Megalyn Echikunwoke
Overview
 
Megalyn Ann Echikunwoke is an American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 actress and model.
Echikunwoke was born on May 28, 1983, in Spokane, Washington
Spokane, Washington
Spokane is a city located in the Northwestern United States in the state of Washington. It is the largest city of Spokane County of which it is also the county seat, and the metropolitan center of the Inland Northwest region...

, but she was raised on a Navajo
Navajo Nation
The Navajo Nation is a semi-autonomous Native American-governed territory covering , occupying all of northeastern Arizona, the southeastern portion of Utah, and northwestern New Mexico...

 Native American Reservation in Chinle, Arizona
Chinle, Arizona
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. She is the daughter of a Nigerian-Igbo
Igbo people
Igbo people, also referred to as the Ibo, Ebo, Eboans or Heebo are an ethnic group living chiefly in southeastern Nigeria. They speak Igbo, which includes various Igboid languages and dialects; today, a majority of them speak English alongside Igbo as a result of British colonialism...

 father and a German/Scots-Irish American mother. She has a brother named Miki and a sister named Misty.
Echikunwoke did a nude modelling series, early in her career and was a series regular on the sci-fi series
Television program
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 The 4400
The 4400
The 4400 is a science fiction TV series produced by CBS Paramount Network Television in association with Sky Television, Renegade 83, and American Zoetrope for USA Network. The show was created and written by Scott Peters and René Echevarria, and it stars Joel Gretsch and Jacqueline McKenzie...

, as the adult version of the mysterious Isabelle Tyler.
 
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