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 | |
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| Born | A'Drewana Chane't Johnson (1976-08-21)August 21, 1976 |
| Died | December 2, 2010(2010-12-02) (aged 34) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Other names | Chanet Johnson |
| Education | Southern Methodist University (BFA) University of California, San Diego (MFA) |
| Occupation | Actress, Producer, Director, Acting Coach |
| Years active | 1998–2010 |
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.
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]
| 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 | |