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Biography

In her early life, Johnson became interested in gymnastics and, after training for years, decided to aim for the Olympics. She eventually reached Class One - the highest status in gymnastics - and participated in competitions hosted both in the United States and in Europe, but was forced to abandon her career as a professional gymnast due to a severe injury.

At the age of 18, she left her home town, Cape Cod, and moved to New York, in order to pursue her acting career. She attended the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute (see Lee Strasberg) and the American Musical and Acting Academy. When Johnson felt comfortable with her skills, she left for Los Angeles to audition for her first part.

Her gymnastics background was a clear advantage for her in being chosen for the role of Kimberly Ann Hart in the Power Rangers series (), in its first 3 seasons 1993-1995. The series achieved unexpected success and Johnson had a fair share of media exposure, both as the character of Kimberly Hart and as herself. After her character left the series, she went on to star in the indie film , as her character was turned evil after being sacrified to Divatox's fiancee, Maligore.

In 1998, she played the part of a vampire in the cult indie movie . Soon after, she was invited to play the second most notable role of her acting career: Julie Emrick, a college freshman who becomes the best friend of the lead actress of the Warner Brothers series . She was in the series for two and a half years.

Her character in the series was originally cast as a dancer, but Johnson managed to convince the producers to turn the role into that of a singer and guitarist, which eventually lead her to being able to play a song of her own composition, entitled . The song was added to the show's official soundtrack. Her talent in music also lead her to star in the movie , a biography about the life of Nansi Nevins, lead singer from the band that opened the Woodstock festival, Sweetwater.

Johnson then took roles in a number of indie movies, namely . She later dropped the band, and limited the instrumental presence in her shows to her acoustic guitar and her voice. She has released another album titled released on March of 2005.

In 2002 she played a bit role in the film Interstate 60 as a seducturess on the mythical Interstate 60.

In 2006 Johnson co-starred in "Magma: Volcanic Disaster". A Sci-Fi channel original made for TV movie. "I play a college student who really, really wants to go on an expedition he's going on, and she begs him, and he finally lets her go." Johnson stated.

She currently resides in Los Angeles, California.

She has gone on record, in a chat room, as saying that she has "the most ticklish feet in the world".