Karan Ashley has had a career that has span over 20 years.. She was
born in Odessa, Texas and raised in Dallas, Texas. She began her
entertainment career as a child singer in the girl group KRUSH. They
were signed to Perspective, A&M Records and had their first single,
"Let's Get Together" on the Mo Money soundtrack. They worked under the
world famous Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis as their exclusive artists. She
has an extensive background in dancing and was able to choreograph
KRUSH's dance routines alongside the world famous Tina Landon. With the
group they earned a platinum record and had a hit dance song, Let's Get
Together (So Groovy Now) and worked with such artists as Janet Jackson,
Johnny Gill, Karen White, Lo-Key and Mint Condition.
After 5 years in KRUSH, Karan decided to dive head first and begin an
acting career. She did several national commercials for such companies
as Southwest Airlines, TGI Fridays, Chevrolet and AT&T.
Her big break came when she went to an open call audition and beat out
over 10 thousand hopefuls and landed the role of Aisha the Yellow Power
Rangers on the #1 kids show in America, Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers.
She was able to do over 80 episodes and star in the hit movie "Power
Rangers the Movie" that was released by 20th Century Fox.
Not stopping there she has beat the pavement for years and has been on
many different TV shows and films such as, Hangin' with Mr. Cooper, The
Steve Harvey Show, One on One, The Parkers, Kenan & Kel, Chat Room, The
Opposite Sex, Taylor's Wall, Wicked Weekend, Jazz Scene, The Encounter
and many other projects. She has worked with many successful companies
such as MTV, BET, ABC, Nickelodeon, Disney, The WB, 20th Century Fox,
Asiatic Productions and formed the production company GAG Order films.
Although acting is her passion, while with GAG Order Films, she
ventured into producing, writing and has starred in two feature films,
Unto Thee and Devon's Ghost. In both films she served as lead actress,
writer and producer. Both films did well in film festivals and sold in
over 17 countries in DVD sales. She worked as a producer for BET and
did exclusive work with their BET on Jazz channel.
Last year she branched out on her own to form her very own production
company and produced two television pilots. Her production company,
KASH Pictures and Entertainment produced, created and wrote, A Day in
the Life. A Day, paired Karan and Kel Mitchell as co-hosts to a reality
based talk show. She also produced, created and wrote a show called
Turning Point which she submitted to the OWN network and received over
14 thousand votes in one week.
Even though Karan Ashley has worn many hats she still has the desire to
take her career to an all new level and studies with BANG Improv. She
is first and foremost an actress and never wants to stop honing her
craft. She also makes several personal appearances at conventions who
host thousands who still want to meet their childhood hero from Power
Rangers. She never forgets the original audience that supported her.
With a hit show under her belt and a platinum album, she still
considers herself a beginner in this business and is excited at the
possibilities to come.
