Adrienne-Joi Johnson

Adrienne-Joi Johnson (born January 2, 1963)^[1] is an American actress, choreographer, fitness trainer, and life coach. Acting since 1987, Johnson has made many guest appearances on sitcoms, television dramas and music videos; she also has numerous supporting roles in films, including House Party and Baby Boy.

Adrienne-Joi Johnson
Johnson in 2020
Born	(1963-01-02) January 2, 1963 (age 60) Orange, New Jersey, U.S.
Other names	A.J. Johnson
Alma mater	Spelman College
Occupations	Actress dancer fitness trainer life coach model
Years active	1987–present
Website	www.theajzone.com

Early life and education

Johnson attended Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School in New Jersey and graduated with honors in 1985 from Spelman College in Atlanta. She is a member of Delta Sigma Theta sorority.^[2][3]

Career

She has appeared in A Different World, In the Heat of the Night, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Amen, the short-lived Sirens, Chicago Hope, The Jamie Foxx Show, and Touched by an Angel. She has also appeared in television movies such as A Mother's Courage: the Mary Thomas Story (1989), Clippers (1991), Murder Without Motive: The Edmund Perry Story (1992), Love, Lies & Lullabies (1993), and The Beast (1996).

Johnson has appeared in theatrical releases and independent films such as School Daze (1988), House Party (1990), Double Trouble (1992), Sister Act (1992), The Inkwell (1994), High Freakquency (1998), Two Shades of Blue (2000), Tara (2001), Baby Boy (2001), and Skin Deep (2003).

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1988	School Daze	Cecilia
1989	A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story	Ruby Thomas	TV Movie
1990	House Party	Sharane
1991	Clippers	Renee	TV Movie
	Dying Young	Shauna
1992	Murder Without Motive: The Edmund Perry Story	Cynthia	TV Movie
	Double Trouble	Danitra
	Sister Act	Lewanda
1993	Love, Lies & Lullabies		TV Movie
1994	The Inkwell	Heather Lee
1998	High Freakquency	D.J. Venom
1999	Two Shades of Blue	Lisa
2001	Tara	Nina	Video
	Baby Boy	Juanita
2003	Black Listed	Mild Cat	Video
	Skin Deep	Sarah
2019	Sins of the Father	Detective Phylicia Richardson	TV Movie
2020	Holiday Heartbreak	Joyce	TV Movie

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1988	A Different World	Girl #3	Episode: "Mr. Hillman"
1989	In the Heat of the Night	Shawna Hughes	Episode: "These Things Take Time"
	Day by Day	Frances	Episode: "Foul Play"
	CBS Summer Playhouse	Annie	Episode: "Coming to America"
1990	New Attitude	Tanya	Episode: "The Case of the Missing Toupee"
	The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air	Christina Johnson	Episode: "Def Poet's Society"
	1st & Ten	Loretta	Episode: "The Squeeze"
1991	Amen	Courteney	Episode: "My Fair Homeboy"
1993–95	Sirens	Officer Lynn Stanton	Main Cast
1996	The Beast	Nell Newcombe	Episode: "1.1", "1.2"
	Chicago Hope	Trish Cook	Episode: "Liver Let Die"
1997-99	The Jamie Foxx Show	Janine	3 Episodes
1999	JAG	Lt. Gold	Episode: "The Return"
2000	Cover Me	Dolores	Episode: "Our Mr. Brooks", "Turtle Soup"
2001	Touched by an Angel	Yvette Lakes	Episode: "Angels Anonymous"
2004	Flab to Fab	Hostess	TV Series
2008	Baisden After Dark	Herself	Episode: "Obesity in America: Why Are We So Fat and What Are We Doing About It"
2010	K-Ci & JoJo: Come Clean	Herself/Life Coach	Episode: "Freakin' You"
2011	Life After	Herself	Episode: "AJ Johnson"
2013	Exhale	Herself	Episode: "Health & Wellness"
2014	Lindsay	Herself/Life Coach	TV Series
2016	Family Time	Tracy	Episode: "The Things We Do for Love"
2017–19	The Jellies!	Debbie Jelly (voice)	Main Cast
2020	Stuck with You	Stephanie	Recurring Cast: Season 1
	Love & Hip Hop: Miami	Herself	Episode: "Full Circle"
2021	Life Therapy	Herself	TV Series Host

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Film	Result
1990	NAACP Image Awards	Outstanding Young Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture	A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story	Won
1991	Independent Spirit Awards	Best Supporting Female in a comedy-drama film	House Party	Nominated
2002	Black Reel Awards	Theatrical- Best Supporting actress in a Motion Picture	Baby Boy	Nominated

References

1. "This Is 54: 10 Times Birthday Girl AJ Johnson Gave Us All The Health & Wellness Goals". MadameNoire. 2017-01-04. Retrieved 2018-06-14.
2. "AJ Johnson Talks To MADAMENOIRE About 'Life Therapy' And Why It's A Good Look". MadameNoire. 2021-12-30. Retrieved 2022-12-09.
3. Schmidhausler, Gretchen (February 21, 1989). "Fair Haven native has dramatic debut on TV tonight". Asbury Park Press. p. 19.

External links

• Adrienne-Joi Johnson at IMDb
• Adrienne-Joi Johnson at AllMovie