Melody Perkins 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 second Pink Ranger in ''

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''.

Career

As an actress, Perkins's longest-running role was in the ''

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'' franchise. She played the lead villainess Astronema in '' Power Rangers in Space''. She said of the role: "It's fun being the bad girl." Perkins returned as the reformed Karone in ''

''. She replaced Valerie Vernon (who left to battle

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) as the Pink Galaxy Ranger. She is the only person to have played the Power Rangers' arch-enemy in one season and a Power Ranger in the next season. Perkins also voiced a monster in '' Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue''. Perkins has also appeared as the babysitter Patty Henderson in ''

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'', an evil witch in ''

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'', and in episodes of various other series. She has also appeared in a commercial for

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. 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. 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

Television

References

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