A.J. Johnson
Adrienne-Joi Akua Okyerebea Johnson (born January 2, 1963), also known as AJ Johnson, is an American actress, life/wellness coach, fitness trainer, dancer, choreographer, and model. She graduated with honors in 1985 from Spelman College in Atlanta and is a member of Delta Sigma Theta sorority. Acting since 1987, she has made many guest appearances on sitcoms, television dramas and music videos; she also has numerous roles in feature films and TV movies, including House Party and Baby Boy. She has appeared in A Different World, In the Heat of the Night, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Amen, 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). She had a major role on the TV show Sirens. Johnson has also 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). She hosts as the life coach on TV One's show Life Therapy and on VH1's Couples Retreat, where she helps America’s most dysfunctional reality show couples. She has also been on the reality show Love & Hip Hop: Miami.
Sister Act
as LewandaA Reno singer witnesses a mob murder and the cops stash her in a nunnery to protect her from the...
Movie pageBaby Boy
as JuanitaThe story of Jody, a misguided, 20-year-old African-American who is really just a baby boy...
Movie pageHouse Party
as SharaneYoung Kid has been invited to a party at his friend Play's house. But after a fight at school,...
Movie pageDying Young
as ShaunaAfter she discovers that her boyfriend has betrayed her, Hilary O'Neil is looking for a new...
Movie pageDouble Trouble
as DanitraTwo beefed-up twins operating on opposing sides of the law, team up to stop a nefarious crook in...
Movie pageCome Sunday
as Lady BishopEvangelist Carlton Pearson is ostracized by his church for preaching that there is no Hell.
Movie pageSchool Daze
as CeciliaFraternity and sorority members clash with other students at a historically black college during...
Movie pageThe Inkwell
as Heather LeeThe Inkwell is about a 16-year-old boy coming of age on Martha's Vineyard in the summer of 1976.
Movie pageHood Rat
as NinaThink of it as Willard in the hood, the debut feature from director Leslie Small finds a Isaiah...
Movie pageTwo Shades of Blue
as LisaSusan Price has written a #1 bestseller, a steamy novel about a woman's search for the ultimate...
Movie pageWhatever It Takes
as AlafiaEnter the holidays. It's Thanksgiving weekend, snow is falling, Christmas is on the horizon and...
Movie pageIt's Black Entertainment
as Self (archive footage)A star-studded tribute (from the creators of That's Entertainment) to the contributions of...
Movie pageThe Beast
as Nell NewcombeMysterious things happen at the coast of Graves Point: An empty boat lies at the shore, divers...
Movie pageHoliday Heartbreak
as JoyceA hopeless romantic is cursed with relationship problems after her chauvinistic father mistreats...
Movie pageSins of the Father
as Detective Phylicia RichardsonPolice unearth a sinful conspiracy when they investigate the murder of a pastor's wife.
Movie pageHigh Freakquency
as VenomA day in the life of an urban radio station.
Movie pageBaggin'
as uncreditedGet ready for some heavyweight smack-talking with this comedic freestyle competition, where a...
Movie pageSkin Deep
as SarahSkin Deep is a psychological thriller about love, sex, race, and betrayal.
Movie pageJAG
as Lt. GoldHarmon "Harm" Rabb Jr. is a former pilot turned lawyer working for the military's JAG (Judge...
TV Show pageTouched by an Angel
as Yvette LakesMonica, an angel, is tasked with bringing guidance and messages from God to various people who...
TV Show pageThe Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
as Christina JohnsonWill, a street-smart teenager, moves from the tough streets of West Philly to posh Bel-Air to...
TV Show pageA Different World
as GirlA Different World is a spin-off series from The Cosby Show and originally centered on Denise...
TV Show pageThe Beast
as Nell NewcombeMysterious deaths and unexplained disappearances begin to occur in the small seaport village of...
TV Show pageSirens
as Lynn StantonSirens focused on the work and lives of three rookie female Pittsburgh Police officers. Officer...
TV Show pageMTV Couples Retreat
as Self - Life CoachFamous couples, aided by life coaches and relationship experts, are ready to open up and have...
TV Show pageLegacy
as GloriaFollows Guy Simmons, a notorious mobster and the patriarch of the Simmons family, the southern...
TV Show pageThe Jellies
as Debbie JellyAfter learning his jellyfish parents adopted him, a teen boy tries to find himself.
TV Show pageNew Attitude
as TanyaNew Attitude is an American sitcom that aired on ABC in from August to September 1990. Based on...
TV Show pageLife Therapy
as (Life Coach)AJ Johnson encourages her clients to live their best lives by examining the hard truths that...
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