Joyce Mhango-Chavula started acting while at secondary school, through the Association for Teaching English in Malawi.
She later joined a local drama group called Reformation Theayre and worked with the Alabama Theatre.
The Return (2011) brought together a Nigerian and Malawian cast, including Patience Ozokwor, and toured all three regions of Malawi.
[2] Chavula's first feature film, No More Tears (2013), was shot in Lilongwe and on the beach of Lake Malawi in Salima District.
[4] Nyasaland (2016) received a nomination for the 2018 Africa Movie Academy Awards for Best Film in an African Language.