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Megalyn Echikunwoke

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American actress (born 1983)

Megalyn Echikunwoke
Echikunwoke in 2016
Born
Ebubennem Megalyn Ann Echikunwoke

(1983-05-28)May 28, 1983 (age 42)
Other namesMegalyn E.K.
OccupationActress
Years active1998–present

Ebubennem Megalyn Ann Echikunwoke// ⓘ (/ˈmɛɡəlɪnɛˌtʃɪkʊnˈwoʊkeɪ/MEG-ə-lin etch-IK-uun-WOH-kay;[1] born May 28, 1983[2][3]), also known asMegalyn E.K.,[4] is an American actress,[5] known primarily for her roles in television and film.

Born inSpokane, Washington, she was discovered while performing in a theatrical production for an arts academy, and began working professionally at age 15, appearing in an episode ofThe Steve Harvey Show. Between 2001 and 2002, she starred asNicole Palmer, daughter ofDavid Palmer, on the Fox series24, followed by guest roles onER andBuffy the Vampire Slayer. Between 2004 and 2005, she portrayed Angie Barnett, the half-sister ofSteven Hyde, on the sitcomThat '70s Show. In 2006, she starred as a lead in the seriesThe 4400 which ran until 2007, followed by recurring roles on90210 andHouse of Lies.

Her film roles in the early 2010s includeWhit Stillman'sDamsels in Distress (2011), and the action sequelA Good Day to Die Hard (2013). In 2016, she portrayedMari McCabe / Vixen in theArrowverse. The following year, she had a supporting role inCHiPs (2017), followed by the independent comedyAn Actor Prepares (2018). Next, she co-starred in the comedyNight School (2018). In late 2018, she made her New York stage debut in anoff-Broadway production ofApologia.

Early life

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Ebubennem Megalyn Ann Echikunwoke[6][7] was born inSpokane, Washington[2] to Mark Onigwe Versato Echikunwoke, a blackIgboNigerian father, and Anita Laurie, a whiteAmerican mother.[2] Her father, an immigrant to the United States, was a survivor of theNigerian Civil War, during which he suffered gunshot wounds that resulted in him contractinghepatitis B.[7]

When Echikunwoke was four years old, her father, then attending law school in Spokane, died ofliver cancer, stemming from his war-related medical problems.[7] Her mother moved the family to theNavajo Nation, where she raised Echikunwoke and her siblings in the unincorporated community ofChinle, Arizona.[2][8] At age 14, Echikunwoke was discovered while performing in a theater production at an arts academysummer camp.[2]

Career

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Echikunwoke in 2009

Echikunwoke's first featured role was a guest appearance onThe Steve Harvey Show in 1998.[2] The following year, she had her first film role inJulie Dash'sFunny Valentines.[9] In 2001, she starred in a lead role on theMTV soap operaSpyder Games as Cherish Pardee, acoffee house singer, which ran through the year.[2] She subsequently had a recurring role in thefirst season of24 (2001–2002) asDavid Palmer's daughter Nicole.[2] Beginning in 2003, she appeared as Danika on the comedy seriesLike Family,[2] and guest-starred onBuffy the Vampire Slayer in the episode "The Killer in Me" (2003).[2] This was followed with a guest role onVeronica Mars (2004).[2]

Between 2004 and 2005, she appeared onFOX'sThat '70s Show asSteven Hyde's half-sister, Angie Barnett.[2] In 2006, she was cast as a series regular on thescience fiction television seriesThe 4400 as the adult version of the mysterious Isabelle Tyler.[2] She left the show in 2007. From 2008 to 2009, she appeared onseason 7 ofCSI: Miami as new medical examinerDr. Tara Price.[2] She had a recurring role onTNT'sRaising the Bar (2008–2009) as the love-interest of attorney Marcus McGrath, played byJ. August Richards;[10] also in 2008, she appeared as a singer in theLeonard Chess biopicWho Do You Love?[11] In 2011, she played Holly for thefourth season of90210,[12] and subsequently appeared in the comedy filmDamsels in Distress.[13]

She played April onShowtime'sHouse of Lies (2012) and Riley Parker, in the legal dramaMade in Jersey (also 2012), onCBS.[14] In 2014, she co-starred in the drama seriesMind Games onABC.

