Joy Jorgensen

Joy Jorgensen
Lauren at the Women's Image Network Awards, November 2007
Born
Lauren Joy Jorgensen

c. 1989
OccupationActress
Years active2002–present

Lauren Joy Jorgensen, (born c. 1989) is an American producer, director, writer and former actress. She is known for playing Danielle Van de Kamp on the ABC comedy-drama series Desperate Housewives (as Joy Lauren) and, as an adult, for creating award-winning films. Jorgensen is a Sundance and Rotterdam Producing Fellow, Torino Film Lab Script Editing Fellow, a recipient of the 2022 NYC Women's Fund for Media, Music and Theatre in partnership with the City of New York, and a 2024 Ingmar Bergman Estate Foundation Resident. Jorgensen is the founder of Killjoy Films.