Stacii Jae Johnson

Stacii Jae Johnson
Johnson in 2016
Born January 31, 1971 (age 46)
Inglewood, California
Education Spelman College
Occupation
  • Actress
  • Radio & TV Personality
  • Author
  • Entrepreneur
Website staciijaejohnson.com

Stacii Jae Johnson (born January 31, 1971) is an American film and television actress, radio personality, reality TV star and author. She founded Black Girls Radio and The Single Girls Club. As an actress, she is best known for her roles in A Thin Line Between Love and Hate and Def Jam's How to Be a Player. [1][2][3]

Johnson has won several awards for her work and was included among the top 25 most influential women in Atlanta in 2014.[4]

Life and career

Johnson was born in Inglewood, California, but was raised in Orange Mound in Memphis, Tennessee. She graduated from Spelman College as a Drama Major. After college she moved back to Los Angeles.[5][3] In the early 1990s, as a fan of Martin Lawrence, she found work on the set of the sitcom Martin as a production assistant, receptionist, and cast member. Her work with Lawrence landed her the role of Peaches in the comedy A Thin Line Between Love and Hate in 1996.[3] She played supporting roles in comedies Def Jam's How to Be a Player (1997) and Da Hip Hop Witch (2000). She founded her own production company, Mama Said Productions.[2]

Back in Atlanta to help care for her sick mother, Johnson became a political campaign fundraiser (political bundler). Serving on Hillary Clinton's 2008 regional finance committee, she founded the group "Young Professionals in Atlanta for Hillary" and co-founded "Generation C." During the campaign of Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed, Johnson was one of his major fundraisers. She eventually joined Reed's administration and became his Entertainment and Special Events Director and entertainment adviser.[6][7] She also raised money for the re-election of President Barack Obama and served as an Obama Victory Trustee.[8][9][2]

In 2012, Johnson was arrested for speeding and drunk driving. Even though the drunk driving charges were dropped, they triggered a scandal. Her 2004 instructional video titled I Want To Strip For My Man But I Don’t Know How... Unleashing the Naughty Girl In You! became the pretext for a media debate on whether she was fit to be a fundraiser for Obama. She was eventually forced to resign from her job in mayor's office.[10][11][9]

After overcoming depression, Johnson created Black Girls Radio on WAEC, Love 860 AM.[12] It was the first African American girl talk radio show in Atlanta created by a black woman for black women. She also became a radio host at CBS Radio, WVEE "V-103". She left the station in 2015 to pursue a career as a motivational speaker and author.[5][9] Johnson created The Single Girls Club, a community to provide a support system for single women,[13] including the first-ever conference planned specifically for the single girl.[14][15] She also created the 1,000,000 Single Women Challenge, a solidarity movement to have 1 million single women accept a pledge reshaping the negative stigma attached to being a single woman.[16]

Her life experience landed her a role on the 2015 reality TV show From The Bottom Up, a docu-series created by Nicci Gilbert and executive produced by Queen Latifah, which followed Johnson and five other women with stories of success and scandal.[17] The original cast returned for the second season in 2016.[18]

She wrote and self-published the book Date, Girl: 143 Reasons Why I Believe Women Should Date Multiple Men,[1] where she dissects the notion of "multiple dating" to help single women learn to date more confidently.[19][20] In 2013, she became Associate Publisher for Who's Who In Black Atlanta.[6]

Awards and recognition

Johnson was included among the top 25 most influential women in Atlanta in 2014 by Rolling Out Magazine.[4]

She was awarded the Audi Forward Achievers Award 2015 for her work as a radio personality at Atlanta's "V103" and her community involvement with the Single Girls Club.[21]

She received the 2012 InfluenceHER Award and the 2012 Powerpreneur Next Award.[22][23]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1996 A Thin Line Between Love and Hate Peaches
1997 Def Jam's How to Be a Player Sherri
1998 Kinfolks Nikki
2000 Da Hip Hop Witch Dee Dee Washington Direct-to-video
2003 Tara Candice Direct-to-video
2004 Up Against the 8 Ball Synthia
2012 Downline Sargent Thomas Short
2016 What Love Will Make You Do Judge

