Biography
Joy Behar is an American comedian, television host and actress. She was born Josephine Victoria Occhiuto on 7 October 1942 in Brooklyn, New York City. She holds a BA in sociology from Queens College and an MA in English education from Stony Brook University.
Behar has co-hosted the ABC talk show The View since its launch in 1997. She won a Daytime Emmy Award in 2009 for her work on the programme. She has also hosted The Joy Behar Show on HLN (2009–2011) and other talk shows.
Her acting credits include appearances in Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993), Hall Pass (2011) and Fahrenheit 11/9 (2018), as well as voice work in Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012). She has made guest appearances as herself in series such as 30 Rock and Hacks.
