Thuy Trang

The actress who played Trini Kwan, the first Yellow Ranger.

Thuy Trang (1973 to 2001) was a Vietnamese actress based in the United States, known for playing Trini Kwan, the first Yellow Ranger, on Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.

Quick Facts

Born: 14 December 1973
Birthplace: Saigon, South Vietnam
Died: 3 September 2001
Place of death: Bakersfield, California, U.S.
Resting place: Rose Hills Memorial Park
Occupation: Actress
Years active: 1992–2001

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Background

She appeared in 80 episodes from 1993 to 1994, the whole first season and the first twenty episodes of the second. She won the part, her first major role, in an audition of about 500 actresses, performed many of her own stunts and was hurt on set several times.

Born in Saigon, she was six when she left Vietnam with her mother and brothers on a cargo ship bound for Hong Kong; her father, a South Vietnamese army officer, had fled in 1975. The family reunited in the United States in 1980 and settled in California, where she studied civil engineering at the University of California, Irvine until a talent scout spotted her.

Trang left the show with Austin St. John and Walter Emanuel Jones over contract and pay disputes, and Karan Ashley became the new Yellow Ranger. She later played a villain in The Crow: City of Angels, and died in a car crash at the age of 27.