"Life, Camera, ACTION!"
Johanna Tolentino got her first big break at the age of 16 on the feature film "Lean On Me" with Morgan Freeman. After being bitten by the acting bug, she booked roles on off-off Broadway shows in New York. She trained at the Puerto Rican Traveling Theater in audition technique. voice and acting before booking roles in regional theaters, regional commercials and industrial films in Atlanta, Huntsville Alabama and Philadelphia.
Johanna has booked co-starring roles on Law and Order SVU, The Blacklist, on NBC Orange is the New Black, on NETFLIX and ALTERNATINO on Comedy Central. She appeared as Rosa in The Buddy Holly Story, she played Ginny in A soldier's fugue at the Walnut Street Theatre, Rosa in Lydia at the Adrienne Theatre in Philadelphia, Paloma in Erlina Ortiz’s play Morir Sonyando at Passage Theatre, Gardenia in Young Money at Azuka Theatre, Co-starring role on the NBC show Do No Harm, and booked supporting roles in the short films, "Taking East New York" and "El Pasaje, as well as features "Keep in Touch" "Patty Cakes" and Sylvester Stallone's Rocky sequel, "Creed".
MEET JOHANNA
Currently she is the creator, producer, writer and star of the web series "Whatever It Takes".
Link to Latin Trend magazine interview:
https://www.latintrends.com/johanna-tolentino-sometimes-you-just-have-to-build-it-for-them-to-come/
Words from Johanna:
God has a way of throwing you curve balls in life. After going through a really difficult divorce. I decided to take those curve balls and hit them out of the park and out of my life. Pursuing my acting career and producing my own content is what fuels me and makes me happy. I want to be an example to my daughters and to anyone that has been blessed with talent, whatever that talent may be, to always pursue their dreams and no matter how hard things get, never allow anyone to crush their ambitions.
Marriages fall apart, couples break up, financially we get into debt. I started again. I wiped my tears and held my head up high, with God, and the love and support of friends/familia I was able to continue the process of shooting my first WIT episode.
I shot this episode with $300.00 dollars and fed my cast and crew with food stamps.
Since then I have shot 2 episodes and 2 trailers. I am currently rewriting WIT.
These are new episodes with a bold, funny, authentic storyline.
I continue on this journey to create my own content. I am making my own opportunities in this industry.
I am no longer ashamed to share this part of my truth with anyone because it is just that MY TRUTH, MY STORY.
I hope my story helps others not to give up on their dreams and to continue to persevere no matter what.
WHATEVER IT TAKES!