In 2016, Echikunwoke appeared on theCW'sArrow asDC Comics superheroMari McCabe / Vixen for an episode, and voiced the character in theCW Seed animated seriesVixen. Due to prior commitments, she was unavailable to play the character inLegends of Tomorrow, resulting in the introduction of a new Vixen (played byMaisie Richardson-Sellers), the time-displaced grandmother of Echikunwoke's character. Echikunwoke had a supporting role inDax Shepard'sCHiPs (2017), followed by the comedyAn Actor Prepares (2018). That year, she had a supporting role in the comedyNight School, which grossed over $100 million.[15]

In 2018, Echikunwoke played Claire in theoff-Broadway production ofApologia for theRoundabout Theatre Company,[16] which ran from October 16 through December 16 of that year.[16] In 2019, she had a supporting role inLate Night.[9] She subsequently had a lead role onAlmost Family, a FOX drama series chronicling three women who learn that they are siblings after a prominentfertility doctor reveals he has used his ownsperm to father over 100 children with his patients.[17] It was canceled after one season.[18]

Personal life

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In 2007, Echikunwoke, along withJustin Long,Olivia Wilde, andKal Penn, successfully campaigned for 2008Democratic presidential nomineeBarack Obama. The campaign included a winter tour of college campuses and bars inIowa, with the added goal of registering new and young college-aged voters, known as the “All-Actor All-Iowa All-Star Voter Education Tour”.[19][20]

Echikunwoke's cousin is athleteAnnette Echikunwoke.[21]

Filmography

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Film

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YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
1999Funny ValentinesLaurenDrama[9]
2004Great LengthsElenaShort film[2]
2006CamjackersSista Strada Cast[9]
2008FixCarmenDrama[9]
2008Who Do You Love?Ivy Mills[9]
2011Damsels in DistressRoseComedy / Drama / Romance[9]
2011Free HugsMeganShort film
2013A Good Day to Die HardPretty Reporter[9]
2014Electric SlideJeanAction / Crime / Thriller
2014Night SwimEveShort film
2015The MeddlerElise[9]
2017CHiPsPatricia Eerly[9]
2018Step SistersJamilahComedy[9]
2018An Actor PreparesClementine[9]
2018Night SchoolLisa KingComedy[9]
2019Late NightRobin[9]
2022Emily the CriminalLizCrime / Drama / Thriller
2022The DropBirth DoulaComedy

Television

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YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
1998CreatureElizabeth GibsonMiniseries
1998The Steve Harvey ShowAllison HightowerEpisode: "Uncle Steve"
2000Malibu, CARandyEpisode: "Three Dudes and a Baby"
2001Spyder GamesCherish Pardee65 episodes[6]
2001–200224Nicole Palmer6 episodes[6]
2002SheenaJanelEpisode: "Coming to Africa"[6]
2002ERTerry WelchEpisode: "Bygones"
2002For the PeopleClaudia Gibson2 episodes[6]
2002What I Like About YouKarenEpisode: "The Parrot Trap"
2002B.S.Shannon CrossTelevision film[2]
2003Buffy the Vampire SlayerVaughneEpisode: "The Killer in Me"[2]
2003–2004Like FamilyDanika Ward22 episodes[6]
2004Veronica MarsRainEpisode: "Drinking the Kool-Aid"[6]
2004–2005That '70s ShowAngie Barnett8 episodes[6]
2005HitchedChristinaTelevision film[2]
2006SupernaturalCassie RobinsonEpisode: "Route 666"[6]
2006–2007The 4400Isabelle TylerMain role[6]
2008The GameCheyenneEpisode: "Take These Vows and Shove 'Em!"[6]
2008–2009CSI: MiamiTara PriceMain role[6]
2009Raising the BarAmelia Mkali3 episodes[6]
2009Law & Order: Special Victims UnitNicole GleasonEpisode: "Anchor"
2011–201290210Holly StricklerRecurring role
2012House of LiesAprilRecurring role
2012Beautiful PeopleMonicaTelevision film
2012Made in JerseyRiley ParkerMain role
2014American Dad!AngieVoice, episode: "Introducing the Naughty Stewardess"
2014Mind GamesMegan ShaneMain role[6]
2015The FollowingPenny4 episodes[6]
2016ArrowMari McCabe / VixenEpisode: "Taken"
2016DamienSimone BaptisteMain role
2017GhostedNatalieEpisode: "Whispers"
2017White FamousSadie4 episodes[6]
2019–2020Almost FamilyEdie PalmerMain role[6]
2021Into the DarkEsme RawlsEpisode: "Blood Moon"[22]
2025Alert: Missing Persons UnitLt. Gabrielle Bennett4 Episodes

Web

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YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2015–2016VixenMari McCabe / VixenVoice, main role[23]
2018Freedom Fighters: The RayMari McCabe / VixenVoice[24]
2023QueenterrogatedDetectiveYouTube[25]

Video games

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YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2017Injustice 2Mari McCabe / VixenVoice
2018Lego DC Super-VillainsMari McCabe / VixenVoice
2019Mortal Kombat 11Jacqui BriggsVoice
2019Heroes of the StormQhiraVoice

Stage credits

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YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2018ApologiaClaireRoundabout Theatre Company[16]

