Ella Joyce (born Cherron Hoye; June 12, 1954) is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Eleanor Emerson on the FOX sitcom Roc, Sarah in Tyler Perry's Temptation, Earlene in Our Family Wedding, Betty Webb in Selma, Lord, Selma, Detective Waller in Set It Off, and McCabe in Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot. She also had a recurring role as Jasmine on the sitcom My Wife & Kids. 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 recipient of the Spirit Of Detroit Award from the Mayor's Office in 1998. ​Some info from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Filmography

• Poppa's House — Felicia
• 2022All The Men In My Life — Jackie Helms
• 2022Catfish Christmas — Helen
• Haus of Vicious — Carolyn
• 2022Holiday Hideaway — Rose
• 2021Never and Again — Mrs. Donna
• 2019Heavenly Deposit — Nurse Williams
• 2018Resolution Song — Edith
• 2016Hollywont
• 2016Nina — Clifton's Mom
• 2015Lucky Girl — Melanie Jackson
• 2014Second Chance Christmas — Bessie
• Belle's — Gladys Crawford
• 2013Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor — Sarah
• 2012California Solo — Carol
• 2012City Teacher — Anita Sawyer
• 2011Hopelessly in June — Mrs. Myers
• 2010Our Family Wedding — Earlene
• 2010Preacher's Kid — Sister Watkins
• 2008A Simple Promise — Mary
• 2007Uncle P — Bertha Miller
• 2006Forbidden Fruits — Minister's wife
• 2006Lost Signal — Nancy Caulderbank
• 2006Who Made the Potatoe Salad? — Mrs. Jenkins
• Grey's Anatomy — Robin Hill
• Eve — Mama Pearl
• 2002Bubba Ho-tep — The Nurse
• 2002What About Your Friends: Weekend Get-Away — Juanita
• My Wife and Kids
• 2001Stranger Inside — Doodle Alderidge
• 2001The Old Settler — Waitress
• 2000Clockin' Green — Sonya Brignone
• 1999Frozen Hot — Attorney Ross, Producer
• 1999Her Married Lover — Dr. Solomon
• 1999Selma, Lord, Selma — Betty Webb
• Dangerous Minds — Judge
• Sabrina, the Teenage Witch — Mrs. Bogzigian
• 1996Set It Off — Detective Waller
• The Jamie Foxx Show — Annabeth
• In the House
• NewsRadio — Catherine Duke
• The Client — Alice Ward
• 1994Reality Bites — Libby Cumba (uncredited)
• 1992Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot — McCabe
• Roc — Eleanor Emerson
• Seinfeld — Dean Jones

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 2006My Nappy Roots: A Journey Through Black Hair-itage — Self