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Megalyn Echikunwoke Born Megalyn Ann Echikunwoke
28 May 1983
Spokane, Washington, USAOccupation Actress, Model Years active 1998-present Megalyn Ann Echikunwoke is an American actress and model.
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Early life
Echikunwoke was born on May 28, 1983, in Spokane, Washington, but she was raised on a Navajo Native American Reservation in Chinle, Arizona. She is the daughter of a Nigerian-Igbo father and a German/Scots-Irish American mother.[1] She has a brother named Miki and a sister named Misty.
Career
Echikunwoke did a nude modelling series,[2] early in her career and was a series regular on the sci-fi series The 4400, as the adult version of the mysterious Isabelle Tyler. Echikunwoke left the show in 2007. Echikunwoke can also been seen in the MTV soap opera, Spyder Games, as Cherish Pardee, a coffee house singer and in Like Family as Danika. She also has a recurring role in the first season of 24 as President Palmer's daughter, Nicole. In season 7 of CSI: Miami, Echikunwoke joined the cast as the new Medical Examiner, Dr. Tara Price. Echikunwoke landed a recurring role in at least three episodes of TNT's Raising the Bar in June 2009. She played the love interest of attorney Marcus McGrath played by J. August Richards.[3] In 2011, Echikunwoke plays the role Holly, in the fourth season of 90210.[4]
Filmography
Film Year Title Role Notes 2004 Great Lengths Elena Short film 2006 Camjackers Sista Strada Cast 2008 Fix Carmen 2008 Who Do You Love Ivy Mills 2011 Free Hugs Short film 2011 Damsels in Distress Rose Television Year Title Role Notes 1998 Creature Elizabeth TV movie 1998 The Steve Harvey Show Allison Hightower Episode: "Uncle Steve" 1999 Funny Valentines Lauren TV movie 2000 Malibu, CA Randy Episode: "Three Dudes and a Baby" 2001 Spyder Games Cherish Pardee 65 episodes 2001 Boston Public Episode: "Chapter Twenty-Four" 2001-2002 24 Nicole Palmer 6 episodes 2002 B.S. Shannon Cross TV movie 2002 Sheena Janel Episode: "Coming to Africa" 2002 ER Terry Welch Episode: "Bygones" 2002 For the People Claudia Gibson TV series 2002 What I Like About You Karen Episode: "The Parrot Trap" 2003 Buffy the Vampire Slayer Vaughne Episode: "The Killer in Me" 2003-2004 Like Family Danika Ward 23 episodes 2004 Veronica Mars Debbie / Rain Episode: "Drinking the Kool-Aid" 2004-2005 That '70s Show Angie Barnett 8 episodes 2005 Hitched Christina TV movie 2006 Supernatural Cassie Robinson Episode: "Route 666" 2006-2007 The 4400 Isabelle Tyler 25 episodes 2008 The Game Cheyenne Episode: "Take These Vows and Shove 'Em!" 2008-2009 CSI: Miami Dr. Tara Price 23 episodes 2009 Raising the Bar Amelia Mkali 3 episodes 2009 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Nicole Gleason Episode: "Anchor" 2011 90210 Holly Recurring role 2012 House of Lies April TV series, filming References
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0248461/bioref
- ^ "Sexy Pix Collection: Megalyn Echkunwoke". blogspot.com. http://sexypixcollection.blogspot.com/2006/09/megalyn-echikunwoke-nude.html. Retrieved 2011-09-22.
- ^ "CSI: Miami Doctor Is Out... and Hitting the Bar?". TVGuide.com. http://www.tvguide.com/News/Echikunwoke-CSI-Miami-1006729.aspx. Retrieved 2009-06-09.
- ^ Michael Ausiello (2011-07-06). "90210 Exclusive: Newcomer Justin Deeley Cast as… Brad Pitt?". TVLine. http://www.tvline.com/2011/07/90210-justin-deeley-megalyn-echikunwoke/. Retrieved 2011-10-24.
External links
Categories:- 1983 births
- African American actors
- American film actors
- American female models
- Living people
- American people of Nigerian descent
- People from Spokane, Washington
- American people of Igbo descent
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