Personal Info
Birth date
1983-05-28 (42 Years)
Gender
Female
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Spokane, Washington, USA
Also known as
Magalyn Echikunwoke
メガリン・エキカンウォーク
Megalyn Echikunwoke
Biography
Megalyn Ann Echikunwoke was born May 28, 1983 in Spokane, Washington. Her father is Nigerian and her mother is of Caucasian descent. Her last name Echikunwoke means "leader of men" and Megalyn is the granddaughter of a Nigerian tribal leader of the Igbo, which technically makes her African royalty. She is known for playing "Nicole Palmer" in the first season of 24 (2001), "Angie Barnett" (Kelso's girlfriend) in the seventh season of That '70s Show (1998) and "Isabelle Tyler" in The 4400 (2004). She was raised on a Navajo Indian Reservation in Chinle, Arizona. In early 2008, she starred opposite Alessandro Nivola in an independent movie, directed by Jerry Zaks, titled Who Do You Love (2008) where she played a heroin-addicted lounge singer. She did all of her own singing in the movie.
Filmography
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
7.935
Overview:
In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.Supernatural
8.299
Overview:
When they were boys, Sam and Dean Winchester lost their mother to a mysterious and demonic supernatural force. Subsequently, their father raised them to be soldiers. He taught them about the paranormal evil that lives in the dark corners and on the back roads of America ... and he taught them how to kill it. Now, the Winchester brothers crisscross the country in their '67 Chevy Impala, battling every kind of supernatural threat they encounter along the way.American Dad!
6.978
Overview:
The series focuses on an eccentric motley crew that is the Smith family and their three housemates: Father, husband, and breadwinner Stan Smith; his better half housewife, Francine Smith; their college-aged daughter, Hayley Smith; and their high-school-aged son, Steve Smith. Outside of the Smith family, there are three additional main characters, including Hayley's boyfriend turned husband, Jeff Fischer; the family's man-in-a-goldfish-body pet, Klaus; and most notably the family's zany alien, Roger, who is "full of masquerades, brazenness, and shocking antics."Arrow
6.825
Overview:
Spoiled billionaire playboy Oliver Queen is missing and presumed dead when his yacht is lost at sea. He returns five years later a changed man, determined to clean up the city as a hooded vigilante armed with a bow.CSI: Miami
7.712
Overview:
CSI: Miami follows Crime Scene Investigators working for the Miami-Dade Police Department as they use physical evidence, similar to their Las Vegas counterparts, to solve grisly murders. The series mixes deduction, gritty subject matter, and character-driven drama in the same vein as the original series in the CSI franchise, except that the Miami CSIs are cops first, scientists second.24
7.79
Overview:
Counterterrorism agent Jack Bauer fights the bad guys of the world, a day at a time. With each week's episode unfolding in real-time, "24" covers a single day in the life of Bauer each season.Buffy the Vampire Slayer
8.119
Overview:
Into every generation a slayer is born: one girl in all the world, a chosen one. She alone will wield the strength and skill to fight the vampires, demons, and the forces of darkness; to stop the spread of their evil and the swell of their number. She is the Slayer.ER
7.826
Overview:
ER explores the inner workings of an urban teaching hospital and the critical issues faced by the dedicated physicians and staff of its overburdened emergency room.Veronica Mars
7.816
Overview:
In the fictional town of Neptune, California, student Veronica Mars progresses from high school to college while moonlighting as a private investigator under the tutelage of her detective father.That '70s Show
7.947
Overview:
Crank up the 8-track and flash back to a time when platform shoes and puka shells were all the rage in this hilarious retro-sitcom. For Eric, Kelso, Jackie, Hyde, Donna and Fez, a group of high school teens who spend most of their time hanging out in Eric’s basement, life in the ‘70s isn’t always so groovy. But between trying to figure out the meaning of life, avoiding their parents, and dealing with out-of-control hormones, they’ve learned one thing for sure: they’ll always get by with a little help from their friends.The Game
7.718
Overview:
When her boyfriend Derwin Davis is chosen as the new third-string wide receiver for the San Diego Sabers, Melanie Barnett decides to attend a local college so she can be with him. While Derwin worries about the plays on the field, Melanie adjusts to her new lifestyle. She gets a play-by-play account of the lives and relationships among NFL wives, girlfriends and mom/managers who use their best game to help their men stay on the field and on their arm.90210
5.722
Overview:
90210 revolves around several students at the fictional West Beverly Hills High School, including new Beverly Hills residents Annie Wilson and Dixon Wilson. Their father, Harry Wilson, has returned from Kansas to his Beverly Hills childhood home with his family to care for his mother, former television and theater actress Tabitha Wilson, who has a drinking problem and clashes with his wife Debbie Wilson. Annie and Dixon struggle to adjust to their new lives while making friends and yet adhering to their parents' wishes.The Following
6.88
Overview:
Notorious serial killer Joe Carroll, after being found guilty of murdering 14 female students on the Virginia college campus where he taught literature, escapes from death row. The FBI calls former agent Ryan Hardy to consult on the case, as he was the one responsible for Carroll’s capture in 2003. Ryan, working closely with an FBI team, including Mike Weston and FBI Specialist Debra Parker, piece together the ever-growing web of murders orchestrated by the devious Carroll.The 4400
7.183
Overview:
4400 centers on the return of 4400 people who, previously presumed dead or reported missing, reappear on Earth. Though they have not aged physically, some of them seem to have deeper alterations ranging from superhuman strength to an unexplained healing touch. A government agency is formed to track the 4400 people after one of them commits a murder.Boston Public
7.6
Overview:
Principal Steven Harper runs Winslow High School as best as he can while dealing with the demands of the faculty, the students and their parents.Alert: Missing Persons Unit
7.5
Overview:
When police officer Nikki Batista’s son goes missing, she joins the Philadelphia Police Department's Missing Person’s Unit (MPU) to help other people find their loved ones, even as she searches for her own. Six years later, her world is turned upside-down when her ex-husband, Jason Grant, a former police officer, shows up with a proof-of-life photo of their missing boy. Or is it?House of Lies
6.591
Overview:
Charming, fast talking Marty Kaan and his crack team of management consultants know how to play the corporate game better than anyone, by using every dirty trick in the book to woo powerful CEOs and close huge deals. In the board rooms, barrooms, and bedrooms of the power elite, corruption is business as usual and everyone's out for themselves first. Nothing is sacred in this scathing, irreverent satire of corporate America today.What I Like About You
6.3
Overview:
Valerie Tyler is a 28-year-old organization freak who loves her 16-year-old sister Holly. Even if Holly is rambunctious. Spontaneous. Impulsive. Disconcerting. And definitely disorganized. Then Holly moves in with Val, and the sisters discover they may make better siblings than roomies.The Steve Harvey Show
6.8
Overview:
Down on his luck and out of money, former R&B star Steve Hightower lands a music teacher gig at an inner-city Chicago school. Showing who's in charge with his unorthodox approach, Steve discovers a new groove at Washington High School.Damien
6.3
Overview:
After discovering his origins, Damien Thorn must cope with life as the Anti-Christ.Ghosted
6.325
Overview:
A skeptic is forced to work with a firm believer of the paranormal on unexplained occurrences in Los Angeles.A Good Day to Die Hard
5.3
Overview:
Iconoclastic, take-no-prisoners cop John McClane, finds himself for the first time on foreign soil after traveling to Moscow to help his wayward son Jack - unaware that Jack is really a highly-trained CIA operative out to stop a nuclear weapons heist. With the Russian underworld in pursuit, and battling a countdown to war, the two McClanes discover that their opposing methods make them unstoppable heroes.Sheena
5.259
Overview:
Sheena's parents were archaeologists who died in the jungle when she was about six years old, leaving their daughter Shirley Hamilton. She was taken in by Kali, a local Shamaness of a tribe who brought her up, and five years ago she was taught how to morph into animals and birds, acquiring their abilities, even flight. Further, she became a mythical creature called "The Darachna" who relies on people' fear of the unknown. For this she covers herself in a dark liquid mud which allows her to be largely unseen in the low light of the jungle, and with more than normal strength, agility and speed, and armed with a pair of gloves with bone claws, she is a formidable one woman fighting force. She does kill sometimes.Almost Family
