- She got Ella from her great-grandmother, Joyce from her mother.
- She appeared on The Newlywed Game (1988) before the made her acting debut as Ella Joyce.
- Graduated from Detroit's Cass Technical High School (Class of 1972).
- She was awarded the 2006 Joseph Jefferson Award for Actress in a Supporting Role in a Play for "Crumbs from the Table of Joy", at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.
- Ovation Award for August Wilson's "King Hedley II" from Lo Angeles Stage Alliance.
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