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Emma Lahana
Born
Emma Kate Lahana

c. 1984 (age 39–40)
Auckland, New Zealand
OccupationActress
Years active2000–2013, 2018–present

Emma Kate Lahana[1] (born c. 1984) is a New Zealand actress. She is known for her roles as Kira Ford, the Yellow Dino Ranger, in Power Rangers Dino Thunder, Jennifer Mason on Haven, and Brigid O'Reilly in Cloak & Dagger.[citation needed]

Career

Lahana played Erin Kingston, a supporting role on the New Zealand TV drama Shortland Street, and also appeared on Street Legal. She also portrayed Fiona in Disney's You Wish!. In 2004, Lahana starred as Kira Ford, the Yellow Power Ranger, on Power Rangers Dino Thunder.[2] For this series, she recorded the songs "Patiently", "Freak You Out", "I'm Over You", "Just a Little", and "True Love" (Ft. Morgan Fairhead).[citation needed]

Lahana began her music career after joining BMI in 2005,[3] although she later quit the industry.[4]

Lahana appeared in an episode of the fourth season of Stargate Atlantis, "Outcast" (S04E15), and as the waitress abducted by a serial killer on a third-season episode of Psych. Lahana appeared in the films Alien Agent (2007) and the true-crime thriller Dear Mr. Gacy (2010), in the latter of which she played the girlfriend of Jason Moss. In 2010, she played the role of Beth in the television miniseries Seven Deadly Sins.[5]

Lahana played a recurring character on the TV series Hellcats, starring Aly Michalka and Ashley Tisdale. She appeared in the music video for Drew Seeley's single "How a Heart Breaks". In 2012, she appeared in the television movie Big Time Movie (2012).[6] In 2013, Lahana was cast in the recurring role of Jennifer Mason on the Syfy drama series, Haven.[7]

In 2018, Lahana was cast as a series regular in the Freeform television series Marvel's Cloak & Dagger,[8] where she played New Orleans police detective Brigid O'Reilly for two seasons from 2018 to 2019.[9]

Personal life

Lahana is Jewish and vegan.[10]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2007 Alien Agent Julie Direct-to-video film
2008 Slap Shot 3: The Junior League Shayne Baker Direct-to-video film
2009 The Girlfriend Experience Adrian
2010 Ratko: The Dictator's Son Sorority Girl in Sweats
2010 Transparency Alex
2010 Dear Mr. Gacy Alyssa
2013 Afterparty Hailey
2021 Safer at Home Mia Direct-to-video film[11]

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2000–2001 Shortland Street Erin Kingston
2003 You Wish! Fiona Television film
2004 Power Rangers Dino Thunder Kira Ford / Yellow Dino Ranger Main role
2005 Power Rangers S.P.D. Kira Ford / Yellow Dino Ranger Episodes: "Wormhole", "History"
2007 Nobody Kara Television film
2007 Supernatural Jen Episode: "Tall Tales"
2007 Kyle XY Girl Episode: "Does Kyle Dream of Electric Fish?"
2007 Power Rangers Operation Overdrive Kira Ford / Yellow Dino Ranger Episodes: "Once a Ranger: Parts 1 & 2"
2007 Whistler Angela Episode: "Road Trip"
2008 Stargate Atlantis Ava Dixon Episode: "Outcast"
2008 The L Word Missy P Episode: "Lesbians Gone Wild"
2009 Psych Waitress Episode: "An Evening with Mr. Yang"
2009 Polar Storm Zoe Television film
2009 The Guard Emily Greig Episodes: "He Is Heavy, He's My Brother", "Boom", "Full Circle"
2010 Seven Deadly Sins Beth Manning Television miniseries
2010–2011 Heartland Blair Episodes: "Homecoming", "Mood Swings"
2010–2011 Hellcats Charlotte Monroe Recurring role
2011 Trading Christmas Heather Spengler Television film
2012 Big Time Movie Penny Lane Television film
2012 Emily Owens, M.D. Hannah Episode: "Emily and... the Question of Faith"
2013 Arctic Air Alex Recurring role (season 2)
2013 Haven Jennifer Mason Recurring role (season 4)
2018 Private Eyes Holly Brown Episode: "The Hills Have Eyes"
2018–2019 Cloak & Dagger Brigid O'Reilly / Mayhem Main role

References

  1. ^ "emmakatelahana". Instagram. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
  2. ^ Matthew Mueller (19 January 2018). "Power Rangers' Emma Lahana Joining Marvel's Cloak & Dagger". Comicbook.com. Retrieved 8 September 2018. Lahana played the role of Kira Ford on Power Rangers Dino Thunder, which aired in 2004. Lahana was the team's resident Yellow Dino Ranger...
  3. ^ "Songwriter/actress Emma Lahana Joins BMI Family". BMI. 13 September 2005. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  4. ^ Emma Lahana [@emmaklahana] (16 October 2017). "The real reason I quit music was because of sexual harassment (which was then blamed on me as I tried getting out of my contract) #MeToo" (Tweet). Retrieved 19 September 2021 – via Twitter.
  5. ^ Nellie Andreeva (11 August 2009). "Lifetime commits to 'Sins' miniseries". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  6. ^ Robert Lloyd (10 March 2012). "Big Time Rush's 'Big Time Movie': 'The Monkees' for post-Millennials". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 8 September 2018. ...and a girl spy named Penny Lane (Emma Lahana).
  7. ^ Lesley Goldberg (7 August 2013). "'Haven' Adds 'Dexter' Villain, 'Hellcats' Alum for Season 4 (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
  8. ^ Greg Evans (18 January 2018). "'Marvel's Cloak & Dagger': Freeform Releases Footage, Sets Premiere Date". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on 19 January 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  9. ^ Samantha Highfill (16 April 2018). "Marvel's Cloak & Dagger: Jaime Zevallos and Emma Lahana's characters are revealed". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
  10. ^ Emma Lahana [@emmaklahana] (5 April 2021). "another jewish vegan here 🙋🏻 and I concur... delete this and stop this comparison for good ffs" (Tweet). Retrieved 7 April 2021 – via Twitter.
  11. ^ Patrick Hipes (15 January 2021). "Pandemic Thriller 'Safer At Home', Shot During Covid Lockdown, Finds Home At Vertical Entertainment". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 16 January 2021.

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