'Joy' True Story: What to Know About IVF, Jean Purdy, and the History Behind the 2024 Netflix Movie

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The untold true story of the pioneering IVF researcher whose trailblazing work inspired the upcoming Netflix drama 'Joy', starring Thomasin McKenzie.

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The film is based on the life of Jean Purdy, a British embryologist who worked alongside doctors Robert Edwards and Patrick Steptoe to develop the first successful IVF treatment in the 1970s.
Screenwriter Jack Thorne and director Ben Taylor aim to shine a light on Purdy's crucial, yet often overlooked, contributions to the birth of the first 'test-tube baby', Louise Brown, in 1978.

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Jean Purdy, Robert Edwards, Patrick Steptoe, Louise Brown, Jack Thorne, Ben Taylor, Thomasin McKenzie, Netflix, 'Joy'