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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] 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 careerBorn 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] Filmography
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