Biography

Gayla Johnson is an Actress and Stand-up Comedian, Co-Starring on the New Tv Series - All Rise, Guest Starred on Criminal Minds , Scandal, Co-Starred on Grey's Anatomy, Bones, Gert Shorty, Legion and more!. Comedy Credits include : CD Album "Black Wives Matter" , produced by Uproar Ent. Showtime's Fierce Funny Women, Byron Allen's "Hot Chocolate -Comics Unleashed, - Stand-up Comedy Doc. 'Beyond the Mic' and #PoundmeToo Comedy Tour, SiTv's Laff Jam, Inside Joke, B.E.T. Comic View, TBS Comedy Festival, and the Ice House -Comedy Time Series , 2019 Indie Films Include, Lifetime's - 'I Think I'm a Serial Killer" Stonecrest Entertainment, "Fugue" dir. Patrick Hasson, "EXIT" starring Maria Bello, "Everything's Gonna be Ok" Prod/Starring Josh Thomas, "Heirlooms" Prod. by Brandywines,L.L.C., "Viral" written by Donald Broida, "Skip" Cmnsoon Ent. and more !

She has recurred in various Web series: Dating Savanna Love, Assignment Unexplained, As a veteran theater actress, she has starred in: A Raisin In The Sun; Colored Girls Who Considered Suicide when the Rainbow was Enough; LaBrea Tar Pits; No Exit; RosenBlat & Guildenstern are dead, Black and Bluestien, and local improv and sketch productions.

Certified Scuba Diver, Realestate investor/developer, Bird handler/Dog Trainer, Diverse with a background in Theatre and a Degree in Broadcast Communications, natural improv-performer, she flowed into public speaking and then the challenging field of Standup Comedy. She's quoted as saying "Stand-up Comedy is the one thing you can do badly, and no one will laugh at you".

She's won a host of comedy competitions, including, the Ice House Comedy Club Comedy Contest, "Positive I Can Entertain" Competition, Funniest Female, and the Make Me LAFF Competition. She was Honored by the LA Comedy Awards with the Most Hilarious Comedian. and Breakthrough Performer in Film and Television. ABC's WipeOut featured her for 3 appearances, and fortunately, she bounced back, expanding her comedic talent to game shows and reality television.

Touring Internationally - She's A Broad "Abroad"! She appears regularly at The Laugh Factory, Comedy Store: Ontario and Melrose Improv, Ice House, and HaHa Comedy Club, London, UK at the Comedy Store, Comedy Cafe, 99 Clubs, Montreal at the Comedy Nest.

She lives in Los Angeles with husband Greg Dean.
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