Chane't Johnson

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

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)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Other namesChanet Johnson
EducationSouthern Methodist University (BFA)
University of California, San Diego (MFA)
OccupationActress, Producer, Director, Acting Coach
Years active1998–2010

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 (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
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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References
  1. Moviesplanet.com, ID for Chane't Johnson Archived March 5, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  2. Los Angeles Times, December 7, 2010
  3. Tubefilter NEWS, December 6, 2010 Archived December 9, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  4. VARIETY, December 6, 2010
  5. Internet Movie Database, Biography for Chane't Johnson accessed December 10, 2010
  6. http://braziliamoda.blogspot.com/2010/12/chanet-johnson-i-guess-god-missed-you.html
  7. Making It Happen" Monday!, Column by Philip Jordan, February 1, 2010
  8. http://lonhaber.blogspot.com/2010/12/rising-creative-force-gone-too-soon.html?spref=fb%5B%5D
  9. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1329331/
  10. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1645187/
  11. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0960097/fullcredits#cast
  12. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1339172/bio
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