Alexz Johnson

Alexzandra Spencer Johnson (born November 4, 1987) is a Canadian singer and actress.

in 1999.

Johnson auditioned for the Disney Channel original series So Weird, which was casting for a lead actress who could also sing for the final season of the show.

At the age of 13, Johnson replaced the lead character in the Disney Channel series So Weird for the show's final season.

Johnson portrayed the lead role of Annie Thelen, which combined her acting and musical talents.

The role featured her singing alongside Mackenzie Phillips.

She showed an interest in songwriting, co-writing one of the songs for the show.

On July 22, 2000, Johnson was featured in Billboard for the first time, she went on to be featured in sixteen different issues.

Her co-write from Disney’s So Weird, "Dream About You" charted six different times and came in at number one in "Radio Play Favorite Song Requests" for "The Most Listened-to New Tracks on Broadband Talent Net" on November 11, 2000.

Her cover of Canadian girl group Prestige’s song, "Wishing Star" retitled as "Wishing On A Star", came in at number five in the same issue.

Also "Sunshine Reigns", an early credited co-write with songwriters Trevan Wong and Doris Young, charted at number three on July 22, 2000.

In the year 2000, a song performed by Johnson entitled "Everything (Feels Like New)" was featured in the Disney Channel Original Movie The Other Me, starring Andrew Lawrence.

She promoted the project by performing a few verses in an impromptu a capella that aired on Disney Channel during her Express Yourself interview feature that was highly circulated during commercial breaks at the time.

A low quality demo of the song leaked in full online.

However, a full studio version of the song was never released.

Her highest ranking was number two in "The Top 10 Favorite Artist Picks" for "The Most Popular New Talent on Broadband Talent Net" as of June 2, 2001, after 33 weeks on.

Johnson is best known for her roles as Jude Harrison in the CTV series Instant Star, as Annie Thelen in the Disney Channel series So Weird, and as Erin Ulmer in the 2006 horror film Final Destination 3.

She additionally guest starred as Saturn Girl, a member of the Legion of Super-Heroes, in the series Smallville.

She was nominated three times for a Gemini Award for Best Performance in a Children's or Youth Program or Series (Instant Star), winning the award in 2008.

Johnson was born in New Westminster, British Columbia, and raised in nearby Coquitlam.

She is of Swedish, Scottish, and English descent.

The sixth of ten children, Johnson says her family embraced the arts and being creative.

One brother is an actor and screenwriter, another brother does graphic design, her younger brother performs music, and her brother Brendan is a singer-songwriter and music producer with whom she often collaborates.

From age three, Johnson often sang for her large extended family.

By age six, she was receiving vocal training, participating in festivals with her local youth choir by age seven, and giving solo performances at school and community functions.

At age nine, she had entered the P.N.E. talent search, becoming a finalist.

She participated in many talent contests and festivals, winning a National Anthem Contest at the age of 11, with her rendition of the Canadian National Anthem, "O Canada", heard on national television.

This resulted in radio and television interviews, as well as interest from management.

That year, she was voted Best Anthem singer of the season by the Vancouver Sun.

Locally, Johnson was often referred to as the "West Coast Celine" and sang the Canadian National Anthem at games for the NHL's Vancouver Canucks and the NBA's Vancouver Grizzlies.

She performed at charity events and fairs around the province, in addition to the BC Summer Games recording their theme song, "Reach for the Stars".

She went on to appear on the Variety Club show singing a duet with Bob McGrath, sang the first set of songs at the Molson Indy (a major car race), and entertained on New Year's Eve at Planet Hollywood at the age of 12.

Although Johnson was only focused on a music career at the time, she decided to pursue a career in acting at the age of 11, where she "walked into an acting agency and told them [she] wanted to sing".

She landed auditions for commercials and a television pilot entitled "Most Talented Kids".

Her debut album Voodoo was independently released with her brother Brendan Johnson in 2010, followed by the demo release of The Basement Recordings in 2011, with its sequel, The Basement Recordings II, and EP Skipping Stone in 2012.

The Basement Recordings III was released in 2013.

A follow-up extended play Heart followed in 2014; with her sophomore effort Let 'Em Eat Cake being released October of that year.

Johnson's third studio album A Stranger Time was released in 2017 and her fourth, Still Alive, in 2020.

Johnson's fifth album is to be titled Seasons, she allowed her fans to vote for the title via her personal Patreon.

An official release date has yet to be announced but she began announcing dates for an intimate Europe/ US Tour set to begin in the early spring of 2023 to promote its release.