62 fans | Vote

Brantford Expositor.CA

Checking In With Amy Jo Johnson ;

 

JAY BOBBIN

Saturday, July 19, 2008

 

Many Canadian actors come to America for series work, but Amy Jo Johnson has gone the other way.

The former "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers" and "Felicity" co-star moved north for personal reasons, then happened to land a television job. She's expecting her first child, but the producers of the police drama "Flashpoint" wanted her, so she's playing a member of a crisis-response team in the new CBS series airing Fridays.

"It is the most physical thing I've ever done," the ever-youthful actress says of the show, "but there's some safety behind what's happening. I got cast on a Saturday, I flew to Toronto on a Wednesday, and we trained for a week with the actual Strategic Response Unit that the show is based on.

"We followed one team while they did different sorts of simulations, then we did some gun training. I used to have a huge phobia about guns. That's now gone."

Wearing a police officer's protective gear is helping Johnson conceal her pregnancy from the cameras -- for the most part. "This is so vain," she muses, "but I'm afraid I look like I'm getting fat, and I don't want people to think that. We were just doing a scene where I'm wearing jeans and a tank top, and the producer said, 'I think we're at the end of the road.' "

It's apparently anything but that for the musically inclined Johnson's career, which has been consistent since the mid-1990s except for a recent two-year break.

"I left Los Angeles and was sort of a gypsy for a while. I went to Vietnam and Tanzania, then ended up doing a movie in Montreal and really liked it. I just needed a new chapter."

- - -

Celeb stats

Birth date: Oct. 6, 1970.

Birthplace: Massachusetts' Cape Cod.

Current residence: Montreal. Marital status: Engaged. Other television credits: "Mighty

Morphin Power Rangers," "Felicity," "Wildfire," "What About Brian," "The Division," "Spin City," "ER," "Saved by the Bell: The New Class," "Fatal Trust," "Magma: Volcanic Disaster," "Hard Ground," "Sweetwater: A True Rock Story," "Perfect Body," "Killing Mr. Griffin," "Susie Q."

Movie credits: "Veritas, Prince of Truth," "Islander," "Arbie," "Infested," "Interstate 60," 'Liars Club," "Pursuit of Happiness," "Cold Hearts," "Without Limits," "Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie," "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie."

Ecrit par aliasoth 

Traduction

A venir ...

Ecrit par aliasoth 
Activité récente

Guests Saison 1
14.02.2024

Michael Cram
14.02.2024

Galerie Photos
09.01.2024

Actualités
Nouveau design

Nouveau design
Le quartier Flashpoint revêt un nouveau design ! La bannière a été réalisée par Emilie1905 et les...

Saison 2 de Yellowstone avec Hugh Dillon

Saison 2 de Yellowstone avec Hugh Dillon
La série de Paramount, Yellowstone, est de retour ce mercredi 19 juin 2019. Hugh Dillon sera, lui...

Enrico Colantoni | Sortie du film A Beautiful Day in the...

Enrico Colantoni | Sortie du film A Beautiful Day in the...
Le film A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood réalisé par Marielle Heller sera dévoilé dans les...

HypnoCup 2019 - C'est fini pour Flahspoint

HypnoCup 2019 - C'est fini pour Flahspoint
Et voilà, l'HypnoCup s'est fini pour Flashpoint. Alors que Gregory Parker n'avait pas réussi à...

HypnoCup - Deuxième tour

HypnoCup - Deuxième tour
C'est déjà le moment de connaître les résultats du premier tour de l'HypnoCup. Ed Lane a gagné son...

Newsletter

Les nouveautés des séries et de notre site une fois par mois dans ta boîte mail ?

Inscris-toi maintenant

HypnoRooms

chrismaz66, 24.03.2024 à 17:40

Bonsoir, nouvelle PDM/Survivor Illustré chez Torchwood, dédié aux épisodes audios, venez voter, merci !

Locksley, 25.03.2024 à 20:10

Pas beaucoup de promo... Et si vous en profitiez pour commenter les news ou pour faire vivre les topics ? Bonne soirée sur la citadelle !

choup37, 26.03.2024 à 10:09

La bande-annonce de la nouvelle saison de Doctor Who est sortie! Nouvelle saison, nouveau docteur, nouvelle compagne, venez les découvrir

Sas1608, Avant-hier à 18:25

Pour les 20 ans de la série, le quartier de Desperate Housewives change de design ! Venez voir ça !

mnoandco, Hier à 19:49

Nouveau design sur Discovery of Witches, n'hésitez pas un faire un p'tit détour même sans connaître la série.

Viens chatter !