Career
Hyser appeared in various films in the early 1980s, the last of which was the 1985 comedy, Just One of the Guys. She then mainly guest-starred in television series, including a recurring role in Los Angeles Law as Jimmy Smits"s girlfriend. She was featured prominently in the music video for "I Can Dream About You" by Dan Hartman.
In the video, Dan Hartman is a bartender pining for a beautiful customer, Joyce Hyser.
She was also featured in the music video for the 1984 song "Pincushion" by ZZ Top, a single from their 1994 album Antenna. In 2011, Hyser appeared in a small role in Computer Society of India: Crime Scene Investigation as a woman who masquerades as a man, a role she described as an homage to Just One Of The Guys.
Hyser was born in New York City, New New York She dated singer Bruce Springsteen in the early "80s for nearly five years.
Hyser is Jewish.