Annie Ilonzeh

Annette Ngozi Ilonzeh, a Nigerian American actor. Between 2010 and 2011 she played Maya Ward on the ABC daytime soap opera General Hospital and then acted as Kate Prince in the short-lived ABC revival of Charlie's Angels. In the following years, she starred in recurring roles on Arrow Drop Dead Diva Empire. Ilonzeh grew up in Grapevine Texas and later graduated from Colleyville Heritage High School. Her father, a Nigerian Igbo descendant is his father. His mother is both white. In 2007, she made her television debut on The CBS show How I Met Your Mother. She played small roles in She's Just Not Into You Miss March, Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief and He's Just not that Into You Miss March. Ilonzeh played a regular role on the CW's maintime soap drama Melrose Place between 2009 and 2010. In 2010, she appeared in three shows of Entourage. In 2010-2011, she played Maya Ward the ABC's daytime soap show General Hospital. Annette Ngozi Ilonzeh (born August 24th, 1983, in Grapevine Texas) is an American actor. She appeared as Emily Foster in Chicago Fire. She played Maya Ward in ABC's daytime soap General Hospital between 2010 and 2011. In the following years, she appeared in the role of Kate Prince on the ABC rebooted Charlie's Angels. She later had a recurring roles on shows such as Arrow Drop Dead Diva and Empire. In 2017, Ilonzeh portrayed Kidada Jones in the biographical film The All Eyez on Me and also appeared in the thriller Til Death Do Us Part. In 2018, she co-starred in the role of Emily Foster in the NBC drama Chicago Fire.