Biographies: Megalyn Echikunwoke - Actor

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Megalyn Echikunwoke is an American actress best known for her roles as Tara Price in "CSI: Miami," Isabelle Tyler on the "4400," and Angie Barnett on "That '70s Show." Megalyn was born in Spokane, Washington, on May 28, 1983. Her father is Nigerian, and a descendant of an Igbo tribal leader. Her American mother is of German/Scots-Irish heritage. She was raised on a Navajo Native American Reservation in Chinle, Arizona. Echikunwoke started auditioning for TV roles at age 14, and after booking her first job, her family moved from Arizona to Los Angeles. Over the next few years, she secured recurring roles on WB's "Like Family" and "24," on which she played the President's daughter. In 2004, she played a newly discovered, black half-sister to a white protagonist in the beloved "That '70s Show." Her more recent film credits include "Damsels in Distress" (2011) and "A Good Day to Die Hard" (2013).

• 18 March 2013
• Ines Farag