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Joy McAvoy (born August 1982) is a Scottish actress. She made her acting debut in 2003 by starring in several short indie films and one-off television appearances before making her feature film debut in the 2012 film The Angels' Share.
Personal life
McAvoy was born on 2 August 1982 in Glasgow, to bus-driver-turned-builder James McAvoy Sr. and psychiatric nurse Elizabeth (née Johnstone; who died 2018). She was brought up as a Roman Catholic. Her parents separated when she was four and divorced when she was eight. McAvoy's mother suffered from poor health throughout her childhood. McAvoy is the younger sister of Hollywood actor James McAvoy and has a younger half-brother named Donald. Her brother James confirmed in an interview with The Guardian that both of their parents were deceased.
She attended the Catholic St Thomas Aquinas Secondary School in the Jordanhill.
McAvoy is open about criticising accusations of nepotism as her older brother, James McAvoy, is a Hollywood A-Lister, stating that “People always assume that”. In 2022, she gave birth to her first child, Jamie Clement, her water breaking on the set of Two Doors Down.
Career
After leaving college with a degree in camera work, she decided to become an actress. McAvoy's first major film role was as Estelle in the 2013 black comedy Filth, which she starred in alongside her older brother James.
McAvoy has cited Two Doors Down as being her big break.
Filmography
= Film
== Television
== Video games
=References
External links
Joy McAvoy at IMDb
Joy McAvoy at Rotten Tomatoes
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- James McAvoy
- Split (film)
- Glass (film)
- The Last King of Scotland (film)
- Daftar film Amerika tahun 2008
- Daftar film Amerika tahun 2024
- Golden Globe Awards ke-70
- Film di tahun 2019
- Jessica Chastain
- Film di tahun 2016
- Joy McAvoy
- James McAvoy
- Anya Taylor-Joy
- Filth (film)
- Gerry McAvoy
- Split (2016 American film)
- Two Doors Down (TV series)
- Glass (2019 film)
- J.J. McAvoy
- Ian McDiarmid
