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.

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]