Chane't Johnson

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Chane't Johnson
BornA'Drewana Chane't Johnson (1976-08-21)August 21, 1976
Dallas, Texas, U.S,
DiedDecember 2, 2010(2010-12-02) (aged 34)
Other namesChanet Johnson
EducationSouthern Methodist University (BFA)
University of California, San Diego (MFA)
OccupationActress, Producer, Director, Acting Coach
Years active1998–2010

Chane't Johnson (August 21, 1976[1] – December 2, 2010[2][3]) was an American actress, director, producer and acting coach.[4]

She appeared and guest starred in TV shows including Boston Public, Malcolm in the Middle, Without A Trace, LAX,[2] Brothers[2] and Life[3] as well as directing and producing her own films and web series.

Life and career[]

Born A'Drewana Chane't Johnson in Dallas, Texas,[2] Johnson received a BFA in Theatre Arts from Southern Methodist University.[4] She went on to earn an MFA in acting from the University of California, San Diego.[2]

Johnson started out as a stage actress. She was a trained Shakespearean actress[4] and performed in more than fourteen productions of Shakespeare's plays during multiple seasons of the Dallas Shakespeare Festival.[5] In 2001, she was chosen for the role of Lena in the play Boesman and Lena, written and directed by South African playwright Athol Fugard.[2][6]

As a television actress, Chane't had recurring guest-starring roles on shows such as Life, Day Break, LAX, Cold Case, Criminal Minds, Brothers, and Big Love.[4]

She executive produced and starred in the web series, Nurses Who Kill...[3] Her weekly web series Trailerate premiered in November 2009.[4]

As an acting coach, she trained actors such as Denzel Whitaker (The Great Debaters, Training Day) and Nicole Travolta (The Secret Life of the American Teenager).[7]

Johnson died from a heart attack in 2010.[3][6][8]

Before her death, Johnson had increasingly been cast in feature films, playing opposite Rosanna Arquette, Tom Arnold, Ian Somerhalder and Bijou Phillips[9][10][11] and was slated to produce and direct two feature horror/fantasy films, The Dark Sisters and Anomaly.[12] She was the director of two short films, Texas Toast and Pony Man, which are set to play on the film festival circuit in 2011.[3][4] Her short film First screened at the 2010 Newport Beach Film Festival.[4]

Filmography[]

Film
Year Film Role Notes
2003 Sticky Fingers Goodwill Volunteer Short film
2004 Miracle Mile Adoption Agency Worker Short film
A One Time Thing Detective
2005 Down Dog Grace Short film
Stress, Orgasms and Salvation Person
The Ring 2 Adoption Counselor
Love For Rent Cashier
2009 Wake Cop
2010 Jelly Lucille
Convincing Clooney Sherona
Walk a Mile in My Pradas Psychic
2011 The Chicago 8 Pamela
Television
Year Title Role Notes
2002 The Division Woman #2 1 episode
The District Jury Foreperson 1 episode
The Guardian Mrs. Wilcox 1 episode
Boomtown Lois 1 episode
Boston Public Graduate #3 1 episode
2003 Angel Martha Jane 1 episode
Malcolm in the Middle Customer 1 episode
Monk First Teacher 1 episode
Emergency Room Betsy 1 episode
2004 Without a Trace Nora Wozniak 1 episode
LAX Tanika 7 episodes
Girlfriends Ellen 1 episode
2005 Criminal Minds Barbara Raleigh 1 episode
2006 Huff Dayna 1 episode
Day Break Neesha 3 episode
2007 Subs Lunch Lady TV movie
2008 Hackett Coach Jenny TV movie
Ernesto Receptionist 1 TV movie
Dan's Detour of Life Nicole Stevens TV movie
Cold Case Carla DiFranco 1 episode
2009 Life Agent Liz Ray 6 episodes
Brothers Candy 3 episodes
2010 Big Love INS Agent 1 episode
'Til Death Nurse Lawanda 2 episodes
The Middle. Chess Mom 1 episode

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