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Joy Shatz

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Joy Shatz
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Netflix and SyFy audiences know Joy Shatz as the sweet, well-intentioned young mom in the wacky single-cam comedy Happy. PopHorror called her "a rising star" for her leading role performance as a wide-eyed but determined investigator in the cult-film trilogy Hell House, LLC.

A born and raised New Yorker, Joy began her career at ten years old, singing and dancing in Times Square as part of the kids chorus in Broadway on Broadway. Leaving her street-performances behind her, she went on to study at the Atlantic Theater Company Conservatory as well as training in improv and sketch comedy at Upright Citizens Brigade.

Never one to sit and wait for opportunities, she wrote, directed, produced and played 13 different characters when she stepped behind the camera and created Wild Woman, a mockumentary comedy film.

An official selection at nine film festivals, Wild Woman went on to garner her multiple awards: Williamsburg International Film Festival awarded her Outstanding Achievement in Filmmaking while both the Long Island International Film Expo and the Long Beach International Film Festival recognized her for her work in acting categories.

Austin Revolution Film Festival named her "Actress of the Year '' and Long Island's Scared for Your LIIFE Film Festival recognized her as "Best Actress" for her dramatic work in Karen. Joy played the emotionally unstable title role in this thriller loosely based on real-life events.

She went on to play a sheltered, bookish young woman who gets a very rude awakening in the film The Improviser. Helmed by the same creative team, she was recognized by the Austin Revolution Film Festival as "Best U.S. Actress."

Joy will always be an actress first, but she continues to love writing screenplays and has won Hollywood International Moving Pictures Film Festival's Achievement in Screenwriting as well as the Austin Revolution Film Festival's Screenwriter of the Year (clearly she's got some fans in Austin... next stop SXSW?).
BornAugust 21
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      • 9 wins & 7 nominations total

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    Known for

    The Improviser (2022)
    The Improviser
    7.8
    • Sara
    • 2022
    Christopher Meloni and Patton Oswalt in Happy! (2017)
    Happy!
    8.1
    TV Series
    • Jean
    Karen (2019)
    Karen
    Short
    • Karen
    • 2019
    Hell House LLC II: The Abaddon Hotel (2018)
    Hell House LLC II: The Abaddon Hotel
    5.4
    • Molly Reynolds
    • 2018

    Credits

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    Actress



    • Son of Houdini
      • Rachel (rumored)
      • In Production



    • The Improviser (2022)
      The Improviser
      7.8
      • Sara
      • 2022
    • Predatory
      Short
      • Mia Baron
      • 2021
    • Chip Rybak and Joy Shatz in Hotline (2020)
      Hotline
      Short
      • Molly
      • 2020
    • Hell House LLC III: Lake of Fire (2019)
      Hell House LLC III: Lake of Fire
      5.1
      • Molly
      • 2019
    • Karen (2019)
      Karen
      Short
      • Karen
      • 2019
    • Rich Boy, Rich Girl (2018)
      Rich Boy, Rich Girl
      4.5
      • Katie
      • 2018
    • Hell House LLC II: The Abaddon Hotel (2018)
      Hell House LLC II: The Abaddon Hotel
      5.4
      • Molly Reynolds
      • 2018
    • Christopher Meloni and Patton Oswalt in Happy! (2017)
      Happy!
      8.1
      TV Series
      • Jean
      • 2017
    • Natalie Knepp in Sam (2017)
      Sam
      5.2
      • Crying Woman 1
      • 2017
    • Travis Landry in The Nightrunner (2016)
      The Nightrunner
      9.8
      Short
      • Angeline
      • 2016
    • Belqui Ortiz, Jennifer Weedon, Jennifer Enskat, Emily Bach, Bianca Jamotte LeRoux, and Charlë Webb in Real Mommy Confessions (2015)
      Real Mommy Confessions
      TV Series
      • Friend
      • Mom
      • 2016
    • In Sickness (2020) (2015)
      In Sickness (2020)
      7.6
      • Michelle
      • 2015
    • The Steaktacular RibEye (2015)
      The Steaktacular RibEye
      Short
      • Vice Admiral Mabel Syrup
      • 2015
    • Joy Shatz in Wild Woman (2014)
      Wild Woman
      Short
      • All Roles
      • 2014
    • Doc Squad (2014)
      Doc Squad
      7.0
      TV Series
      • Hyper G.
      • 2014

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    • Fair Market Value (2019)
      Fair Market Value
      3.9
      • associate producer
      • 2019
    • In Sickness (2020) (2015)
      In Sickness (2020)
      7.6
      • producer
      • 2015
    • Joy Shatz in Wild Woman (2014)
      Wild Woman
      Short
      • producer
      • 2014

    Writer



    • Joy Shatz in Wild Woman (2014)
      Wild Woman
      Short
      • writer
      • 2014

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      • 5′ 6″ (1.68 m)
    • Born
      • August 21
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      Joy is a graduate of the Atlantic Theater Company Conservatory.

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