Joy
The filmmakers of the British drama , Joy , were task to ascertain a dramatis personae of talented actor to help in animate the events of one of the big aesculapian breakthroughs in chronicle . Directed by Ben Taylor , Joyfollows a surgeon , Patrick Steptoe , and a scientist , Robert Edwards , who team together with embryologist nurse Jean Purdy to work on solving the aesculapian puzzle of infertility . The triad pioneer the breakthrough of in vitro fertilization , which finally conduce to the birth of the macrocosm ’s first IVF baby , born in 1978 .
Joyportraysthe decision and loyalty that the three have in term of their research , and helping woman who are struggle with prolificacy . Butas demonstrate in theJoymovie trailer , it also masterfully displays the media scrutiny , spiritual outrage and public scorn they were pull to tolerate in the cognitive process . critic onRotten Tomatoeshave described the movie as a triumphant representation of one of the most successful scientific discovery in world and its gifted cast reflects on this .
The Cast ofJoy
Actor
theatrical role
Bill Nighy
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Patrick Steptoe
James Norton
Robert Edwards
Joy (2024) is a film directed by Ben Taylor, focusing on the challenges faced by a nurse, a scientist, and a surgeon as they confront societal and institutional resistance in their pioneering effort to achieve the world’s first test tube baby, Louise Joy Brown.
Thomasin McKenzie
Jean Purdy
Joanna Scanlon
Gladys May
Charlie Murphy
Trisha
Tanya Moodie
Muriel
Ella Bruccoleri
Lesley Brown
Rish Shah
Arun
Bill Nighy as Patrick Steptoe
Date of Birth: December 12, 1949
Actor : Nighy is a British level and screen actor . Starting his calling on stage in the 1960s , he received national acclaim for his performance in maneuver , includingPravdaandBlue / Orange , for which he won a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor . Nighy transition to screen acting in the 1980s , receive worldwide recognition for his roles as Billy Mack inLove Actually(2003),Davy Jones in thePirates of the Caribbeanfranchise , and James Lake inAbout Time . Nighy has also lent his voice to animate picture show , appear as Whitey inFlushed Awayand Mewtwo inDetective Pikachu . For his role as Rodney Williams inLiving , Nighy received his first Oscar nomination for Best Actor in 2022 .
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2003
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Rufus Scrimgeour
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Howard Clifford / Mewtwo
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Lawrence
Character : Bill Nighy play the role of Patrick Steptoe , an English sawbones and obstetrician inJoy . The movie shows how Steptoe was go up by a scientist , Robert Edwards , to assist in developing in vitro fecundation . As render in the flick , Steptoe is shown as skeptical towards the idea propose by Edwards , as he is aware that the experimentation has the voltage to induce media scrutiny . disregarding of the examination , Steptoe remained committed to the experiment and , he , Edwards and Jean Purdy , mould together to establish IVF , which avail billion of women . For his work , Steptoe was subsequently award the Golden Plate Award in 1979 , and was appoint a Commander of the British Empire ( CBE ) in 1988 .
James Norton as Robert Edwards
Date of Birth: July 18, 1985
player : James Norton set out his pic vocation with a small part in the 2009 movieAn Education . He rose to extrusion for his work in many BBC television receiver serial publication , includingHappy Valley , where he play a convict malefactor , Tommy Lee Royce , andThe Trial of Christine Keeler , where he play an creative person , Stephen Ward . For his execution inHappy Valley , Norton received a BAFTA nomination for Best Supporting Actor in 2015 . He appeared as part ofthe mold of Greta Gerwig ’s acclaim adaptation ofLittle Women , and portray book manufacturer , Christopher Blackwell in the 2023 biopicBob Marley : One Love .
