Acting

Joy Kilpatrick, an Omicron Delta Kappa recipient, earned her BFA from the University of Miami Theatre Conservatory Program before continuing her acting studies with a year-long internship with the Burt Reynold’s Institute for Theatre Training and the acclaimed National Theatre in London. Joy has had the honor to work as a professional actress in Stage, TV, and Film with such stars as Ian McKellen, Larry David, Reba McEntire, Kimberly Williams, Tom Arnold, Claudia Schiffer, John Corbett, John Neville, Burt Reynolds, Charles Nelson Reilly, and Dom DeLuise.  Her most memorable film role was playing Patrick Stewart’s daughter in the film, Safe House and Madonna, in the TV Series B.L. Stryker. Star Trek® enthusiasts will know Joy as a guest  ‘Kling On’ in Star Trek: Voyager.  Those who are Curb Your Enthusiasm fans will also have seen her in that Golden Globe Award-winning series.  Most recently, Joy was cast in the TV Pilot, Badwater, as Keven Kilner’s wife.

On the stage front, Joy is a Carbonell Award winner for her role of Helena in The Mystery Of Edwin Drood. A few of her other favorite roles have been Olivia in Twelfth Night, Mrs. Kendall in Elephant Man, Helen in Trojan Women, Nickie in Sweet Charity, Joanne in Godspell, and May in Sam Shepard’s Fool For Love . A company member of Merely Players, Joy has played Donna in Mamma Mia, Mrs. Hubbard in Murder On The Orient Express; for which she won a BWW Award for Best Supporting Performer In A Play, and most recently Joan in Small Mouth Sounds.

Below Is Joy’s Partial Acting Resume