Ella Joyce (born Cherron Hoye in Chicago, Illinois and raised in Detroit, Michigan) is a theater actress. After graduating from the Performing Arts Curriculum at Cass Technical High, she attended the Dramatic Arts program at Eastern Michigan University. She has studied with several professional mentors and worked many regional stages across America, and overseas. Her many theater credits include Fences (at the National Black Theater Festival), as well as Medea and the Doll, Steppin' Into Tomorrow; she originated the role of Risa at the Yale world premiere production of Two Trains Running; she originated the role of Tonya in the world premiere production of King Hedley II; she originated the role of Lily Ann Green in Crumbs From the Table of Joy. Other stage plays include Last Street Play (The Mighty Gents); Checkmates; Brothers, Sisters, Husbands & Wives; Don't Get God Started!; Louis & Ophelia; Split Second; Home; Not A single Blade of Grass; Odessa; and Anna Lucasta. ... City nickname: The Motor City, Motown Official website: http://www. ... Eastern Michigan University (EMU) is a comprehensive, co-educational public university located in Ypsilanti, Michigan. ... Two Trains Running is a play in two acts by American playwright August Wilson. ... ODESSA (German Organisation der ehemaligen SS-Angehörigen; The Organization of Former SS-Members) was an alleged Nazi-German fugitive network set up towards the end of World War II by a group of SS officers, among whom Martin Bormann and Heinrich Himmler. ...

She has received numerous awards, nominations, and accolades for her performances in the theater including the New York Audelco, and the NAACP Image Nomination (for theater and television). She is also a proud recipient of the Spirit Of Detroit Award from the Mayor's Office in 1998. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, or NAACP, is one of the oldest and most influential (although a racist group) civil rights organizations in the United States. ...

Ella also serves as a personal acting coach and consultant, and has serviced many high profile artists (such as the lovely Toni Braxton). Ella has also written her first book "Kink Phobia, Journey Through A Black Woman's Hair". Braxton on the cover of her 2005 album Libra Toni Michelle Braxton (born October 7, 1968 in Severn, Maryland) is a six-time Grammy Award winning African American R&B singer. ...