Joanna Johnson is the co-creator, executive producer and showrunner of
Freeform’s critically acclaimed series “Good Trouble.”
Previously, she was the creator, executive producer and director of
Freeform’s limited series “Love in the Time of Corona,” the
first scripted series shot entirely during the quarantine. She was
also an executive producer and showrunner on Freeform’s
groundbreaking series “The Fosters,” which ran for five seasons.

Joanna Johnson was born and raised in Phoenix, Arizona. She attended
USC Film School and, after graduating, pursued an acting career. Most
notably, she played twins Caroline and Karen Spencer on the CBS soap
opera “The Bold & the Beautiful.”

Johnson’s primary focus is on writing, producing and directing. She
wrote the independent feature “The Shrink Is In,” starring
Courteney Cox and David Arquette, and went on to create and show run
the sitcom “Hope & Faith” for ABC, which ran for three seasons.
She was co-executive producer on ABC Family’s “Make It or Break
It,” “Fairly Legal” for USA Cable, and the CW’s “Emily
Owens, M.D.”

Johnson currently resides in Los Angeles with her wife and children.
