Emma Lahana
- Actress
- Producer
- Soundtrack
Emma Kate Lahana was born in Auckland, New Zealand on 27 June 1984. She
became involved in the arts at a very young age doing ballet and
broadened her dancing to jazz, tap and modern styles. She also learnt
to play the violin but once in high school became involved in drama as
well as singing. It was here that she auditioned for a long-running New
Zealand TV soap,
Shortland Street (1992) and
was surprised to be given the part of "Erin Kingston" which she played
for 2 seasons. She performed in many lead roles in musicals for ACMT.
In 2002, she starred in the Disney movie
You Wish! (2003) and, in
2003, landed a lead role in
Power Rangers DinoThunder (2004)
as Kira Ford/The Yellow Ranger. Emma is currently in the US recording
music for her first CD.