Joy Carroll Wallis[1] is an English clergywoman who was a vicar in London for ten years, then one of the first women ordained a priest of the Church of England in 1994.[2]
In 1997 Carroll married American theologian and writer Jim Wallis.[3] They have two sons, Luke and Jack.[4]
Wallis was adviser, inspiration and role model for Richard Curtis' television series The Vicar of Dibley.[4] Her book, Beneath the Cassock: the Real-life Vicar of Dibley[5] describes her life as a vicar. She later wrote another autobiography, The Woman Behind the Collar.[6] After moving to the United States, she was licensed as a priest of the Episcopal Church.[4]