Who is Johanna Braddy?
American actress Johanna Elizabeth Braddy was born under the zodiac sign Virgo on 30 August 1987 in Atlanta, Georgia USA. She has 58 acting credits and is perhaps known best for portraying Anna Martin in 10 episodes (2015) of the popular drama series “UnREAL”, which starred Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman, Craig Bierko and Shiri Appleby, and was created by Sarah Gertrude Shapiro and Marti Noxon. It follows the production crew of a dating competition show, the series aired from 2015 through 2018 and won five of its 26 award nominations.
Johanna’s today highly active in the movie industry, and is currently working on multiple projects, including new episodes of the series “A Million Little Things”.
Education and early life
Johanna was raised alongside her brother Cole Braddy in Atlanta, by their engineer father Steve Braddy and preschool music teacher mother Jo Beth; not many other details have been shared about Johanna’s family as they prefer to be left out of media.
Johanna studied at McIntosh High School and fell in love with acting during her time there; she was 17 when she made her debut film appearance, playing Olivia Harden in the 2004 musical comedy “Pop Rocks”, which starred David Jensen, Sherilyn Fenn and Gary Cole, and was directed by Ron Lagomarsino; it follows a retired heavy metal singer as he’s trying to keep a dark secret hidden from his family and friends. The following year saw Johanna make her debut TV series appearance, playing Lisa in the episode “There’s Something Strange Going On in the World’s Oceans” of the mystery adventure “Surface”.
Having already launched her acting career upon matriculating in 2005, Johanna decided to continue pursuing it rather than enrolling at college.
Roles in movies
Johanna portrayed Kayla Chartwell in the 2006 musical “Broken Bridges”, which starred Richard Tillman, Jason Leith and Brian F. Durkin, and was directed by Steven Goldmann. It follows a fading country music star who’s returned to his hometown, reunited with his high school sweetheart and met his 16 years old daughter for the first time.
A couple of Johanna’s following roles were in the 2007 animated adventure comedy “Surf’s Up” (voice role), the 2007 sports crime drama “Home of the Giants” and the 2008 English version of the Japanese animated adventure comedy “Ponyo” (voice role). What marked the remainder of the 2000s for her was perhaps playing Melody Bostic in the popular 2010 romantic comedy “Easy A”, which starred Penn Badgley, Amanda Bynes and Emma Stone, and was directed by Will Gluck. It follows the life of a teenage girl and the film won nine of its 30 award nominations.
Johanna started off the 2010s with roles in the 2011 sports action “Born to Race”, the 2011 mystery horror thriller “Paranormal Activity 3” and the 2012 horror thriller “The Collection”. The year 2014 saw her play Callie in the comedy “Believe Me”, which starred Zachary Knighton and Alex Russell, and was written and directed by Will Bakke. It follows four college seniors who’ve started a fake charity to pay for their tuitions; the film was nominated for only a single award.
Some of Johanna’s most recent roles in movies have been in the 2018 comedy “Miss Arizona”, the 2020 comedy “The Get Together” and the 2021 romantic drama “Saving Paradise”.
Roles in TV series
In 2007, Johanna portrayed Tammy Simms in six episodes of the crime comedy “The Riches”, which starred Shannon Woodward, Minnie Driver and Eddie Izzard, and was created by Dmitry Lipkin. It follows the lives of members of a family of crooks, and the series won one of its 12 award nominations. The remainder of the decade saw Johanna appear in an episode of the family comedy “Drake & Josh”, the romantic mystery comedy “Samantha Who?” and the crime mystery “Lie to Me”.
The year 2013 saw her play Mia Sertner in four episodes of the romantic drama “Hit the Floor”, which starred Jonathan ‘Lil J’ McDaniel, McKinley Freeman and Katherine Bailess, and was created by James LaRosa. It follows Ahsha Hayes as she’s trying to join the dance team Los Angeles Devil Girls, against the wishes of her former dancer mother Sloane, the series aired from 2013 through 2018, but was nominated for only a single award.
From 2015 through 2018, Johanna starred as Shelby Wyatt in all 57 episodes of the crime mystery “Quantico”, which also starred Jake McLaughlin and Priyanka Chopra Jonas, and was created by Joshua Safran. It follows a group of FBI recruits from the Quantico base now that one of them is believed to be a sleeper terrorist, and the series won two of its nine award nominations.
Some of Johanna’s most recent TV series roles have been in 10 episodes of the 2022 drama “Chicago Med”, two episodes of the 2023 romantic drama “Gossip Girl” and three episodes of the 2023 romantic comedy “A Million Little Things”.
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Other credits
Johanna received special thanks for the 2013 episode “A Hero’s Welcome” of the comedy “Guy in Cape” and the 2014 episode “The Finer Things” of the fantasy “The Realms of Labyrinth”.
She’s been featured in a couple of TV specials, including “Quantico the Recruits: Dead Drop”, “Quantico the Recruits: Quick Change” and “Quantico the Recruits: Inside the CIA”, all released in 2017.
Awards and nominations
Johanna won two Streamy Awards for Best Ensemble Cast in 2014 and 2015, both for her and her colleagues’ performance in the romantic action science fiction series “Video Game High School”.
She was also nominated for a 2014 Streamy Award for Best Actress in a Comedy and a 2015 International Academy of Web Television Award for Best Ensemble Performance (shared with colleagues), both for “Video Game High School”.
Love life and marriages
Johanna can rarely be heard speaking about her love life, but it’s known that she’s married twice.
Her first husband was American actor and professional photographer Josh Blaylock, whom she met on the set of the series “Video Game High School”; they instantly fell for one another but chose to wait with dating until they were done shooting for the first season. It was on 1 May 2012 that they became engaged, then exchanged vows on 11 November 2012, but Johanna and Josh divorced in the first half of 2015.
Also in 2015, she began dating British actor Frederic Wilhelm C. J. ‘Freddie’ Sjostrom, whom she met on the set of the series “UnREAL”; they became engaged in May 2016 and exchanged vows on 30 December 2016.
There are no other men whom Johanna’s perhaps dated, that we know about; she’s married to her second husband Freddie Stroma as of December 2023 and doesn’t have children.
Interesting facts and hobbies
Johanna enjoys being active on Instagram and has posted over 1,100 pictures, while she’s today followed by nearly 250,000 people; most of her content features her spending time with friends and family, taking her pet dog for a walk and shooting for her TV series and movies.
She’s a huge lover of animals and her Instagram account’s filled with pictures of various, including deer, cows and dogs; her love of animals has also led her to become vegan.
Johanna loves being in nature and enjoys spending her spare time in a cabin deep in the woods.
She’s physically active, mostly because it’s important for her career to stay in shape; Johanna does yoga on a daily basis and occasionally works out at the gym.
The late Robin Williams is one of Johanna’s favorite actors, and some of her favorite movies are “Jumanji”, “The Birdcage” and “Awakenings”.
Age, height and net worth
Johanna’s age is 36. She’s 5ft 5ins (1.65m) tall, weighs around 120lbs (54kgs) and has blonde hair and blue eyes.
Johanna’s net worth’s been estimated at over $5 million, as of December 2023.
