Joanna Johnson

Joanna Johnson is an American actress, writer, producer and director. She is best known for her actress popular roles as Caroline Spencer Forrester (1987–1990, 1992, 2001) first and as her twin sister, Karen Spencer (1991–1994, 2009, 2011–2014) on the CBS daytime soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful.Johnson continues to work actively also behind the camera in the entertainment show business, having several credits as writer, producer, showrunner and director. She wrote the independent film The Shrink Is In (2001), after she created the ABC sitcom Hope & Faith (2003 – 2006) which ran for three seasons. She was co-executive producer on ABC Family's series Make It or Break It (2009 – 2012), Fairly Legal (2012), for USA Cable, and the CW’s Emily Owens, M.D. (2012-2013). She is also the creator, executive producer and director of Freeform’s limited series Love in the Time of Corona (2020). Previously, Joanna Johnson was the executive producer and showrunner on Freeform’s drama series The Fosters (2013 – 2019), which ran for five seasons and actually in its spin-off, Good Trouble (2019 -2023) that has been renewed for Season 5.