way, Honey, The Hunting Party, Carmen: A Hip Hopera, Spider-Man 2, Virtuality, Showtime, Bobby, Haven, London, Rhythm City Volume One: Caught Up
TV Shows Parenthood, Rip the Runway, Love Bites
Fact
1 Filmed Get Rich or Die Tryin’ (2005). [November 2005]
2 Sister-in-law of Stephen A. Pope.
3 Attended Westminster School, an independent boarding high school in Simsbury, CT.
4 Engaged to Dave Pope, to be married in Fall 2008.
5 Remains closely attached to “A Better Chance” – the outreach organization that helped her when she was a young girl, living in The Bronx.
6 Mother had her at age 15.
7 Went to Yale University.
8 Former model for Tommy Hilfiger.

Actress

Title Year Status Character
Good Girls Revolt 2015-2016 TV Series Eleanor Holmes Norton
Rosewood 2016 TV Series Dr. Erica Kincaid
The Advocate 2015 TV Movie Dr. Ryan Clarke
Parenthood 2010-2015 TV Series Jasmine Trussell
About Last Night 2014 Debbie
Hit and Run 2012 Neve
Love Bites 2011 TV Series Angie
Virtuality 2009 TV Movie Alice Thibadeau
Entourage 2008 TV Series Joy Bryant
Welcome Home, Roscoe Jenkins 2008 Bianca Kittles
The Hunting Party 2007 Duck’s Girlfriend
Bobby 2006 Patricia
Get Rich or Die Tryin’ 2005 Charlene
London 2005/I Mallory
The Skeleton Key 2005 Jill
Rhythm City Volume One: Caught Up 2005 Video Asia
Haven 2004/I Sheila
Three Way 2004 Rita Caswell
Spider-Man 2 2004 Woman at Web
ER 2003-2004 TV Series Valerie Gallant
Honey 2003 Gina
Baadasssss! 2003 Priscilla
Kite 2002 Short Shane’s Mother
Antwone Fisher 2002 Cheryl Smolley
Showtime 2002 Lexi
Carmen: A Hip Hopera 2001 TV Movie Nikki

Self

Title Year Status Character
Conan 2016 TV Series Herself – Guest
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert 2016 TV Series Herself – Guest
FabLife 2016 TV Series Herself – Guest Co-Hostess
Access Hollywood Live 2016 TV Series Herself
The Real 2015 TV Series Herself
The Queen Latifah Show 2014 TV Series Herself
Made in Hollywood 2014 TV Series Herself
Tavis Smiley 2014 TV Series Herself – Guest
Reel Junkie 2012-2014 TV Series Herself
The Wendy Williams Show 2014 TV Series Herself
The Chew 2014 TV Series Herself
Up Close with Carrie Keagan 2008-2014 TV Series Herself / Herself – Guest
Chelsea Lately 2012 TV Series Herself – Guest
The Conversation 2012 TV Series Herself
The Ballot or the Bullet 2012 Documentary
Sisters on the Planet 2011 Video short Herself
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon 2010 TV Series Herself
Infanity 2010 TV Series documentary Herself
Rip the Runway 2009 TV Movie Herself – Host
5th Annual VH1 Hip Hop Honors 2008 TV Movie Herself
The Rachel Zoe Project 2008 TV Series documentary Herself
13th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards 2007 TV Special Herself
‘London’: Behind the Scenes 2006 Video short Herself
A Portrait of an Artist: The Making of ‘Get Rich or Die Tryin’ 2006 Video documentary short Herself
Film ’72 2006 TV Series Herself
The View 2005 TV Series Herself
Late Night with Conan O’Brien 2005 TV Series Herself
HypaSpace 2005 TV Series documentary Herself
Making of ‘Rhythm City Volume One: Caught Up’ 2005 Video documentary short Herself
The Story Behind Baadasssss!: The Birth of Black Cinema 2004 Video documentary short Herself
Young Hollywood Awards 2003 TV Special documentary Herself
34th NAACP Image Awards 2003 TV Special Herself
HBO First Look 2003 TV Series documentary Herself
The Making of ‘Antwone Fisher’ 2001 TV Short documentary Herself

Won Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie
2006 Hollywood Film Award Hollywood Film Awards Ensemble of the Year Bobby (2006)
2003 Young Hollywood Award Young Hollywood Awards Breakthrough Performance – Female

Nominated Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie
2013 Image Award Image Awards Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Parenthood (2010)
2007 Critics Choice Award Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards Best Acting Ensemble Bobby (2006)
2007 Actor Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Bobby (2006)
2005 Black Reel Black Reel Awards Best Supporting Actress How to Get the Man’s Foot Outta Your Ass (2003)
2003 Black Reel Black Reel Awards Theatrical – Best Supporting Actress Antwone Fisher (2002)

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