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| '''Tracy Camilla Johns''' (born April 12, 1963) is an American film |
'''Tracy Camilla Johns''' (born April 12, 1963)<ref>{{cite web |title=Tracy Camilla Jones |url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/tracy-camilla-johns-p35755 |website=AllMovie |access-date=February 11, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230211135901/https://www.allmovie.com/artist/tracy-camilla-johns-p35755 |archive-date=February 11, 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref> is an American film actress.<ref>{{Cite news |author=Bruckner, D.J.R. | date=August 8, 1986 | title = She's Gotta Have It | newspaper=] | url = https://www.nytimes.com/1986/08/08/movies/film-spike-lee-s-she-s-gotta-have-it.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220707065949/https://www.nytimes.com/1986/08/08/movies/film-spike-lee-s-she-s-gotta-have-it.html |archive-date=July 7, 2022 | access-date = February 10, 2023}}</ref> She is <!--RE-add "best" if someone else says this, otherwise it is WP:OR. The "best" is NOT in Henderson.-->known for her feature film debut in the leading role as Nola Darling in ]'s 1986 film '']''.<ref>{{Cite web |author=Henderson, Stuart |date=January 13, 2008 | title=She's Gotta Have It | work=] | url=http://www.popmatters.com/review/shes-gotta-have-it/ | access-date = February 10, 2023}}</ref> She was nominated for Best Female Lead for this role at the 1987 ].<ref>{{Cite book|author=McCann, Bob| year = 2022 | orig-year = 2009 | title=Encyclopedia of African American Actresses in Film and Television| edition = illus. reprint | page = 178 | location = Jefferson, NC | publisher=McFarland & Co. | isbn = 9781476691404 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=d0iKEAAAQBAJ | access-date = February 10, 2023}}</ref> | ||
| Johns appeared in an ] advertisement with Lee and ] in 1988,{{citation needed|date = February 2022}}<!-- Valid reference needed. Following citation contains nothing regarding Johns or Spike Lee... <ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/music/hiphop-go-the-sneaker-pimps/2005/11/17/1132016894367.html |title=Hip-hop go the sneaker pimps |first=Craig |last=Mathieson |date=November 18, 2005 |newspaper=]}}</ref>--> and in the same year in the music video for ]'s 1988 single "]". Johns later appeared in the films '']'' (1990) and '']'' (1991),<ref>{{cite web |title=Tracy Camilla Jones |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/95551%7C0/Tracy-Camilla-Johns/#overview |website=Turner Classic Movies |access-date=February 11, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160130135211/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/95551%7C0/Tracy-Camilla-Johns/#overview |archive-date=January 30, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> and in roles in the TV series '']'',{{clarify|date = February 2023}} '']'',<ref>Episode 6. {{cite web |last1=Barthwell |first1=Ali |title=She's Gotta Have It loses it with unsuccessful attempts at comedy |url=https://www.avclub.com/she-s-gotta-have-it-s-loses-it-with-unsuccessful-attemp-1821113047 |website=AV Club |date=December 8, 2017 |access-date=14 February 2023}}</ref> and '']''.{{clarify|date = February 2023}}{{citation needed|date = February 2023}} | |||
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| Johns returned to the role of Nola Darling in Lee's 2012 film '']'', playing the character as an older woman who had become a Jehovah's Witness.<ref>{{Cite web| author = Rocque, Starrene Rhett | date = October 24, 2020 | title=Where Are They Now? The Stars Of Spike Lee's 'She's Gotta Have It'| url=https://www.essence.com/entertainment/where-are-they-now-shes-gotta-have-it/#22431|work=] | access-date = February 10, 2023}}</ref> | |||
| *1991 : '']'' ... as Uniqua | |||
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| ⚫ | *1990 : '']'' as Club Patron | ||
| ⚫ | *1989 : '']'' as Yolanda (8 episodes) | ||
| *1987 : '']'' as Dana (1 episode, "Mister Sister") | |||
| ⚫ | *1986 : '']'' as Nola Darling | ||
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| Tracy Camilla Johns | |
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| Born | (1963-04-12) April 12, 1963 (age 61) |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1986–1991 2012–2017 |
Tracy Camilla Johns (born April 12, 1963) is an American film actress. She is known for her feature film debut in the leading role as Nola Darling in Spike Lee's 1986 film She's Gotta Have It. She was nominated for Best Female Lead for this role at the 1987 Independent Spirit Awards.
Johns appeared in an Air Jordan advertisement with Lee and Michael Jordan in 1988, and in the same year in the music video for Tone Lōc's 1988 single "Wild Thing". Johns later appeared in the films Mo' Better Blues (1990) and New Jack City (1991), and in roles in the TV series Family Ties, She's Gotta Have It, and Snoops.
Johns returned to the role of Nola Darling in Lee's 2012 film Red Hook Summer, playing the character as an older woman who had become a Jehovah's Witness.
Filmography
- 2012 : Red Hook Summer as Mother Darling
- 1991 : New Jack City as Uniqua
- 1990 : Mo' Better Blues as Club Patron
- 1989 : Snoops (TV Series) as Yolanda (8 episodes)
- 1987 : Family Ties as Dana (1 episode, "Mister Sister")
- 1986 : She's Gotta Have It as Nola Darling
References
- "Tracy Camilla Jones". AllMovie. Archived from the original on February 11, 2023. Retrieved February 11, 2023.
- Bruckner, D.J.R. (August 8, 1986). "She's Gotta Have It". The New York Times. Archived from the original on July 7, 2022. Retrieved February 10, 2023.
- Henderson, Stuart (January 13, 2008). "She's Gotta Have It". PopMatters.com. Retrieved February 10, 2023.
- McCann, Bob (2022) . Encyclopedia of African American Actresses in Film and Television (illus. reprint ed.). Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co. p. 178. ISBN 9781476691404. Retrieved February 10, 2023.
- "Tracy Camilla Jones". Turner Classic Movies. Archived from the original on January 30, 2016. Retrieved February 11, 2023.
- Episode 6. Barthwell, Ali (December 8, 2017). "She's Gotta Have It loses it with unsuccessful attempts at comedy". AV Club. Retrieved February 14, 2023.
- Rocque, Starrene Rhett (October 24, 2020). "Where Are They Now? The Stars Of Spike Lee's 'She's Gotta Have It'". Essence.com. Retrieved February 10, 2023.
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