Megalyn Echikunwoke

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Summary

Megalyn Echikunwoke is an actor known for television roles in 24, The 4400, CSI: Miami and Vixen, and for writing and directing the short film Weathering. Her work in Weathering centers on Black motherhood, grief and maternal health disparities; she said she made it to draw attention to black women’s experiences in childbirth and called for greater humanization of black women in medical care. She has also supported criminal justice reform and taken part in advocacy related to Los Angeles jails. No public partisan campaigning or DEI affiliation is on record.