---
name: "Joy Richardson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/joy-richardson"
fi1m_id: "joy-richardson"
imdb_id: "nm0724634"
tmdb_id: 1561306
roles: ["Actor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 80
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-07T19:00:24.967876+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Joy Richardson

## Identity

Joy Richardson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/joy-richardson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** joy-richardson
- **IMDb ID:** nm0724634
- **TMDB ID:** 1561306
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0724634/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1561306

Actor. Born in Guyana.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Active:** 2006–present
- **Average Fi1m score:** 80, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 85 (1), 2010s 76 (1), 2020s 80 (1)
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 2 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 2, Action 1, Science Fiction 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 3 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $71m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0724634/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1561306

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Mrs Wilson*](https://film.one/tv/mrs-wilson.md) (76)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Joy Richardson is a British actress. She played Olive in the 2018 BBC miniseries *Mrs Wilson* and has appeared in films including *Children of Men* (2006) as Joy and *The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry* (2023) as Sister Philomena. Her television credits also include *Small Axe* (2020) as Mrs Logan, *The Long Song* (2018) as Miss Rose, and *DC's Legends of Tomorrow* (2016–2018) as Amaya's Ancestor.

Richardson has performed in stage productions at Shakespeare’s Globe, including *The Winter's Tale* (2017). She is the mother of actress Maisie Richardson-Sellers. She is also an artist and writer.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, youtube.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Sitting in Limbo* (2020), Fi1m 80, as Afia — [page](https://film.one/film/sitting-in-limbo.md)
- *Mrs Wilson* (2018), Fi1m 76, as Olive — [page](https://film.one/tv/mrs-wilson.md)
- *Children of Men* (2006), Fi1m 85, as Joy — [page](https://film.one/film/children-of-men.md)

## Complete filmography (16)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry* (2023), as Sister Philomena
- *Chivalry* (2022), series, as Michelle
- *Sister Boniface Mysteries* (2022), series, as Morgana Braithwaite
- *Sunday's Child* (2021), Actor
- *Small Axe* (2020), series, as Mrs. Logan — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/small-axe.md)
- *Sitting in Limbo* (2020), as Afia — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/sitting-in-limbo.md)
- *McDonald & Dodds* (2020), series, as Janet Blake
- *Mrs Wilson* (2018), series, as Olive — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/mrs-wilson.md)
- *Press* (2018), series, as Mary Kingsley
- *DC's Legends of Tomorrow* (2016), series, as Amaya's Ancestor
- *Death in Paradise* (2011), series, as Brianna Clemetson
- *Foster Babies* (2007), as Mother Janice
- *Children of Men* (2006), as Joy — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/children-of-men.md)
- *Bambino Mio* (1994), as Angela
- *Ballet Black* (1986), as Dancer / Ballet Sketches
- *Theatre Night* (1985), series, as Alice

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