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Kids of the '90s HadPlanty of shows to get hooked on, fromBoy Meets World forClarissa Explains it all forPokémon. But you didn't have to be a '90s kid to recognize the massive pop culture impact ofMighty Morphin Power Rangers, Which Spawned Toys, Movies, and Continuation Series and Reboots that continues to this day. Adapt from the Japanese SeriesKyōryū Sentai Zyurange,,Power Rangers Cast New Actors to don the costumes from the original show --and few made as strong an impression asAmy Jo Johnson, Who Starred as Pink Ranger Kimberly Hart. NOW 51, The Actor-Turned-Filmmaker Has Had Quite A Career Over the Past Few Decades. Read on to see Johnson now, and to find out what she's been up to since the '90s.

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Don let this ruin your childhood:Mighty Morphin Power Rangers was widely repurposed from an existing series, specificly theKyōryū Sentai Zyurange Installment of Japan's long-runningGreat franchise. To create the U.S. version, producers cast new actors, included Johnson. In A 2020 Interview with Indiewire, the actor Said that she was just 18 and Had been in Los Angeles for Six Months when Shehe Landed HerBreakthrough Role.

Playing Pink Ranger Kimberly Hart was a major step Forward for the then-UNKNOWN Johnson. She appear on the series from 1993 to 1995, then thing to leave the 1995 Feature FilmMighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie. AS She Told Indiewire, She had Aspirations of Bigger and Better Things, But Felt Held Back by Her Association with the Campy Kids Show.AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB

"At that time [i was] 22, 23 [and] i was like, 'i'm going to be a star.Julia Robert, "She Said." And i felt like, for at least the first year or Two [after the series] It was very hard to get a role because they like, 'oh, that's the girl fromPower Rangers. '"

Those of Us who Grew Up in the '90s Likely Remember Johnson from Tv Movies Like Disney'sSuzie q AND NBC'sPerfect body, in Which She Played a Gymnast Struggling with an eating disorder. As far as she's concerned, However, The Opportunity to Proven Herself Didn't Come Until She was cast on the series on the series on the series on the series on the series on the series on the series on the series on the seriesPraise In 1998, She Told Indiewire.

For the First Three Seasons of the Hit Wb Drama - LikePower Rangers, A '90s Staple - Johnson Starred As Julie Emrick, A Close Friend of Felicity, Played byKeri Russell. Johnson Left The Series of Her Own Volition to Cope with the Death of Her Mother, As SheRevealed to page six In A 2018 Interview. "[My Mom] GOT SICK Whhen We Were Doing the Pilot and then that Summer when We Were Filming She Pass Away," Johnson Said. "It was just out of this like rollercoaster ride for me emotionally for two years.

Series Co-CreatorJ.J. Abrams Wrote Johnson off the show, but not before making her Promise She'd come back for the end. She Stayed True To Her Word, and Appeared As A Special Guest Star inPraise'S Fourth and Final Season in 2002.

You may have Caught Johnson Making appearances on a number of tv shows in the early 2000s, includedUh andSpin City. But Johnson's Longest Tv Run was actually on the Canadian Crime DramaBreaking point, on which she played jules callaghan for five seasons, from 2008 to 2012. She and husbandOlivier Giner WELCOMED A DAULT THE SAME YEARBreaking point Premiered - Johnsonfilmed while pregnant, Though Her Character was wastten off for Several Episodes While She was on maternity leave.

Now, Johnson Seems Pretty Focused on Other Creative Pureuits. She wrote and direct the 2017 FilmThe Space Between, Which was crowd-funded. Johnson credits the fans ofPower Rangers andPraise for helping her make it happen. "I raised the money by the support of these kids who are now adults who have just followed me on my ride through… all the shows i've done," shet told indiewire.

More Recently, Johnson direct 2019'sTammy's Always Dying. Now based in Toronto, She Told Page Six, "It's My Passion now - All i Want to do is Write, Direct and Be a Filmmaker. I love it and i love dooing it in Toronto as well. I Find that city to be Nurturing and Comforting. I Don't Feel Overwhelmed. I was very overwhelmed in los Angeles and I don't feel that there. "

Johnson may be more interested in being behind the camera than in front of this these days, but she is not afraid of her past, including her passage as a pink ranger. Johnson appears regularly in fans conventions, which, according to her, helped finance her cinema beyond the crowdfunding of her first feature film.Power Rangers Fans "feel like the fuel of the engine ofMy new career", She told Refinery29 in an interview of 2019." He is really fueled by the love and passion of these people for this show. I meet people through these conventions and I also pass the word that I write, realize and realize now. "

In the same interview, she calledMighty Morphin Power Rangers A "terrible bad spectacle" which was "cheesy", but also recognized that the huge impact being that the pink storage has on his life - and the impact of the spectacle on so many young people who grew up in the 90s.

"Looking back now, it was such a gift that fell on my knees. It's really cool how much it affected so many children," Johnson told Refinery29. "I hear stories of people whose parents have divorced and it was their stay of this pain. I met this guy named Matt during the last convention where I was. He said when he was a child,Power Rangers was his best friend because he was so victim of intimidation. Then he looks at me and he said, "Thank you for being there before you laugh. It was just the sweetest thing that everyone ever told me. ""

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