7.4
Overview:
An only child finds her life turned upside down when her father reveals that, over the course of his prize-winning career as a pioneering fertility doctor, he used his own sperm to conceive upwards of a hundred children, including two new sisters.Malibu, CA
7.5
Overview:
Malibu, CA is an American teen sitcom television program produced by Saved by the Bell creator Peter Engel that aired from 1998 to 2000 on syndication. Co-created by Engel and Carl Kurlander, the show centred around the lives of twin brothers Scott and Jason Collins, who move to Malibu, California from New York City to live with their father, Peter. Guest appearances on the show included Dennis Haskins, Scott Whyte and Marissa Dyan from City Guys, Daniella Deutscher from Hang Time, and model Victoria Silvstedt. The series was one of two post-Saved by the Bell: The College Years series executive produced by Peter Engel that did not air on NBC's TNBC lineup, USA High being the other. Prior to the 2012 premiere of The First Family, Malibu, CA was the last situation comedy to be broadcast for the first-run syndication market.Raising the Bar
6.4
Overview:
The lives and cases of young lawyers who work on opposite sides - the public defender's office and the district attorney's office - as well as those who sit in judgment on their cases.Vixen
6.9
Overview:
Originally from Africa, Mari McGabe's parents were killed by local greed, corruption and wanton violence. But the orphaned Marl refuses to succumb to the terrors surrounding her. Inheriting her family's Tantu Totem, Mari can access the powers of animals - anything from the super-strength of a gorilla to the speed of a cheetah. As Vixen she fights valiantly to protect the world from threats like those that claimed her family.CHiPS
6.134
Overview:
The adventures of two California Highway Patrol motorcycle officers as they make their rounds on the freeways of Los Angeles.Acting
TBABeautiful People (1 Episode) as Monica
2023Alert: Missing Persons Unit (4 Episodes) as Lieutenant Gabrielle Bennett
2022Emily the Criminal as Liz
2022The Drop as Birth Doula
2022Horror Anthology Volume 1 as Eve
2021Blood Moon as Esme Rawls
2019LA Woman Rising as Self
2019Almost Family (13 Episodes) as Edie Palmer
2019Late Night as Robin
2018Night School as Lisa
2018An Actor Prepares as Clementine
2018Freedom Fighters: The Ray as Vixen / Mari McCabe (voice)
2018Step Sisters as Jamilah
2017Ghosted (1 Episode) as Natalie
2017Vixen: The Movie as Mari McCabe / Vixen (voice)
2017CHiPS as Patricia Eerly
2016The Meddler as Elise
2016Damien (10 Episodes) as Simone Baptiste
2015Vixen (12 Episodes) as Mari Jiwe McCabe / Vixen (voice)
2014Night Swim as Eve
2014Electric Slide as Jean
2014Mind Games (13 Episodes) as Megan
2013A Good Day to Die Hard as Pretty Reporter
2013The Following (4 Episodes) as Penny / Sophia Jackson
2012Arrow (1 Episode) as Mari McCabe / Vixen
2012Made in Jersey (8 Episodes) as Riley Prescott
2012Beautiful People as Monica
2012Damsels in Distress as Rose
2012House of Lies (5 Episodes) as April
2011Free Hugs as Megan
2009Fix as Carmen
2008Who Do You Love as Ivy Mills
200890210 (7 Episodes) as Holly Strickler
2008Raising the Bar (3 Episodes) as Amelia Mkali
2006Camjackers as Sista Strada Cast
2006The Game (1 Episode) as Cheyenne
2005Supernatural (1 Episode) as Cassie Robinson
2005Hitched as Christina
2005American Dad! (1 Episode) as Angie (voice)
2004Veronica Mars (1 Episode) as Rain
2004The 4400 (26 Episodes) as Isabelle Tyler
2003Like Family (22 Episodes) as Danika Ward
2002CSI: Miami (23 Episodes) as Tara Price
2002What I Like About You (1 Episode) as Karen
2002For the People (18 Episodes) as Unknown
200124 (6 Episodes) as Nicole Palmer
2001Spyder Games (65 Episodes) as Unknown
2000Boston Public (1 Episode) as Unknown
2000Sheena (1 Episode) as Janel
1999Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1 Episode) as Nicole Gleason
1999Funny Valentines as Lauren
1998Malibu, CA (1 Episode) as Unknown
1998That '70s Show (8 Episodes) as Angie Barnett
1998Creature (2 Episodes) as Elizabeth
1997Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1 Episode) as Vaughne
1996The Steve Harvey Show (1 Episode) as Allison Hightower
1994ER (1 Episode) as Terry Welch
Production
2023Weathering ... Producer
Directing
2023Weathering ... Director
Writing
2023Weathering ... Writer