2014
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Christopher Blackwell
fibre : James Norton portrays physiologist Robert Edwards inJoy . As depicted in the picture show , Edwards was an ambitious Cambridge scientist and biologist , who was determined to make his scientific idea into reality . He key his ideas as " making the impossible possible " and remains committed to prove his work , despite the scrutiny he and his colleagues present from the media and the public . As depicted , Edwards ' work proved successful in assisting many women who struggled to conceive . Edwards was one of the father of the Bourn Hall Clinic , where specialist were trained , and was knighted in 2011 for his contribution to science .
Thomasin McKenzie as Jean Purdy
Date of Birth: July 26, 2000
Actor : Thomasin McKenzie is a New Zealand actress who began her life history with a function inThe Hobbit : Battle of the Five Armies . She is well known for her office as Tom inLeave No Trace , Elsa Korr inJojo Rabbitand 16 - year - old Maddox Cappa inOld . She voiced the character of MIST in season 2 ofPantheon . Among other accolades , McKenzie pull ahead the Best Breakthrough execution from the National Board of Review for her performance inLeave No Trace , which is consideredone of Thomasin McKenzie ’s estimable film . She lately starred in the title theatrical role of the 2023 movieEileen .
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Character : Thomasin McKenzie plays the role of Jean Purdy inJoy . As depict in the movie , Purdy works as a nursemaid and present herself to Robert Edwards , require to work with him in his studies of infertility and IVF . Edwards accept Purdy as part of his workplace and the two work together to enrol Steptoe for the experimentation . Purdy carries out her body of work while also caring for her ill mother , who , in the movie , is shown not to be supportive towards the thought of IVF . Purdy became the first person to describe the dividing of cell that made the first IVF sister and later co - institute the Bourn Hall Clinic with Steptoe and Edwards .
Joy Supporting Cast & Characters
Joanna Scanlon as Gladys May -Jean Purdy ’s mother , who expresses her disapproval towards her girl ’s workplace in work out to develop IVF , which causes a strain in their relationship . Scanlon has appeared in movies includingGirl With a Pearl Earring , The inconspicuous Woman , andBridget Jones ' Baby . Her TV credits includeThe Thick of ItandGetting On . Scanlon starred in the 2020 movieAfter Lovefor which she won the BAFTA for Best Actress .
Charlie Murphy as Trisha- a member of a group of women who take part in the IVF political program . Murphy ’s acting credits include the RTE drama seriesLove / Hateand the BBC dramaHappy Valley . She has made appearances in movies , includingPhilomenaandTo Walk Invisible . Between 2017 and 2019 , she starred inPeaky Blindersas Jesse Eden and appeared in the Netflix miniseriesObsession .
Tanya Moodie as Muriel -a matron who function in the operating field of operations with Patrick Steptoe in Oldham . Moodie started her playing vocation in 1994 in the British sitcomSo Haunt Me , and has since made numerous guest appearances in television receiver shows , includingSherlock , Absentia , andMotherhood , for which she receive the Breakthrough Award from the Royal Television Society Programme Awards . Moodie made her film debut in the 2019 sci - fi moving picture , Star war : The Rise of Skywalkeras General Bellava Parnadee .
Ella Bruccoleri as Lesley Brown- a affected role who undergoes IVF discourse and give birth to the first IVF baby , Louise Brown . Between 2018 and 2022 , Bruccoleri played the character of Sister Frances in the BBC play , Call the Midwife . She has made appearances in several TV series , includingBridgertonandLudwig .
Rish Shah as Arun -a colleague of Jean Purdy , with whom she enjoys a romanticism inJoy . Starting his career in theater , Shah made guest appearance in British soap opera such asCasualtyandEmmerdale , before make his motion picture introduction inTo All The Boys : Always and Forever . He joinedthe Marvel Cinematic Universe as Kamran inMs . Marveland has also look as Russ in the Netflix movieDo Revenge .
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Joy ( 2024 ) is a film aim by Ben Taylor , focusing on the challenges faced by a nurse , a scientist , and a sawbones as they confront societal and institutional ohmic resistance in their pioneering effort to achieve the worldly concern ’s first test tube sister , Louise Joy Brown .
