---
name: "Michelle Johnson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/michelle-johnson-17225"
fi1m_id: "michelle-johnson-17225"
imdb_id: "nm0001400"
tmdb_id: 17225
wikidata_id: "Q117567"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "9 September 1965"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 70
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-04T22:54:07.541890+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Michelle Johnson

## Identity

Michelle Johnson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/michelle-johnson-17225
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** michelle-johnson-17225
- **IMDb ID:** nm0001400
- **TMDB ID:** 17225
- **Wikidata ID:** Q117567
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Johnson_(actress), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q117567, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001400/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/17225

Actor. Born 9 September 1965 in Anchorage, Alaska, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 9 September 1965, Anchorage, Alaska, USA
- **Active:** 1985–1992
- **Average Fi1m score:** 70, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 82 (1), 1990s 64 (2)
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 2 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Comedy 2, Drama 2, Adventure 1, Crime 1, Fantasy 1, Horror 1
- **Screen time:** 4 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $287m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Johnson_(actress), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q117567, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001400/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/17225

## Streaming the US now

- **Peacock:** [*Death Becomes Her*](https://film.one/film/death-becomes-her.md) (76)

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## Biography

Michelle Johnson is an American actress. Born in Anchorage, Alaska, she moved to Phoenix, Arizona, as a child and graduated from Alhambra High School one semester early in 1984.

She began her career after being spotted by director Stanley Donen while preparing to move to New York for modelling work. Her early film roles include Jennifer Lyons in *Blame It on Rio* (1984) and China Webster in *Waxwork* (1988). She appeared as Anna in *Death Becomes Her* (1992) and Grace in *Far and Away* (1992), and had television roles in series such as *The Love Boat*, *Murder, She Wrote* and *The Outer Limits*. Later credits include *The Glimmer Man* (1996) and *Mickey* (2004).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Death Becomes Her* (1992), Fi1m 76, as Anna — [page](https://film.one/film/death-becomes-her.md)
- *Far and Away* (1992), Fi1m 52, as Grace — [page](https://film.one/film/far-and-away.md)
- *Moonlighting* (1985), Fi1m 82, as Michelle Hunziger — [page](https://film.one/tv/moonlighting.md)

## Complete filmography (40)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Mickey* (2004), as Patty
- *Revenge* (1999), as Vicky Mayerson
- *Dallas: War of The Ewings* (1998), as Jennifer Jantzen
- *Inner Action* (1997), Actor
- *Moving Target* (1996), as Casey
- *The Glimmer Man* (1996), as Jessica
- *Specimen* (1996), as Sarah
- *Arli$$* (1996), series, as Michelle Williams
- *When the Bullet Hits the Bone* (1996), as Lisa
- *The Donor* (1995), as Dr. Lucy Flynn
- *The Outer Limits* (1995), series, as Ady Sutton
- *Her Final Fury: Betty Broderick, the Last Chapter* (1994), as Linda Broderick
- *Incident at Deception Ridge* (1994), as Natalie Harris
- *Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills* (1994), as Lisa
- *Body Shot* (1994), as Danielle Wilde / Chelsea Savage
- *Illicit Dreams* (1994), as Melinda Ryan
- *Dr. Giggles* (1992), as Tamara
- *Death Becomes Her* (1992), as Anna — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/death-becomes-her.md)
- *Melrose Place* (1992), series, as Perry Morgan
- *Far and Away* (1992), as Grace — Fi1m 52, [page](https://film.one/film/far-and-away.md)
- *A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story* (1992), as Linda Kolkena Broderick
- *Herman's Head* (1991), series, as Aurora
- *Blood Ties* (1991), as Celia
- *Driving Me Crazy* (1991), as Ricki
- *Genuine Risk* (1990), as Girl
- *Wishful Thinking* (1990), as Diane
- *The Jigsaw Murders* (1989), as Kathy DaVonzo
- *Tales from the Crypt* (1989), series, as Liz Kelly-Dixon
- *Slipping Into Darkness* (1988), as Carlyle
- *Waxwork* (1988), as China Webster
- *Birds of Prey* (1987), as Vanessa Cartwright
- *Werewolf* (1987), series, as Kelly Nichols
- *Gung Ho* (1986), as Heather DiStefano
- *Moonlighting* (1985), series, as Michelle Hunziger — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/moonlighting.md)
- *Charles in Charge* (1984), series, as Joyce
- *Murder, She Wrote* (1984), series, as Monica Chase, Janet Fisk
- *Glitter* (1984), series, Actor
- *Blame It on Rio* (1984), as Jennifer Lyons
- *Hotel* (1982), series, Actor
- *The Love Boat* (1977), series, as Kim Carlisle

## Gallery

- ![Christine Armstrong and Michelle Johnson. Photo: Sam Santos/George Pimentel Photography. (2017)](https://film.one/media/person/469284/gallery-2ee592625301.jpg) Christine Armstrong and Michelle Johnson. Photo: Sam Santos/George Pimentel Photography. (2017) — Canadian Film Centre from Toronto, Canada, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/The_2017_CFC_Alumni_at_TIFF_Reception_%2836827353490%29.jpg/1280px-The_2017_CFC_Alumni_at_TIFF_Reception_%2836827353490%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Michelle Johnson](https://film.one/media/person/469284/gallery-c5ce9b47c665.jpg) Michelle Johnson — Image via TMDB
- ![Michelle Johnson](https://film.one/media/person/469284/gallery-2c1d006bb09c.jpg) Michelle Johnson — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Other awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- Golden Raspberry Award for Worst New Star 1985: Golden Raspberry Award for Worst New Star (nominated), for *Blame It on Rio*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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