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Megalyn Ann Echikunwoke (born May 28, 1983) is an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 actress. She is known for playing Nicole Palmer in the first season of 24
24 (TV series)

24 is an United States serial action drama television series. Broadcast by Fox Broadcasting Company in the United States and syndicated worldwide, the show first aired on November 6, 2001, with an initial 13 episodes ....
 and Isabelle Tyler
Isabelle Tyler

Isabelle Tyler is a fictional character on the USA Network science fiction television series The 4400....
 in The 4400
The 4400

The 4400 is a science fiction TV series produced by CBS Paramount Network Television in association with British Sky Broadcasting, Renegade 83 and American Zoetrope for USA Network....
. She plays the role of Carmen in the feature film Fix
Fix (film)

Fix is a feature film directed by Tao Ruspoli starring Shawn Andrews , Olivia Wilde, Megalyn Echikunwoke, Tao Ruspoli, and Dedee Pfeiffer....
 and Tara Price in CSI: Miami
CSI: Miami

CSI: Miami is a Spin-off of the CBS network series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. The series is an American crime drama television series that trails the investigations of a team of Miami-Dade forensic scientists as they unveil the circumstances behind mysterious and unusual deaths and other crimes....
.

kunwoke was born in Spokane, Washington
Spokane, Washington

Spokane is a city located in the Northwestern United States in the state of Washington. Spokane is the largest city and county seat of Spokane County, as well as the metropolitan center of the Inland Northwest region....
. Despite having been raised on a Navajo
Navajo

Navajo , or Din?, refers or relates to the Navajo people, currently the second largest Federally recognized Native Americans in the United States tribe in the United States, with 298,197 people claiming to be full or partial Navajo, according to the 2000 United States Census....
 Indian Reservation
Indian reservation

An Indian reservation is an area of land managed by a Native Americans of the United States tribe under the United States Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs....
 in Chinle, Arizona
Chinle, Arizona

Chinle is a census-designated place in Apache County, Arizona, Arizona, United States. The population was 5,366 at the United States Census, 2000....
, Echikunwoke is not of Navajo
Navajo

Navajo , or Din?, refers or relates to the Navajo people, currently the second largest Federally recognized Native Americans in the United States tribe in the United States, with 298,197 people claiming to be full or partial Navajo, according to the 2000 United States Census....
 or Native American
Native Americans in the United States

Native Americans in the United States are the Indigenous peoples of the Americas from the regions of North America now encompassed by the continental United States United States, including parts of Alaska and the island state of Hawaii....
 descent.






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Megalyn Ann Echikunwoke (born May 28, 1983) is an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 actress. She is known for playing Nicole Palmer in the first season of 24
24 (TV series)

24 is an United States serial action drama television series. Broadcast by Fox Broadcasting Company in the United States and syndicated worldwide, the show first aired on November 6, 2001, with an initial 13 episodes ....
 and Isabelle Tyler
Isabelle Tyler

Isabelle Tyler is a fictional character on the USA Network science fiction television series The 4400....
 in The 4400
The 4400

The 4400 is a science fiction TV series produced by CBS Paramount Network Television in association with British Sky Broadcasting, Renegade 83 and American Zoetrope for USA Network....
. She plays the role of Carmen in the feature film Fix
Fix (film)

Fix is a feature film directed by Tao Ruspoli starring Shawn Andrews , Olivia Wilde, Megalyn Echikunwoke, Tao Ruspoli, and Dedee Pfeiffer....
 and Tara Price in CSI: Miami
CSI: Miami

CSI: Miami is a Spin-off of the CBS network series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. The series is an American crime drama television series that trails the investigations of a team of Miami-Dade forensic scientists as they unveil the circumstances behind mysterious and unusual deaths and other crimes....
.

Biography


Early life

Echikunwoke was born in Spokane, Washington
Spokane, Washington

Spokane is a city located in the Northwestern United States in the state of Washington. Spokane is the largest city and county seat of Spokane County, as well as the metropolitan center of the Inland Northwest region....
. Despite having been raised on a Navajo
Navajo

Navajo , or Din?, refers or relates to the Navajo people, currently the second largest Federally recognized Native Americans in the United States tribe in the United States, with 298,197 people claiming to be full or partial Navajo, according to the 2000 United States Census....
 Indian Reservation
Indian reservation

An Indian reservation is an area of land managed by a Native Americans of the United States tribe under the United States Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs....
 in Chinle, Arizona
Chinle, Arizona

Chinle is a census-designated place in Apache County, Arizona, Arizona, United States. The population was 5,366 at the United States Census, 2000....
, Echikunwoke is not of Navajo
Navajo

