Joy Wielkens is from Amsterdam, the Netherlands. She trained at the Amsterdam University of the Arts and at the Chubbuck Studio in Los Angeles.
Joy Wielkens recently starred as Persephone in Hadestown in London.
Joy’s theatre credits also include Macbeth (as Lady Macbeth) at TG Suburbia; Hadestown (as Persephone in the original Dutch cast) at Royal Theatre Carré; Beneatha’s Place on Netherlands tour; A Raisin in the Sun for Well Made Productions; The Mountaintop on Netherlands tour; The Story of Travis at Rotterdam Theatre; A Play for the Living in a Time of Extinction at Holland Festival; Billie! on Netherlands tour; Random for Double Agent Productions; Dear Winnie at Royal Flemish Theatre; The Buddy Holly Story (Dutch Musical Award nomination) for Albert Verlinde Entertainment; Falsettos at De La Mar Theatre; and The Lion King in Hamburg, Germany.
Joy Wielkens’s TV credits include Anne +, Dertigers, Sphinx, Flikken Maastricht, Van Speijk, Modern Love Amsterdam, Rampvlucht, CMC and Zwarte Tulp.
Joy’s film credits include Sonny Boy, Toscaanse bruiloft, Dertigers: de Kerstfilm, Onder de blote hemel and De Marathon. Joy Wielkens won the Willem Wilmink Award 2025.
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