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Joy Bryant is an American actress, businesswoman and former fashion model best known as Jasmine Trussell on the NBC family drama Parenthood, a role she played across all six seasons from 2010 to 2015. Discovered by a Next Model Management scout while studying at Yale, she appeared in Seventeen magazine and modeled in Paris, fronting campaigns for Ralph Lauren, Tommy Hilfiger, Gap, Victoria's Secret and Rocawear and signing a multi-year CoverGirl contract in 2006. She made her screen debut in Carmen: A Hip Hopera (2001) and broke through when Denzel Washington cast her as a Navy sailor in his drama Antwone Fisher (2002). A recurring role on ER followed, along with films including Spider-Man 2 (2004), the horror thriller The Skeleton Key (2005), Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2005) and the historical drama Bobby (2006). She hosted her own action talk show, Across the Board with Joy Bryant, from 2012 to 2014, and later guest-starred on Girls (2017) and Ballers (2018). Bryant has earned two NAACP Image Award nominations and a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination. She brings elegance, warmth and a career that bridges fashion and Hollywood to every appearance.