IMDB · TheMovieDB.com · TV Maze

Actor

1981-11-23 · New Zealand · Female

4 series in the catalog

Holly Shanahan (born 23 November 1981) is a New Zealand actress. She is best known for playing Leelee in Power Rangers Mystic Force and Camille in Power Rangers Jungle Fury.

Early life and career

Shanahan grew up in the Taranaki village of Lepperton and attended New Plymouth Girls' High School. She participated in the Sheilah Winn Festival of Shakespeare in Schools, and the New Zealand Schools Shakespeare Production, and from that she was selected to go to the Globe in London as part of the Young Shakespeare Company in 2000. She studied theatre at Victoria University of Wellington.

Shanahan is known for her roles in two entries of the Power Rangers franchise: Power Rangers Mystic Force and Power Rangers Jungle Fury. She also made appearances in television shows The Insiders Guide to Happiness, and Outrageous Fortune. In 2008, she starred in the film, Second Hand Wedding alongside Patrick Wilson, Ryan O'Kane, and Geraldine Brophy. She won a best supporting actress Qantas Film and Television Award for her work in the film. In 2011, she played Detective Constable Caroline Derwent in the mini-series, Underbelly NZ: Land of the Long Green Cloud, which was based on the criminal career of New Zealand drug trafficker Marty Johnstone.

In 2013, Shanahan settled in New Plymouth, where she began working with young performers. She relaunched the West Coast Youth Theatre in 2014 as a way to help young actors enter the arts. She has since continued to appear in TV series and TV movies, and in 2019 she ran Shakespearian acting workshops for drama students.

Shanahan has also appeared on Australian television, with guest appearances in The Doctor Blake Mysteries and Wanted.