After graduating from Principia College in three years with a degree in Creative Writing and Studio Art, Joy Osmanski began a career as a graphic designer. After a year in Boston, she married her college sweetheart, and the two relocated to San Francisco. After seeing a notice for auditions for a local production of “Our Town,” she auditioned for the play and was cast in the lead role.

Osmanski received her MFA from UC FOX Shows 24 American Dad American Idol AMW Arrested Development Bernie Mac Billboard Music Awards Bones Cops Family Guy FOXCAST FOXNOW Free Ride Hell's Kitchen House King of the Hill The Late Night Fox Show The Loop MADtv Malcolm in the Middle Nanny 911 The OC Prison Break Quahog Informant Renovate My Family Skating with Celebrities The Simpsons So You Think You Can Dance Stacked That '70s Show Trading Spouses The War at Home Joy Osmanski Darcy As a baby, Osmanski was flown halfway around the world to meet her adoptive parents, and as a child growing up in Olympia, WA, she loved writing plays but never thought about being in them. After graduating from Principia College in three years with a degree in Creative Writing and Studio Art, Osmanski began a career as a graphic designer. After a year in Boston, she married her college sweetheart, and the two relocated to San Francisco. After seeing a notice for auditions for a local production of “Our Town,” she auditioned for the play and was cast in the lead role.

Osmanski received her MFA from UC San Diego. Her professional theatre experience includes the San Jose Repertory productions of The Matchmaker, Major Barbara, and Red Ladder, and Be Aggressive.

After relocation to Los Angeles, Osmanski worked steadily in theater, television, and film, booking commercials and independent films.