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Chane't Johnson Born A'Drewana Chane't Johnson August 21, 1976
Dallas, TX, USADied December 2, 2010 (aged 34)
Los Angeles, CA, USAOther names Chanet Johnson Occupation Actress, Producer, Director, Acting Coach Years active 1998-2010 Spouse Never married 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.
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Biography
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 Theatre Arts from the University of California San Diego (UCSD).[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 Malcom 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 References
- ^ Moviesplanet.com, ID for Chane't Johnson[1]
- ^ a b c d e f Los Angeles Times, December 7, 2010
- ^ a b c d e Tubefilter NEWS, December 6, 2010
- ^ a b c d e f g VARIETY, December 6, 2010
- ^ Internet Movie Database, Biography for Chane't Johnson [2] accessed December 10, 2010
- ^ a b http://braziliamoda.blogspot.com/2010/12/chanet-johnson-i-guess-god-missed-you.html
- ^ Making It Happen" Monday!, Column by Philip Jordan, February 1, 2010 [3]
- ^ http://lonhaber.blogspot.com/2010/12/rising-creative-force-gone-too-soon.html?spref=fb
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1329331/
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1645187/
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0960097/fullcredits#cast
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1339172/bio
External links
- Chane't Johnson at the Internet Movie Database
- Chane't Johnson Website
- Nurses Who Kill Web series
- TRAILERRATE Web series
Categories:- 1976 births
- 2010 deaths
- People from Dallas, Texas
- Southern Methodist University alumni
- American actors
- University of California, San Diego alumni
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