References

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  1. ^"EP 40: Megalyn Echikunwoke AKA "We Stand with..."".Let's Talk About Me, Baby with Utkarsh Ambudkar. December 7, 2016.Archived from the original on December 18, 2018. RetrievedDecember 17, 2018.
  2. ^abcdefghijklmnopqrMcCann, Bob (2009).Encyclopedia of African American Actresses in Film and Television. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. p. 106.ISBN 978-0-7864-5804-2.Archived from the original on August 24, 2023. RetrievedAugust 19, 2019.
  3. ^"Megalyn Echikunwoke".Rotten Tomatoes.Archived from the original on October 1, 2019. RetrievedOctober 1, 2019.
  4. ^Damore, Meagan (February 24, 2016).""Arrow's" Megalyn E.K. Calls Her Role as Vixen a 'Dream Come True'".CBR.Archived from the original on June 2, 2016. RetrievedNovember 22, 2019.
  5. ^"Meet Megalyn Echikunwoke, The Beautiful Igbo Girl Who Just Dumped Chris Rock". March 9, 2020.Archived from the original on January 22, 2022. RetrievedMarch 16, 2022.
  6. ^abcdefghijklmnopq"Megalyn Echikunwoke Credits".TV Guide.Archived from the original on October 2, 2019. RetrievedOctober 1, 2019.
  7. ^abcEchikunwoke, Megalyn (May 1, 2017)."On the brink of famine in the place my father called home".Oxfam America.Archived from the original on October 2, 2019. RetrievedOctober 2, 2019.
  8. ^Aminu, Abdulkareem Baba (August 29, 2006)."Nigeria: Megalyn Echikunwoke – Mega-Talent Doing Nigeria Proud!".AllAfrica. RetrievedDecember 8, 2016.
  9. ^abcdefghijklmn"Megalyn Echikunwoke".AllMovie.Archived from the original on October 2, 2019. RetrievedOctober 1, 2019.
  10. ^"CSI: Miami Doctor Is Out... and Hitting the Bar?".TV Guide.Archived from the original on December 31, 2014. RetrievedJune 9, 2009.
  11. ^Whitty, Stephen (April 9, 2010)."Blues film down on its luck".The Record. Hackensack, New Jersey. p. G2.Archived from the original on October 2, 2019. RetrievedOctober 2, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^Ausiello, Michael (July 6, 2011)."90210 Exclusive: Newcomer Justin Deeley Cast as... Brad Pitt?".TVLine. Archived fromthe original on June 3, 2012. RetrievedOctober 24, 2011.
  13. ^Rodriguez, Rene (May 3, 2012)."'Damsels in Distress' worth saving time to see".The Akron Beacon Journal. Akron, Ohio. p. F7.Archived from the original on October 2, 2019. RetrievedOctober 2, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^"Roots, Kimberly. "Fall TV Exclusive: CBS'Made in Jersey Casts90210's Megalyn Echikunwoke," TVLine, Wednesday, July 18, 2012".Archived from the original on March 15, 2013. RetrievedDecember 2, 2012.
  15. ^"Night School (2018)".Box Office Mojo.Archived from the original on June 15, 2019. RetrievedApril 21, 2019.
  16. ^abcVine, Hannah (October 12, 2018)."Stockard Channing and Hugh Dancy Take the Stage in Apologia Off-Broadway".Playbill.Archived from the original on September 15, 2020. RetrievedOctober 1, 2019.
  17. ^Gay, Verne (October 1, 2019)."'Almost Family': Story of a fertility doc was almost a good idea".Newsday.Archived from the original on October 1, 2019. RetrievedOctober 1, 2019.
  18. ^Thorne, Will (March 2, 2020)."'Almost Family' Canceled After One Season at Fox".Variety.Archived from the original on March 2, 2020. RetrievedMarch 2, 2020.
  19. ^The All-Actor All-Iowa All-Star Voter Education Tour onYouTubeRetrieved December 28, 2013.
  20. ^Chaudhary, Arun (August 21, 2012).First Cameraman: Documenting the Obama Presidency in Real Time. Henry Holt and Company. pp. 130–.ISBN 978-0-8050-9573-9.
  21. ^"megalyn: So my cousin is an unstoppable super star Olympian! Please follow and support her while she prepares to win the gold for Nigeria!!".Instagram. Archived fromthe original on December 24, 2021. RetrievedDecember 18, 2021.
  22. ^Verhoeven, Beatrice (February 16, 2021)."Hulu, Blumhouse TV'sInto the Dark Finds Lead Cast for Season 2 Finale (Exclusive)".The Wrap.Archived from the original on February 16, 2021. RetrievedFebruary 16, 2021.
  23. ^"Megalyn Echikunwoke To Voice Vixen In CW Seed Animated Series".www.ksitetv.com. July 2, 2015.Archived from the original on July 5, 2015. RetrievedJuly 2, 2015.
  24. ^"CW Seed Offers A Ray of Hope with 'Freedom Fighters: The Ray'".Archived from the original on September 6, 2017. RetrievedOctober 14, 2017.
  25. ^"Producer Entertainment Group (PEG) playlist "Queenterrogated"".YouTube. PEG.Archived from the original on June 1, 2024. RetrievedJanuary 21, 2024.

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