Joy Sunday

About

Joy Sunday (born 1996 or 1997) is a Nigerian-American actress. She has performed in television, notably in Wednesday and Dear White People. In film, she is known for side roles in Bad Hair, Shithouse, and Dog. As of its March 2026 premiere, she starred in the HBO limited series DTF St. Louis, for which she received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie.

Sunday was born in Staten Island, New York, to Nigerian parents. Her mother worked as a nurse’s assistant and her father was a social worker.
Sunday is a graduate of Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School in New York City, where she studied theatre. Sunday states that her time at LaGuardia was difficult, as “conservatories aren’t always kind to Black and Brown actors [or] to poor actors.” She chose to pursue filmmaking instead and enrolled at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. There she studied at the USC School of Cinematic Arts and earned a degree in critical studies.
Outside of academia, she worked as a filmmaker with Tribeca Film Institute on the side, working on several shorts.

Sunday made her television…