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1995 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Attendant Episode: "Save the Last Trance for Me"
1995 Martin Girlfriend / Patron #4 Episodes: "Blow, Baby, Blow", "C.R.E.A.M."
1999 ER Felonia Episode: "Sticks and Stones"
2013 Divas and Cocktails Herself
2015 From the Bottom Up Herself

References

  1. 1 2 Lala Martinez (30 November 2015). "Stacii Jae Johnson does the unthinkable to promote her new book". Rolling Out. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 "Stacii Jae Johnson: Biography". IMDb. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 Que Jackson. "Stacii Jae Johnson... Creating Her OWN Space". BE Entertained Magazine. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  4. 1 2 Yvette Caslin (24 October 2014). "Cynthia Bailey, Xernona Clayton, 25 most influential women in Atlanta honored". Rolling Out. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  5. 1 2 "Stacii Jae Johnson’s awesome tips to push your creative limits". Rolling Out. 20 December 2016. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  6. 1 2 "Who’s Who In Black Atlanta Announces Stacii Jae Johnson as New Associate Publisher for the 15th Edition". Atlanta Daily World. 2013. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  7. ↑ Victoria Uwumarogie (20 October 2016). "“From The Bottom Up” Star Stacii Jae Johnson On The Art Of Bouncing Back". Madame Noire. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  8. ↑ Andre J. Ellington (January 2014). "Stacii Jae Johnson". Urban Lux. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  9. 1 2 3 Janell Hazelwood (2 February 2016). "Starting Over: Stacii Jae Johnson Talks New Show and Rebounding From Career-Breaking Scandal". Black Enterprise. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  10. ↑ Andrew Stiles (23 May 2012). "The Booty Bundler". The Washington Free Beacon. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  11. ↑ Jason Linkins (23 May 2012). "Washington Free Beacon Gets Pearl-Clutchy About Obama Bundler Who Made Striptease Instructional Video". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  12. ↑ "Stacii Jae". Tastemaker Magazine. April–May 2013. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  13. ↑ Kacie Whaley (25 July 2015). "Actress Stacii Jae Johnson leaves V-103 to pursue her ultimate dream". Rolling Out. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  14. ↑ "We TV's Shawn Bullard, Brandi Harvey & More Join Stacii Jae at TSGC Exp.". Ray Cornelius. 24 February 2015. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  15. ↑ Terry Shropshire (2015). "Stacii Jae’s ‘Single Girls Club Conference’ inspires women to succeed". Atlanta Daily World. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  16. ↑ Stacii Jae Johnson (16 February 2017). "Good Morning Washington Valentine's Relationship Court- Stacii Jae Johnson 2-13-17". YouTube. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  17. ↑ Angela Wilson (16 November 2016). "From the Bottom Up: Sara Stokes Talks New Single 'Fragile Hearts,' Her Relationship with Diddy & Da Band Co-Stars". The Source. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  18. ↑ Vanessa Barnett (26 November 2016). "Exclusive: “Broken But Not Broke” … Cast Of “From The Bottom Up” Sets The Record Straight!". Hip Hollywood. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  19. ↑ "Finding Mr. Right: Why Women Should Date More Than One Man". News One. June 2016. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  20. ↑ Charli Penn (20 January 2016). "Date Your Heart Out! 7 Benefits of Dating More Than One Man To Find The Right One". Essence. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  21. ↑ Jim Ellis Audi Marietta (20 April 2015). "Forward Achiever Video Staci Jae Johnson - Audi Marietta". YouTube. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  22. ↑ "2012 InfluenceHER Awards". InfluenceHER Awards. 2012. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  23. ↑ "Powerpreneur: Trailblazers in Media and Entertainment". USL Magazine. 21 March 2012. Retrieved 9 March 2017.


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