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Born | Staten Island, New York, U.S. |
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Years active | 2002–present |
Rebekka Johnson is an American actress, comedian and writer, producer [1] from Staten Island, New York. [2] Johnson is best known for playing Dawn Rivecca on Netflix's wrestling comedy GLOW . [3] She was featured on MTV's prank show Boiling Points . Johnson has been performing with her musical comedy group The Apple Sisters along with her GLOW co-star Kimmy Gatewood and Sarah Lowe since 2007.
Johnson is co-creator of The Apple Sisters, a World War II musical comedy trio. The group, which consists of Kimmy Gatewood, Rebekka Johnson, and Sarah Lowe, started in 2007 in New York City. They received wide acclaim at the 2008 Montreal Just For Laughs Comedy Festival, which lead them to move to Los Angeles where they continually perform. [4] She is a co-creator of the award winning Apple Sisters which performed at this festival. [5]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2018 | Consent, a Short Comedy About a Serious Subject | Libby / Producer / Writer | Short film |
2013 | Jazz Fever | Pregnant Mabel / Producer | Short film |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2019 | Crazy Ex Girlfriend | Elated Cat | Episode: "I Need Some Balance" |
2018 | WWE SmackDown | Herself | Episode: "The Road to WWE Extreme Rules 2018 Begins" |
2017–19 | GLOW | Dawn Rivecca | 29 episodes |
2017 | A Christmas Story Live! | Candy Apple | The Apple Sisters |
2016 | We Don't Hate It Here | Edie |
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