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

• 2026In Memoriam — Regina
• 2025Stay — Kiara
• Off Shoot — Rebecca Rose
• Alert: Missing Persons Unit — Lieutenant Gabrielle Bennett
• 2023Weathering — Producer, Director, Writer
• 2022Emily the Criminal — Liz
• 2022Horror Anthology Volume 1 — Eve
• 2022The Drop — Birth Doula
• 2021Blood Moon — Esme Rawls
• Almost Family — Edie Palmer
• 2019Late Night — Robin
• 2018An Actor Prepares — Clementine
• 2018Freedom Fighters: The Ray — Vixen / Mari McCabe (voice)
• 2018Night School — Lisa
• 2018Step Sisters — Jamilah
• 2017CHiPs — Patricia Eerly
• Ghosted — Natalie
• 2017Vixen: The Movie — Mari McCabe / Vixen (voice)
• Damien — Simone Baptiste
• 2016The Meddler — Elise
• Vixen — Mari Jiwe McCabe / Vixen (voice)
• 2014Electric Slide — Jean
• Mind Games — Megan
• 2014Night Swim — Eve
• 2013A Good Day to Die Hard — Pretty Reporter
• The Following — Penny / Sophia Jackson
• Arrow — Mari McCabe / Vixen
• 2012Damsels in Distress — Rose
• House of Lies — April
• Made in Jersey — Riley Prescott
• 2011Free Hugs — Megan
• 2009Fix — Carmen
• 90210 — Holly Strickler
• Raising the Bar — Amelia Mkali
• 2008Who Do You Love — Ivy Mills
• 2006Camjackers — Sista Strada Cast
• The Game — Cheyenne
• American Dad! — Angie (voice)
• 2005Hitched — Christina
• Supernatural — Cassie Robinson
• The 4400 — Isabelle Tyler
• Veronica Mars — Rain
• Like Family — Danika Ward
• CSI: Miami — Tara Price
• What I Like About You — Karen
• 24 — Nicole Palmer
• Spyder Games
• Boston Public
• Sheena — Janel
• 1999Funny Valentines — Lauren
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Nicole Gleason
• Creature — Elizabeth
• Malibu, CA
• That '70s Show — Angie Barnett
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer — Vaughne
• The Steve Harvey Show — Allison Hightower
• ER — Terry Welch
• Beautiful People — Monica

Appearances as themselves (3)

• 2019LA Woman Rising — Self
• 2016Damien: Behind the Scenes — Self
• Teen Choice Awards — Self - Presenter