Towards the latter part of July, CBS announced that
Megalyn Echikunwoke would be replacing
Khandi Alexander as the new medical examiner for the team on
CSI: Miami. She was cast then in a recurring capacity, playing a character who immediately makes a good impression with Horatio
Cane and the entire team. Alexander, for her part, has previously promised that she will be returning to the show in the future to guest and what-not. After all, she was with
CSI: Miami since 2002.
Recently, however, it was announced that Echikunwoke has been promoted to series regular. She will be introduced in the second episode as Dr. Tara Price, the new medical examiner.
Echikunwoke, 25, is best known for her role on other crime dramas. he was on
24, where she played Nicole Palmer for one season. She is also known for her role on another CBS series
The 4400. She was a regular cast member in that one, which she took on since the third season. She plays the grown-up version of the enigmatic Isabelle Tyler. She left the show in 2007, and
The 4400 was canceled shortly thereafter.
CSI: Miami is her first starring role.
CSI: Miami returns to the small screen this fall for its seventh season on September 22 at 10pm ET/PT, with an episode called “Resurrection.” Joining Echikunwoke are returning cast member from season 6 Elizabeth Berkley, who will play Julia Winston, Horatio's ex-girlfriend and Kyle's mother who reappears during the murder investigation of her current husband. Kim Coates will also be back, as Ron Saris, one of the prime suspects in the shooting of Horatio. Meanwhile, Evan Ellingson, who plays Horatio's long-lost son Kyle Harmon. If we look back, Kyle looked for his mother even while in prison. Also returning is Sofia Milos, who will portray Colombian homicide detective Yelina Salas, also the widow of Horatio's brother.
-Glenn L. Diaz, BuddyTV Staff Columnist
Source:
The Hollywood Reporter
(Image Courtesy of Watching the 4400)