Annie Ilonzeh

Annette Ngozi Ilonzeh, a Nigerian American actor. Her first role was in the role of Maya Ward (ABC's General Hospital) from 2010 until 2011. Later she starred Kate Prince, in the ABC's Charlie's Angels reboot. She later had recurring roles on shows such as Arrow, Drop Dead Diva and Empire. Ilonzeh was raised in Grapevine and went to Colleyville Heritage High School. The mother of her is white and the father of her is Nigerian and has Igbo ancestry. In 2007 she was a TV star on the CBS show How I Met Your Mother. She was in bit parts of the films He's Simply Not Into You Miss March & Percy Jackson & Olympians - The Lightning Thief. Ilonzeh was a regular actress on Melrose Place on the CW from 2009-2010. In the year 2010, Ilonzeh appeared three times on Entourage. She was Maya Ward in the ABC soap show General Hospital from 2010 until the year 2011. Annette Ngozi Ilonzeh (born August 24th, 1983, in Grapevine Texas) is an American actor. She was the character Emily Foster on Chicago Fire. From 2010 to 2011 she portrayed Maya Ward on the ABC daytime soap drama General Hospital and then starred as Kate Prince in the short-lived ABC reboot from Charlie's Angels. In the following years, she played recurring roles in shows like Arrow Drop Dead Diva or Empire. Ilonzeh starred alongside Til Death Do Us Part as the biographical and thriller the show All Eyez on Me in the year 2017. In 2018, Ilonzeh began playing Emily Foster as part of the NBC Drama Chicago Fire.