Jadah Marie Johnson is an actress from the United States. In the Netflix series Julie and the Phantoms, she plays Flynn. She played a supporting role in Steven Spielberg’s 2018 blockbuster Ready Player One. Marie played Celia Facilier, one of Dr. Facilier’s daughters (aka The Shadow Man from The Princess and the Frog), in the film Descendants 3 after breaking through as a cast member of the series Mann and Wife in the role of Natasha ‘Tasha’ Mann. Director Kenny Ortega approached Marie at the Descendants 3 screening and told her about Julie and the Phantoms for the first time. Working on Julie and the Phantoms is Marie’s second collaboration with Kenny Ortega, who directed her in the third instalment of the Descendants franchise.
Marie auditioned for the role of Flynn. She first encountered Madison Reyes at their first chemistry reading. Flynn had performed a song from the Broadway musical Hamilton by Angelica Schyler. Carrie [Savannah Lee May], Julie [Madison Reyes], and Nick [Sacha Carlson] were in the first scene Marie shot on the show. Marie has a gift for rapping and singing. She collaborated with Sarah Jeffery on the song “Audrey’s Christmas Rewind,” as well as “Break This Down,” “Good To Be Bad,” and “Rotten to the Core (D3 Remix)” from the Descendants 3 soundtrack. Marie has released two original songs, “Staycation” and “Lifestyle”, as well as “The Chase.” Marie keeps up with her fans on Instagram, where she boasts a whopping one million followers.