Melody Perkins

Melody Perkins (born January 28, 1974) is an American actress, model and dancer. She is known for her regular role as the villainess later turned heroine Astronema/Karone in Power Rangers in Space, and became the Pink Ranger in Power Rangers Lost Galaxy.

Early life and education

Perkins was born in Wiesbaden, West Germany and grew up in Sacramento, California. Her major in college was quantitative economics.

Career

An accomplished dancer, Perkins has performed with the Sacramento Ballet Company and the Jazz Unlimited Dance Company. She also models, with clients which include Lands' End. She broke into acting during a modelling trip to Europe, making commercials in Italy and France. Nevertheless, she has not abandoned modelling entirely, saying, "I still do it when I can."

As an actress, Melody Perkins' longest-running role was in the series Power Rangers in Space, playing the lead villain Astronema. She said of the role: "It's fun being the bad gal."

Perkins returned to Power Rangers, this time as the reformed Karone, in the follow-up series Power Rangers Lost Galaxy. She is the only person to have played the arch-enemy of the Power Rangers in one season and a Power Ranger in the next season. She replaced Valerie Vernon, who left to battle leukemia, as the Pink Galaxy Ranger. She has also voiced a monster in Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue.

Perkins has also appeared as the babysitter Patty Henderson in Malcolm in the Middle, and also as an evil witch in an episode of Charmed, and in episodes of various other series. She has also appeared in a commercial for Allstate Insurance. Perkins retired from acting after she made a brief appearance in an episode of CSI: Miami in 2004.

In 2007, Perkins appeared on a cover for Let's Live magazine.

Melody Perkins has recently returned to acting, reprising her role as Karone in the final episode of Power Rangers Super Megaforce, which aired in November, 2014. Along with other past and current Power Rangers cast members, she makes regular appearances at various sci-fi/comic cons.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	Coyote Ugly	New Coyote	Uncredited
2001	Planet of the Apes	Friend at Leo's party
2016	Girl Trip	Kate	Short film

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	High Tide	—	Episode: "The Grind"
1997	Night Man	Lisa	Episode: "Face to Face"
1997	Silk Stalkings	Maid	Episode: "Child's Play"
1998	Power Rangers in Space	Astronema / Karone	Series regular (43 episodes)
1999	Power Rangers Lost Galaxy	Karone / Pink Galaxy Ranger #2	Series regular (14 episodes)
2000	Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue	Laser (voice)	Uncredited; episode: "The Fifth Crystal"
2000	Malcolm in the Middle	Patty Henderson	Episode: "Convention"
2003	Charmed	Margo Stillman	Episode: "The Power of Three Blondes"
2004	CSI: Miami	Barbara Nance	Episode: "Wannabe"
2014	Power Rangers Super Megaforce	Karone / Pink Galaxy Ranger	Episode: "Legendary Battle"

External links

• Melody Perkins at IMDb