Meisha Johnson Biography

Meisha Johnson is a Swedish-speaking personality who is best known for her full-time reporting and anchoring with a Philadelphia-based news program called Eyewitness News on CBS. She has received well-developed skills in public speaking, TV hosting, and acting. She is a multi-talented lady who has mastered skills like modeling, voiceover work, and writing.

Early Life

Meisha Johnson was born in 1981 and brought up by a family of performers. She was raised in Minnesota who has got her first name as Meisha Phoebe Jean Johnson. Her mother named Dian was a ballet dancer and her father named Dwaine was a boxer and also had an interest in theatre and related performance. She has taken her name from Russian dancer, Mikhail Baryshnikov who is also nicknamed Misha. Meisha and her parents belong to Swedish hereditary. The American reporter takes pride in her belonging to Scandinavian roots.

After finishing high school, Meisha left her hometown and moved to Sweden where she spent three years of her life and where she went to Uppsala University. She received a language certificate in Swedish from the University. Later, she returned to the USA and started studying for a graduate degree that was a combination of journalism, theatre, and Scandinavian studies. For this, she went to the University of Minnesota. Thereafter, she did her graduation in a subject that majorly included journalism in 2007.

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Meisha Johnson Career

Meisha began her career while working in local films, theatre, and national TV commercials at the time when she was studying in college. She has also worked in TV pilots and was featured in the soap opera “The Young and The Restless”. Later, she made her debut with the movie appearance in 2006 in a romantic comedy film named “Fall into Me” where she was cast with the role of ‘Brandy’. In 2008, she got herself engaged by the movies again when she was filmed in the movie “13 Hours in the Warehouse”.

Meisha Johnson Biography

Real Name Meisha Phoebe Johnson
Birth Date 1981
Age (as of 2021) 40 Years
Birth Place Minnesota, United States
Nationality American
Profession Actress, TV Journalist
Religion Christianity
Sun sign Not Known

Physical Statistics

Height in feet inches – 5’ 5” – in Centimeters – 165 cm
Weight in Kilograms – 55 kg  –  in Pounds –  121 lbs
Shoe Size 6 (U.S.)
Hair Color Dark Brown
Eye Color Blue
Body Type Slim

Family

Father Dwaine Johnson
Mother Dian Johnson
Sister
Brother

Qualification/Education

School Not Known
College Uppsala University

Relationship Status

Marital Status Single
Affair No
Boyfriend None

Personal life

Meisha first rose to fame as an actress and model. Later, she got herself to be diversified with different skills like acting, and broadcasting which helped her to gain more fame and helped her to enter the heart of audiences. She has spent almost half of her career life in anchoring and has further endeavored herself to be a part of charming personality with good grounded and mannered etiquettes. Meisha Johnson has not been involved with anyone in a romantic affair. Meanwhile, she has been busy maintaining a crazy work schedule for herself. She is living her best life with the lavish and luxurious way of living standards with her two cats named Noah and Prince.

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Meisha Johnson Net Worth

In 2005, Meisha used to host TV shows, and later, she started hosting many enthusiastic shows on the sports channel and for which she spent eight years of her life. Her career was given a kick start when she started hosting the 30-minute weekly show “Sleadhead 24/7” on Fox Sports. She also hosted other shows like Trail Nation and Softball 360 for discovery media and Yamaha DVD. She has been the regular host for many shows on CBS sports, Verus, Fox Sports, Yokal Sports, and Speed Channel.

In 2014, she joined her hand with a US shopping channel named EVINE Live and later became the spokesperson of K-Swiss Fitness. She has also served herself to be the host of shows like Atomic Playpen, Polaris 3M, and many more. In July 2015, she joined CBS Channel 3 as an anchor and reporter for the program “Eyewitness News”. Her salary is presumed to be around $45,000 per annum. She is a prominent TV personality who has managed to earn an eye-catching net worth. However, her exact net worth is not yet disclosed.

Trivia

  • Meisha is an environmentalist and animal lover or activist, who has maintained a part of organizing campaigns to raise awareness for farm animal welfare and the conservation of amphibians and reptiles.
  • In 2017, she was one of the participants of “matchmaking mission” who was one among the many for eligible news personality show that was later featured on WIP-FM 94.1.
  • Meisha Johnson also appeared on the cover of Daily News Singles.
  • Meisha has made a tattoo on her back as a part of her memory for her childhood pets.
  • She is one of those personalities who love to stand for the pain of pets, dogs, and animals.
  • Meisha has got her genes from her grandfather who was also a performer like her parents and used to be a Theatre director.
  • She is a fan of scary movies and used to watch them with her mother while growing up.

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