Black actress to play pink ranger in new 'Power Rangers' series

Carrieheals |

Feb 5, 2015

A black actress will play the role of the pink ranger in an upcoming Power Rangers series on Nickelodeon for the first time in 22 American seasons of the show.

Camille Hyde will star as Shelby Watkins in Power Rangers Dino Charge. The cast was revealed in August, but the new series is set to premiere on television this Saturday. If you can’t wait till next week, the first episode is currently available online.

Starring alongside Hyde are Latino actor Brennan Mejia as the red ranger, James Davies as the black ranger, Indonesian actor Yoshi Sudarso as the blue ranger, and Michael Taber as the green ranger.

Repost from Yoshi and James haha. Right before we were announced to the world as the next Power Rangers!

A photo posted by Camille Hyde (@camillehyde) on Sep 16, 2014 at 12:02am PDT

Be back real soon my sweet USA, I'll miss you❤️

A photo posted by Camille Hyde (@camillehyde) on Jan 18, 2015 at 2:49pm PST

Got some awesome fan art in the mail today! Check your mail soon Sean 🙂

A photo posted by Camille Hyde (@camillehyde) on Oct 5, 2014 at 9:32am PDT

Since the cast reveal, fans have expressed their excitement via social media.

https://twitter.com/shannonmichele_/status/563263439477276672

The kid in me will be watching the new season of Power Rangers mainly because there is finally a black pink ranger! Only took 22 years.

— Ronnie (@Musically_RMB) February 3, 2015

https://twitter.com/yeong_gwang2134/status/503353126716706817

https://twitter.com/waldangerous/status/503348790880141313