Rachel Joie
- Actress
- Producer
- Executive
Rachel Joie was born in South Korea to American parents teaching
English. She grew up in Alabama where her first vocal performance was
at age three in front of a church of more than 100 people.
Her first acting role, at age five, was as the Tortoise in "The Tortoise and the Hare" in a class production. She turned down the role of the Hare to be the Tortoise.
In middle school she earned her first check through a fiction short story competition.
The youngest of four children in an academically-oriented family, she followed in the footsteps of her two older brothers and older sister and placed in math team and science fairs, but was also a cheerleader and dance student.
Due to a high school summer learning how to make pottery with relatives in Oklahoma, Joie had planned to be a visual artist. In the summer at Princeton, as she walked across campus, a student director asked her to be in a short film. A friend also passed her a copy of Story by Robert McKee, which was her first introduction to screenwriting.
Desiring life experience, Joie began to answer Craigslist ads for employment and housing and moved around the country, as well as an international stint, getting jobs such as decorating Christmas trees and teaching English in Taiwan to Kindergardeners. She finally settled in Los Angeles to work in development, which rekindled a passion for writing.
Her first acting role, at age five, was as the Tortoise in "The Tortoise and the Hare" in a class production. She turned down the role of the Hare to be the Tortoise.
In middle school she earned her first check through a fiction short story competition.
The youngest of four children in an academically-oriented family, she followed in the footsteps of her two older brothers and older sister and placed in math team and science fairs, but was also a cheerleader and dance student.
Due to a high school summer learning how to make pottery with relatives in Oklahoma, Joie had planned to be a visual artist. In the summer at Princeton, as she walked across campus, a student director asked her to be in a short film. A friend also passed her a copy of Story by Robert McKee, which was her first introduction to screenwriting.
Desiring life experience, Joie began to answer Craigslist ads for employment and housing and moved around the country, as well as an international stint, getting jobs such as decorating Christmas trees and teaching English in Taiwan to Kindergardeners. She finally settled in Los Angeles to work in development, which rekindled a passion for writing.