Joyful Drake has starred in several movies including The Look, Hair Show, Beauty Shop, Phat Girlz, Tournament of Dreams, Get Him to the Greek, Bad Ass, Catch Hell, and November Rule. She has also appeared in episodes of the TV series One on One, The Game, The Exes, Jane the Virgin, and Lethal Weapon. Joyful Drake starred in the TV movies Glass Heels and Chasing Waterfalls and in the short The Black Bachelor.