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Emma Kate Lahana was born in Auckland, New Zealand on June 27, 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 learned to play the violin but once in high school became involved in drama as well as singing. She picked up an interest for the guitar which was show in some of her TV show appearances. It was here that she auditioned for a long running New Zealand TV soap, Shortland Street and was surprised to be given the part of Erin Kingston which she played for 2 seasons after leaving in 2001. She performed in many lead roles in musicals for ACMT. In 2002/2003 she starred in the Disney movie "You Wish" as Fiona. In 2002 she tried out for the role of Tori on Power Rangers: Ninja Storm but lost to Sally Martin. She tried out for the show again a year later and landed the role of Kira Ford, the musician/rebel and Yellow Ranger. She appeared in a total of 40 Power Rangers episodes (38 Dino Thunder & 2 S.P.D.).
After Dino Thunder she went to New York City to record her debut album. She returned to New Zealand to film the two episode Power Rangers Dino Thunder/S.P.D. team-up episodes. After that, she returned to New York City and later Vancouver, Canada to finish the album, which has a Fall 2006/Winter 2007 release date planned.
