How Anjelah Johnson Built a Comedy Career by Accident

Anjelah Johnson did not arrive in Hollywood with a tortured plan to become America’s favorite clean comedian. She moved there to act — dramatically, if possible.“I thought I was gonna be a dramatic actress,” Johnson said. “I didn’t know I was funny.”To be fair, she knew she was funny at home. Her family text thread, by her account, is basically Def Comedy Jam with better boundaries, but being funny with siblings and becoming a stand-up comedian are very different forms of public humiliation.John