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Joy is a 2015 American biographical comedy-drama film written and directed by David O. Russell and starring Jennifer Lawrence as Joy Mangano, a self-made millionaire who created her own business empire. Joy received a theatrical release on December 25, 2015, by 20th Century Fox.
Joy: Directed by David O. Russell. With Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, Bradley Cooper, Edgar Ramírez. Joy is the story of the title character, who rose to become founder and matriarch of a powerful family business dynasty.
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- Biography, Drama
- David O. Russell
- 2015-12-25
In 1989, Joy Mangano (Jennifer Lawrence) is a divorced mother of two, working as a booking clerk for Eastern Airlines. She lives with her two young children, her mother, Terri (Virginia Madsen), her grandmother, Mimi (Diane Ladd), and her ex-husband, Tony (Édgar Ramírez), in Quogue New York.
Dec 27, 2015 · According to Russell, Elisabeth Röhm’s Peggy, a jealous half-sister to Lawrence’s Joy, is completely fictional. Joy’s mother, played by Virginia Madsen and living in a world of little more ...
- Eliza Berman
May 16, 2023 · Is 2015's "Joy," starring Jennifer Lawrence as a struggling single mother who invents a self-wringing mop, based on a real person? How accurate is the film?
- Samantha Bambino
Mar 31, 2016 · David O. Russell's 2015 film Joy stars Jennifer Lawrence as Joy Mangano, a self-made millionaire entrepreneur who invented the Miracle Mop and went on to become a fixture on the Home Shopping...
Dec 25, 2015 · Joy is a 2015 biographical comedy-drama starring Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, and Édgar Ramírez. Its story centers around the exploits of Joy Mangano, a struggling airline booking agent with a complicated family life.
