Brittney Anne "Bernie" Parnell Hanson (born December 8, 1987) is an actress who portrays the character of the same name on Power Rangers Samurai Era. She was born in 1987 in Pueblo, Colorado. On April 9, 2011, She married her one year boyfriend and fellow actor, Joshua Hanson. She went by her legal and stage name Brittney Hanson. In 2012, Parnell filed for divorce from Hanson, after only 7 months of marriage.