Tracy Camilla Johns (born April 12, 1963) is an American film actress.
She is best known for her feature film debut in the leading role as
Nola Darling, a young, liberated black woman 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.She later appeared in the
films Mo' Better Blues and New Jack City, in guest roles in TV series
Family Ties and the Netflix series of She's Gotta Have It, and a
recurring role in the ABC series 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.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 LÅ c's 1988 single "Wild
Thing".
She is best known for her feature film debut in the leading role as
Nola Darling, a young, liberated black woman 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.She later appeared in the
films Mo' Better Blues and New Jack City, in guest roles in TV series
Family Ties and the Netflix series of She's Gotta Have It, and a
recurring role in the ABC series 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.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 LÅ c's 1988 single "Wild
Thing".
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