Deborah Joy Winans Radio Interview

Deborah Joy Winans is my guest on the show and if you watch the show “Greenleaf” you already know we had a lot to talk about! You’ll hear her share the story of how she was selected to play on the show, how she ended up singing her new song “The Masters Calling” even though she had no desire to sing or do any music. She’s quickly become one of the stars of the hit TV show and people are just now connecting her from the show, to her new music and her very famous Winans family, we cover so much in a short time during this interview if you blink you’ll miss out on something funny and informative! 

Bio: 

Actress and singer Deborah Joy Winans stars in the OWN family-drama series Greenleaf from Executive Producer Oprah Winfrey. The series, from Craig Wright (Lost) and Lions gate, focuses on the world of the Greenleaf family and their sprawling Memphis mega-church. Deborah Joy stars as Charity Greenleaf-Satterlee, the youngest daughter of the powerful Bishop James Greenleaf (Keith David) and Lady Mae Greenleaf (Lynn Whitfield). Second season returns March 15, 2017. Deborah Joy lent her voice to the Greenleaf Soundtrack and the single, The Master’s Calling went to no. 15 on the Gospel Billboard Chart. She is also nominated for New Artist of the Year for the Stellar Awards.

Winans and her brother Juan will star as their real-life aunt and uncle, Cece and Bebe Winans on stage in the musical Born for This. The play, written by Bebe Winans and Charles Randolph-Wright (Motown) was performed in Atlanta and Washington DC at The Arena Stage and will continue to tour around the country in 2017.

Deborah Joy starred in the Angela Bassett directed television movie, Whitney also portraying her real-life aunt, Cece Winans. She starred in the short Fighting the Battle and in the feature film Fragile World. Winans was a guest voice-over artist for several Grammy award-winning projects such as Mary Mary’s The Sound and Kelly Price’s audio book. 

Winans was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan and is part of the renowned gospel Winans family. Contrary, to her family’s musical legacy, she was passionate about acting and the singing came later at the age of 18 when she was asked to act and sing in a church theatrical production. Deborah Joy received her BFA from Wayne State University and Moscow Art Theater School. She also holds an MFA from California Institute of the Arts. 

Deborah Joy previously toured the USA with the Women of Faith Conference to inspire and empower thousands of women through a weekend of bonding and conversations. 

Deborah Joy is married to attorney and community activist, Terrence Williams, who is the owner of the West Michigan American Indoor Football team, The West Michigan Ironmen. Together with his partner, Nick VandenBosch, they founded the WV Foundation. The foundation provides scholarships, mentorship programs and internships to students in Muskegon, MI. Muskegon is a city faced with high crime and poverty therefore the foundation’s efforts have been met with overwhelming joy and given the community renewed energy and hope. Deborah Joy joins him in these efforts to provide better opportunities for undeserved youth. 

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