Series |
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Power Rangers Zeo Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie Power Rangers Turbo |
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Title(s) | Pink Power Ranger Pink Ninja Ranger Pink Zeo Ranger Pink Turbo Ranger |
Color(s) | Pink |
First appearance | A Ranger Catastrophe, Part 1 (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers) |
Last appearance | Passing the Torch, Part 2 (Power Rangers Turbo) (physical appearance) Legacy of Power (Power Rangers Dino Thunder) (via archive footage) |
Status |
Retired Love Interest : Tommy Oliver (boyfriend and later husband) |
Homeworld | Earth |
Zords | Crane Ninjazord White Shogunzord (shared with Tommy) Zeozord I Super Zeozord I Wind Chaser Turbozord |
Portrayed by |
Catherine Sutherland Julia Jordan (child) |
Retired
Katherine "Kat" Hillard is a fictional character in the Power Rangers franchise. She was played by Australian actress Catherine Sutherland in adult form, and by Julia Jordan in child form. Kat is the second Pink Ranger and Pink Ninja Ranger of the third season in the series Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, the Pink Zeo Ranger in Power Rangers Zeo, and the first Pink Turbo Ranger in Power Rangers Turbo. Her tenure as a Pink ranger is the second longest in the series' history, only her predecessor, Kimberly Hart had a longer tenure
Kat was the second Power Ranger portrayed by an actress not born in North America following Trini Kwan portrayed by Vietnamese-born actress Thuy Trang. This would be repeated again in Power Rangers Mystic Force with the cast being solely Australian .
Kat shares her nickname with another Ranger, Katherine Manx of Power Rangers S.P.D..
A former aspiring champion diver (an ambition she abandoned after a diving accident), Kat came to Angel Grove, with her family after her father was transferred, from Surry Hills, Australia as a junior in high school. Rita Repulsa had made her an evil spy and gave her dark powers as well as the ability to turn into a cat. In a flashback, it is seen that Rita ensnared Kat by using a Tenga disguised as a handsome teenage boy, who then captured Kat and brought her to Rita, who then placed her under her spell.
She was found by Kimberly and Aisha Campbell as a cat and was adopted by them. She spies on the Rangers to gain information on their lives. She was also given the power to turn into the Katastrophe monster, but Katastrophe was destroyed by Ninjor and the Ninja Mega-Falconzord. Despite this defeat, Kat retained her evil powers and remained under Rita's influence.