Shortly after she began auditioning for TV, Johnson heard about an opportunity to try out for "Kindred." "It was my fourth year [at Julliard] so everything that we were learning was how to dress and how to present yourself for an audition. So I was just happy to do the audition," the actor tells POPSUGAR. "I was like, 'Oh wow, this is literally a really cool opportunity to practice what I've been learning.' And then the further it went on, the more I was just like, 'This is unbelievable.'"
Johnson landed her lead role in "Kindred" not too long after graduating from Julliard's drama program in 2021. Of the audition process, Johnson says she "never expected or thought that it would go as far as it did." "I was just excited to be in front of [showrunner] Branden Jacob-Jenkins and [director] Janicza Bravo," she adds with a laugh. "I was barely able to talk to them. It was incredible."
