From 2008 to 2009 she starred as Tara Price on the series CSI: Miami. Echikunwoke had recurring roles as Holly Strickler on the television series 90210 from 2011 to 2012, April on the TV series House of Lies in 2012, and Riley Parker on the series Made in Jersey in 2012. In 2014 she starred as Megan on the television series Mind Games. Echikunwoke had a recurring role on the TV series The Following as Penny in 2015 and starred as Simone Baptiste on the series Damien in 2016. She voiced the role of Mari McCabe / Vixen on the TV series Vixen from 2015 to 2016 and on the series Arrow since 2016. Megalyn has been romantically linked to actor Chris Rock.
