A.J. Johnson
Biography
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.
Movies 19
Sister Act
as Lewanda
1992
House Party
as Sharane
1990
Dying Young
as Shauna
1991
Baby Boy
as Juanita
2001
School Daze
as Cecilia
1988
Double Trouble
as Danitra
1992
Two Shades of Blue
as Lisa
2000
Come Sunday
as Lady Bishop
2018
Sins of the Father
as Detective Phylicia Richardson
2019
It's Black Entertainment
as Self (archive footage)
2002
The Beast
as Nell Newcombe
1996
Hood Rat
as Nina
2001
Fighting to Be Me: The Dwen Curry Story
as Cynthia Curry
2025
Whatever It Takes
as Alafia
2023
The Inkwell
as Heather Lee
1994
High Freakquency
as Venom
1998
Skin Deep
as Sarah
2003
Baggin'
2005
Holiday Heartbreak
as Joyce
2020TV Shows 14
JAG
as Gold
1995
Chicago Hope
as Trish Cook
1994
Touched by an Angel
as Yvette Lakes
1994
A Different World
as Girl
1987
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
as Christina Johnson
1990
The Jamie Foxx Show
as Janine
1996
Day by Day
as Frances
1988
Sirens
as Lynn Stanton
1993
The Jellies
as Debbie Jelly
2017
MTV Couples Retreat
as Self - Life Coach
2021
The Beast
as Nell Newcombe
1996
New Attitude
as Tanya
1990
Life Therapy
as (Life Coach)
2021
Legacy
as Gloria
2023