Tracy Camilla Johns

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Tracy Camilla Johns (born April 12, 1963) is an American film actress.^[1] She is best known for her feature film debut in the leading role as Nola Darling, a young, liberated black woman in Spike Lee's 1986 film She's Gotta Have It.^[2] She was nominated for 'Best Female Lead' for this role at the 1987 Independent Spirit Awards.^[3]

She later appeared in the films Mo' Better Blues and New Jack City, in guest roles in TV series Family Ties and the Netflix series of She's Gotta Have It, and a recurring role in the ABC series Snoops.

Johns returned to the role of Nola Darling in Lee's 2012 film Red Hook Summer playing the character as an older woman, who had become a Jehovah's Witness.^[4]

Johns appeared in an Air Jordan advertisement with Lee and Michael Jordan in 1988^[5] and in the same year in the music video for Tone Lōc's 1988 single "Wild Thing".

Filmography[]

• 2017 : She's Gotta Have It (TV series)
• 2012 : Red Hook Summer – as Mother Darling
• 1991 : New Jack City – as Uniqua
• 1990 : Mo' Better Blues – as Club Patron
• 1989 : Snoops (TV Series) – as Yolanda (8 episodes)
• 1987 : Family Ties – as Dana (1 episode, "Mister Sister")
• 1986 : She's Gotta Have It – as Nola Darling

References[]

External links[]

• Tracy Camilla Johns at IMDb

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