Joy Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Plot

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Plot

Tells the remarkable true story behind the ground-breaking birth of Louise Joy Brown in 1978, the world’s first ‘test-tube- baby’, and the tireless 10-year journey to make it possible. Told through the perspective of Jean Purdy, a young nurse and embryologist, who joined forces with scientist Robert Edwards and surgeon Patrick Steptoe to unlock the puzzle of infertility by pioneering in vitro fertilisation (IVF).

Drama

Top Cast

The lead cast starring in Joy.

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  Thomasin McKenzie

  Eileen, Jojo Rabbit

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  James Norton

  Ex-Husbands, Rogue Agent

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  Bill Nighy

  The Wild Robot, About Time

Crew Behind the Film

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Director

Ben Taylor

Screenwriters

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Production Details

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Production Updates for Joy

Mar 2024

Completed

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