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'' as well as directing and producing her own films and web series.

Life and career

Born A'Drewana Chane't Johnson in

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, Johnson received a BFA in Theatre Arts from

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. She went on to earn an MFA in acting from the

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. Johnson started out as a stage actress. She was a trained

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an actress and performed in more than fourteen productions of Shakespeare's plays during multiple seasons of the Dallas Shakespeare Festival. In 2001, she was chosen for the role of Lena in the play ''

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. As a television actress, Chane't had recurring guest-starring roles on shows such as ''

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'', '' Brothers'', and '' Big Love''. She executive produced and starred in the web series, ''Nurses Who Kill...'' Her weekly web series ''Trailerate'' premiered in November 2009. As an acting coach, she trained actors such as

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'') and Nicole Travolta ('' The Secret Life of the American Teenager''). Johnson died from a

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in 2010. Before her death, Johnson had increasingly been cast in feature films, playing opposite

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and was slated to produce and direct two feature horror/fantasy films, ''The Dark Sisters'' and ''Anomaly''. 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. Her short film ''First'' screened at the 2010 Newport Beach Film Festival.

Filmography

References

External links

*
Chane't Johnson Website

''Nurses Who Kill'' Web series

''TRAILERRATE'' Web series
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