Full Name | Megalyn Echikunwoke |
Net Worth | $17 Million |
Date Of Birth | May 28, 1983 |
Place Of Birth | Spokane, Washington, USA |
Height | 1.69 m |
Occupation | Actress |
Profession | Actor |
Nationality | American |
Parents | Anita Laurie, Onigwe Versato Echikunwoke |
Siblings | Misty Echikunwoke, Miki Echikunwoke |
Nicknames | Megalyn Echikunwoke, Echukunowke, Megalyn, Megalyn Echukunowke |
Twitter | http://www.twitter.com/megalyn |
Instagram | http://www.instagram.com/megalyn |
IMDB | http://imdb.com/name/nm0248461 |
Movies | Step Sisters, Electric Slide, A Good Day to Die Hard, Damsels in Distress, Who Do You Love?, Fix, Camjackers, Vixen: The Movie, Free Hugs, Funny Valentines |
TV Shows | CSI: Miami, The 4400, House of Lies, Damien, Spyder Games, Like Family, Made in Jersey, Mind Games, Legends of Tomorrow, Creature, For the People |
Star Sign | Gemini |
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1 | One thing I am really dying to do, while I'm still young and in shape, is an action movie. I would love to do a Lara Croft type of thing that's really physical and tough. I want to have a gun and do martial arts. I would love to get paid to get into the best shape of my life. |
2 | I wouldn't mind spending six months a year having a private jet take me around the world to visit natural and historical landmarks like the Egyptian pyramids, Mount Kilimanjaro or the Taj Mahal. |
3 | As an actor, you are always looking for something fresh and interesting and not ordinary. |
4 | You don't know why someone is in a certain circumstance and why they chose to be there. Sometimes it's just about having an experience and learning. I don't think you can begrudge someone that. |
5 | I always like an environment where there's lots of women and everyone's different. |
6 | Every actress hopes to play a wide range of characters because not often you don't. |
7 | One of my favorite places I've visited is Havana, Cuba. On my way home from Costa Rica, I did a week in Havana. The colors, the music, the beautiful men and the cars! I love vintage and antique cars and own a couple myself. |
8 | Besides finding a great place to stay, it's important for me to find at least one cultural destination to visit, other than that, I don't like to plan too much. I like to suss out the situation when I get on the ground and then go! |
9 | 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. Especially as a black woman, I think it's important. |
10 | Obviously, there's the seedy side of the strip club world and pole dancing. But, pole dancing, as an art form, is really beautiful. It's been hyper-sexualized because it's associated with strippers, but if you think about it, just in terms of other kinds of dancing, they're using an instrument to create these amazing dance forms. |
11 | Once I accidentally left my passport in Nice, France, when I was on my way to Prague. Upon arriving in Vienna, after taking an overnight, and being asked to present my travel documents and realizing I forgot them at the hotel, they kicked me off the train and sent me back! |
12 | We don't want to watch boring characters. |
13 | I tend to play characters that aren't supposed to black or written black. |
14 | I've been to strip clubs where the dancers have these whole routines that they create just for the wow factor and to say, 'Look how strong and physically fit I am.' Most women couldn't do it, and it's not necessarily sexual. It's just a performance. |
15 | 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. |
16 | I've seen shows on Showtime, and they're very provocative, if you will, but nothing to the point that's over-the-top or gratuitous. |
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1 | Girlfriend of actor and comedian Chris Rock (February 2016). |
2 | Her mother is American of German/Scots-Irish descent. |
3 | She is of Nigerian royalty through her Igbo father. |
4 | Friends with Olivia Wilde and Tao Ruspoli. |
5 | Has a brother named Miki and a sister named Misty. |
6 | Her last name is Nigerian and it means "leader of men". She is half Nigerian from her father's side. |
7 | Loves to sing and is passionate about pursuing a career in music, as well. Other hobbies include surfing, dancing and traveling. |
8 | While Megalyn is not Navajo she grew up on a Navajo Indian Reservation in Chinle, Arizona. |
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