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Kids of the '90s had plenty of shows to get hooked on, from Boy Meets World keClarissa Explains It All kePokémon. 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 continue to this day. Adapted from the Japanese series Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger,Power Rangers cast new actors to don the costumes from the original show—and few made as strong an impression as Amy 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't let this ruin your childhood: Mighty Morphin Power Rangers was largely repurposed from an existing series, specifically the Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger installment of Japan's long-running Super Sentai waralaba. To create the U.S. version, producers cast new actors, including 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 she landed herbreakthrough role.

Playing Pink Ranger Kimberly Hart was a major step forward for the then-unknown Johnson. She appeared on the series from 1993 to 1995, then chose to leave after the 1995 feature film Mighty 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. I'm going to Julia Roberts," she said. "And I felt like, for at least the first year or two [after leaving the series] it was very hard to get a role because they're like, 'Oh, that's the girl from Power Rangers.'"

Those of us who grew up in the '90s likely remember Johnson from TV movies like Disney's Suzie Q and NBC's Tubuh yang sempurna, in which she played a gymnast struggling with an eating disorder. As far as she's concerned, however, the opportunity to prove herself didn't come until she was cast on the series Bakat in 1998, she told IndieWire.

For the first three seasons of the hit WB drama—like Power Rangers, a '90s staple—Johnson starred as Julie Emrick, a close friend of Felicity, played by Keri 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 when we were doing the pilot and then that summer when we were filming she passed away," Johnson said. "It was just sort of this like rollercoaster ride for me emotionally for two years. I think I just needed to go fall apart somewhere."

Series co-creator J.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 in Bakat's fourth and final season in 2002.

You may have caught Johnson making appearances on a number of TV shows in the early 2000s, including ER danSpin City. But Johnson's longest TV run was actually on the Canadian crime dramaTitik nyala, on which she played Jules Callaghan for five seasons, from 2008 to 2012. She and husband Olivier Giner welcomed a daughter the same year Titik nyala premiered—Johnson filmed while pregnant, though her character was written off for several episodes while she was on maternity leave.

Now, Johnson seems pretty focused on other creative pursuits. She wrote and directed the 2017 film The Space Between, which was crowd-funded. Johnson credits the fans of Power Rangers danBakat 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," she told IndieWire.

More recently, Johnson directed 2019's Tammy'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 doing it in Toronto as well. I find that city to be quite nurturing and comforting. I don't feel overwhelmed. I was very overwhelmed in Los Angeles and I don't feel that there."

Johnson mungkin lebih tertarik berada di belakang kamera daripada di depannya akhir -akhir ini, tetapi dia tidak menghindar dari masa lalunya - termasuk tugasnya sebagai Ranger merah muda. Johnson secara teratur muncul di Fan Conventions, yang katanya telah membantu membiayai pembuatan filmnya di luar crowdfunding fitur pertamanya.Power Rangers Fans "merasa seperti bahan bakar ke mesinKarier baru saya, "Dia mengatakan kepada Refinery29 dalam wawancara 2019." Ini benar -benar didorong oleh cinta dan hasrat orang -orang ini untuk pertunjukan ini. Saya bisa bertemu orang -orang melalui konvensi ini dan juga menyebarkan berita yang saya tulis, arahkan, dan pembuatan film sekarang. "

Dalam wawancara yang sama, dia meneleponPower Rangers Morphin Sebuah "pertunjukan buruk, mengerikan" yang "murahan," tetapi juga mengakui dampaknya yang luar biasa adalah Ranger merah muda terhadap hidupnya - dan dampak pertunjukan terhadap begitu banyak orang muda yang tumbuh di tahun 90 -an.

"Melihat ke belakang sekarang, itu adalah hadiah yang jatuh ke pangkuanku. Sangat keren betapa positifnya mempengaruhi begitu banyak anak," kata Johnson kepada Refinery29. "Saya mendengar cerita dari orang -orang yang orang tuanya mengalami perceraian dan itu adalah penangguhan hukuman mereka dari rasa sakit itu. Saya bertemu orang ini bernama Matt di konvensi terakhir saya. Dia berkata ketika dia masih kecil,Power Rangers adalah sahabatnya karena dia sangat diintimidasi. Lalu dia menatapku dan dia pergi, 'Terima kasih telah berada di sana sebelum aku tahu bagaimana harus tertawa.' Itu hanya hal termanis yang pernah dikatakan siapa pun kepada saya. "

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