Megalyn Echikunwoke

Birth Name:

Ebubennem Megalyn Ann Echikunwoke

Birth Place:

Spokane, Washington, United States

Profession

Actress, Producer, Soundtrack, Director, Writer

Is descended from a Nigerian tribal chief of the Igbo tribe on her father's side
Made her screen acting debut in the TV movie "Creature" in 1998
Her manager discovered her while she was performing a monologue at an arts-oriented summer camp at the age of 14
Quote: "I definitely am drawn to strong females who are successful, smart women because I am a woman like that․ I think it's important to portray those kinds of women on film and television․"
Has played a wide array of characters, appearing on such varied fair as period sitcoms and science fiction dramas
Best known for her role as Dr․ Tara Price in "CSI: Miami" and as Cherish Pardee in "Spyder Games․"
Did all her own singing in the independent film "Who Do You Love," in which she played a lounge singer who was addicted to heroin
Her hobbies include singing, surfing, dancing and traveling
Though she was born in Spokane, Wash․, and neither of her parents were Native American, she was raised in Chinle, Ariz․, on a Navajo Native American Reservation
Was 10 years old when she went to a shopping mall for the first time

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