about me

Hi:) I'm Jolie. I'm a working actress living in Los Angeles with my husband and 2-year-old son.

Do you know what it's like being an actress in Los Angeles? It's simultaneously:

insane,

fun,

bizarre,

harrowing,

exciting,

maddening,

riveting,

and boring-as-hell.

Not unlike your Grandma taking you to have the expert photogs at K-Mart work their portrait magic after dressing yourself in a rad 80s outfit (see above).

When Show Business is good, it's really good. But when it's been a while between jobs, you're so desperate for a creative outlet that it's not uncommon to pin all your hopes and dreams on, say, a small guest-star on a CSI:MIAMI episode, fully believing that it will express all you have to offer as a creative entity. This can only end badly. Especially if you're shooting all day on a small, musty boat getting tangled split-ends and active rosacea from the whipping, salty wind. 

After many years and many CSI:MIAMI moments, I made a concerted effort to take all my eggs out of one basket and spread them around: I learned the true value of having a hobby. I took up knitting and couldn't stop. I always liked to cook so I enrolled in a 20-week cooking course. It was such a relief to find other things to enjoy. And in both cases, having a desire to create something and then see it through to an end result was tremendously satisfying. I didn't have to wait by the phone for my agent to tell me I could. Feeling bolstered, I started writing more, tweaking recipes, documenting my experiences in the kitchen and out in the Crazytown that is Los Angeles.

I love to act and play other people but Joeycake is all me.  

A few random things:

• I have a love/hate relationship with bangs (see above).
• I have an embarrassing addiction to Reality Television which I justify by believing I watch ironically.
• I make my bed every day.
• Hard-boiled eggs make me want to hurl.
• I have an unusual talent for getting songs stuck in my head. Repeat offenders include "Gimme a Break" (the Kit Kat song), "The Adams Family" theme song and "Hail to the Chief". (If any of these get stuck in your head right now, I'm truly sorry.)
• I talk to myself.  Like a lot.
• Making my husband laugh is my favorite thing ever.
• I love to be outside. You might see me in Runyon Canyon. If you do, say hi:)
• I miss this sweet lady every day.
• I shamelessly know every word to Les Miserables. And most musicals.
• I hate that I care what celebrities carry in their purses.
• I want a glass of wine right now.

Thanks for hanging out here. I can't tell you how much it means to me.

xoxo

jolie

P.S. You can find me on twitter, Facebook, pinterest and the Huffington Post. Or send me a line at joeycakeblog@gmail.com.  I'd love to hear from you:)

P.P.S.  I almost forgot! Joeycake is a childhood nickname. 

P.P.P.S. Not to toot my own horn*, but if you want to see some of my best acting work, click here.

*worst expression on the earth.