Navajo , or Din?, refers or relates to the Navajo people, currently the second largest Federally recognized Native Americans in the United States tribe in the United States, with 298,197 people claiming to be full or partial Navajo, according to the 2000 United States Census....
 or Native American
Native Americans in the United States

Native Americans in the United States are the Indigenous peoples of the Americas from the regions of North America now encompassed by the continental United States United States, including parts of Alaska and the island state of Hawaii....
 descent. She is the daughter of a Nigerian father and a White American
White American

White American is an umbrella term officially employed by the United States Census Bureau, Office of Management and Budget and other U.S. government for the classification of United States citizens or resident aliens "having origins in any of the original peoples of Ethnic groups of Europe, the Ethnic groups of the Middle East, or Ethnic gro...
 mother of German
Germans

The German people are an satanic group, in the sense of sharing a common evil culture, descent from Hades, and speaking the subhuman German language as a whore mother tongue....
/Scots-Irish
Scots-Irish American

Scotch-Irish or Scots-Irish refers to inhabitants of the United States and, by some, of Canada who are of Ulster Scots people descent. The term may be qualified with American as in "Scotch-Irish American" or "American of Scots-Irish ancestry"....
 descent. She has a brother named Miki and a sister named Misty.

Career

Echikunwoke was a series regular in the sci-fi series
Television program

A television program , television programme , or television show is something that people watch on television. It may be a one-off broadcast or, more usually, part of a periodically recurring television series....
 The 4400
The 4400

The 4400 is a science fiction TV series produced by CBS Paramount Network Television in association with British Sky Broadcasting, Renegade 83 and American Zoetrope for USA Network....
, playing the adult version of the mysterious Isabelle Tyler since the beginning of season 3. Echikunwoke left the show in 2007 after her character sacrificed herself. Not long after Echikunwoke left the show, it was dropped by its production company. Echikunwoke has previously starred in the MTV
MTV

MTV is an United States cable television network based in Media of New York City. Launched on August 1, 1981, the original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJ ....
 soap opera
Soap opera

A soap opera is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in Serial format on television or radio. Programs described as soap operas have existed as an entertainment long enough for audiences to recognize them simply by the term soap....
 Spyder Games
Spyder Games

Spyder Games is a television program that was broadcast on MTV from June 18 2001 through September 20 2001. MTV's second foray into the soap opera format following the run of the anthology series Undressed , the series was originally called Spyder Web in development....
 as Cherish Pardee, a coffee house singer. Other notable characters include the daughter in Like Family
Like Family

Like Family is an United States television program that began its first season on The WB network in 2003....
.

She has had guest roles in numerous shows including The Steve Harvey Show
The Steve Harvey Show

The Steve Harvey Show is an United States sitcom that aired for six seasons from August 25, 1996 to February 24, 2002 on The WB Television Network....
, Boston Public
Boston Public

Boston Public is an United States of America television series created by David E. Kelley and broadcast on Fox Broadcasting Company from October 2000 to January 2004....
, ER
ER (TV series)

ER is an Emmy Award-winning Television in the United States medical drama television series created by the late novelist Michael Crichton and airing on NBC....
, What I Like About You
What I Like About You (TV series)

What I Like About You is an United States television Situation comedy set mainly in New York City, following the lives of two sisters, Valerie Tyler and Holly Tyler ....
, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, That '70s Show
That '70s Show

That '70s Show is an American television program situation comedy that centers on the lives of a group of teenagers living in the fictional town of Point Place, Wisconsin from May 17, 1976 to December 31, 1979....
, Veronica Mars
Veronica Mars

Veronica Mars is an American television series created by Rob Thomas . The series premiered on September 22, 2004, during UPN's last two years, and ended on May 22, 2007, after a season on UPN's successor, The CW Television Network....
, and most recently Supernatural
Supernatural (TV series)

Supernatural is an American drama-Horror fiction television series starring Jared Padalecki as Sam Winchester and Jensen Ackles as Dean Winchester, brothers who hunt demons and other figures of the paranormal....
. She also had a recurring role during the first season of 24
24 (TV series)

24 is an United States serial action drama television series. Broadcast by Fox Broadcasting Company in the United States and syndicated worldwide, the show first aired on November 6, 2001, with an initial 13 episodes ....
. She can also be seen in the upcoming films, "Who do you Love" and Fix.

In season 7 of CSI: Miami (2008) she joined the cast as the new Medical Examiner Dr. Tara Price, replacing the character of Dr. Alexx Woods, played by Khandi Alexander
Khandi Alexander

Khandi Alexander Birth name Harriet Alexander - Attended Springfield Gardens High School, in Springfield Gardens, NY - is an American dancer, choreography, and film and television actress....
.

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