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Karan Ashley
Karan in 2016
Born
Karan Ashley Jackson

(1975-09-28) September 28, 1975 (age 49)
Odessa, TX, U.S.
Other namesKaran Ashley
Occupation(s)Actress, talk show host, radio show host, producer
Years active1994–present

Karan Ashley Jackson (born September 28, 1975), better known as Karan Ashley, is an American actress and talk show host. She is best known as Aisha Campbell, the second Yellow Power Ranger in the Fox Kids series Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. In 1992, she was a member of the short-lived girl group K.R.U.S.H, who featured a song to the soundtrack of Mo' Money. She was known as "Ashley Jackson" at this time.

Life and career

Ashley was born in Odessa, Texas. She is of mixed African-American and Mexican descent.[1] She graduated from David W. Carter High School in Dallas. She auditioned against thousands in a nationwide open casting call and won the role of Aisha Campbell, the second Yellow Ranger in the Fox Kids series Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, replacing the late Thuy Trang (Trini Kwan). Her last Power Rangers appearance was in the finale for the third season of the series.

Ashley has made guest appearances in TV shows such as Hangin' with Mr. Cooper, Kenan & Kel, and The Parkers, Taylor's Wall. Her first film debut as, executive producer was the independent film Devon's Ghost, alongside fellow Power Rangers alumnus Johnny Yong Bosch and director Koichi Sakamoto for Gag Order Films, Inc. While she also co-wrote Devon's Ghost, her first screenplay staple came with the film Unto Thee in 1999. She co-wrote the film with Gia and Tim Grace, and also starred in the movie.

In August 2010, Ashley was invited to Power Morphicon, the second Power Rangers fan convention in Pasadena, California. In September 2011, Ashley joined the National Talk Radio Show "UnCensored Radio" (formerly "Unscripted Radio") as a regular co-host/producer and co-hosted the show with Co-Host Katrina Johnson and Jeffrey Emmette filmed "Uncensored Reality", a reality show tied into Uncensored Radio.

Currently, in 2016, she stars in the webseries Class Dismissed, alongside fellow "Power Rangers" alumni Nakia Burrise.

In 2017, she announced that she would be starring in and producing the short film The Order and had cast many Power Rangers alumni.[2][3][4][5][6]

Filmography

Film

Television

References

  1. ^ https://lasentinel.net/seeing-a-different-shade-of-yellow-with-karan-ashley.html
  2. ^ The Order film 2017 on henshinjustice.com Archived 2016-10-22 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ The Order film 2017 on nerdbastards.com
  4. ^ The Order movie science fiction.com
  5. ^ "The Order on aceofgeeks.net". Archived from the original on 2016-10-22. Retrieved 2016-10-21.
  6. ^ The Order on plugou.com
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