Joy Giovanni

Joy Giovanni stands 5'4" with an athletic build, brown hair, and brown eyes. She is a former actress, glamour model, and professional wrestler, best known for her time with World Wrestling Entertainment on the SmackDown! brand. She made history as the first and only winner of the Rookie Diva of the Year award. Before wrestling, she won the 2001 L.A. Model Expo and competed in the 2004 and 2005 Lingerie Bowl events. She also appeared as a panelist on the G4 show Video Game Vixens and starred in the films Instinct vs. Reason and When All Else Fails in 2004 and 2005.

Giovanni is American of Italian descent, born in Boston, Massachusetts, on January 20, 1978. She is pansexual and has had breast augmentation. After retiring from the ring, she diversified her career. In 2010, she began an internship for a chiropractor in Los Angeles and recertified in massage therapy. By 2014, she had opened a massage therapy business in San Diego. She is also a mother of two, with a son born in 1998 and a daughter born in 2000. She and her husband Joseph filed for divorce in 2021.

Since 2025, Giovanni has worked as a psychic medium and tarot reader. She hosts a podcast called Spirit Speakeasy and regularly appears as a guest on other podcasts. She remains close friends with former wrestling colleagues Amy Weber and René Duprée. She currently lives in California.