Annie Ilonzeh

Annette Ngozi Ilonzeh was born in Nigeria. She is an American actor. Her first role was as Maya Ward (ABC's General Hospital) between 2010 and the year 2011. Later she starred Kate Prince, in the ABC's Charlie's Angels reboot. Her appearances were recurring on Arrow Drop Dead Diva Empire. Ilonzeh is a Grapevine Texas native who went to Colleyville Heritage High School. Her father, who is a Nigerian Igbo descendant is her father. Her mother and father are both white. Her debut came on the screen in 2007 by appearing in an episode on CBS's show How I Met Your Mother. She was in bit parts of the films He's Simply Not That Into You Miss March & Percy Jackson & Olympians - The Lightning Thief. Ilonzeh was a part of the cast from 2009 until 2010 on the CW soap drama Melrose Place. She also played a guest role for three episodes on 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 actress. She was the character Emily Foster in Chicago Fire. She also was Maya Ward, a daytime ABC soap opera General Hospital. Then in the year 2011, Kate Prince starred on the ABC revival of Charlie's Angels. The roles she played in the following years included regular performances on Arrow Drop Dead Diva, Empire as well as other series. Ilonzeh was in two movies in 2017: The All Eyez Me (biographical drama) as well as The Til Death Do Us Part (thriller). In 2018, Ilonzeh began acting as Emily Foster as part of the NBC drama Chicago Fire.