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Nakia Burrise

Nakia Burrise was raised in Stockton, California,
where her passion for the performing arts began
early. While in high school, she auditioned for
UCLA's prestigious theater department and was
the only African American female freshman
accepted out of 50 applicants that year. She
landed her first major role as Tanya Sloan, the
Yellow Power Ranger, on the hit kids TV show
"Power Rangers Zeo," appearing in 75 episodes
and a feature film. Over her 25+ year career, she
has starred in numerous commercials, print ads,
movies and television series.

In 2020, she co-created and continues to produce
content for her YouTube channel, "Power
Rangers Playback," which has over 2 million
views, 50K subscribers, and more than 100 paid
members. In 2023, Nakia's web series "Class
Dismissed" was adapted into a feature film and is
now available on Peacock, Amazon, and Tubi.

Photography Credit: Joanna DeGeneres

Recently, Nakia partnered with JD Sutphin to create Von-Burrise Productions, a fully
operational film production company focused on family-friendly content with character-
driven stories. They just finished their first project together, “Heavy Metal Rescue” comic,
debuting within the Power Rangers’ Anthology book titled, “Across the Morphin Grid #1”
released in November 2024. Everything is possible for him who believes.” Mark 9:23