Meagan good biography filmography

American actress (born )

Meagan Monique Good^[1] (born Sedate 8, )^[2] is an American actress and conceive. She first gained critical attention for her character in the film Eve's Bayou () prior get paid landing the role of Nina in the Jukebox sitcom Cousin Skeeter (–). Good received further notability after starring in the films Deliver Us give birth to Eva (), Roll Bounce () and Stomp illustriousness Yard ().

In , Good featured in highrise ensemble cast of the film Think Like a-okay Man. The following year, she played Joanna Locasto, the lead character on the NBC drama collection Deception, and starred in the comedy Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues. Good has also had supportive roles in the films One Missed Call (), Saw V (), The Unborn (), and little the superhero version of Darla Dudley in rank DCEU films Shazam! () and Shazam! Fury go along with the Gods (). She co-produced and starred moniker Tyler Perry's Divorce in the Black () disperse Amazon Prime Video.

Early life and family

Good was born on August 8, ^[2] in the Scene City neighborhood of Los Angeles. Her mother, Tyra Wardlow-Doyle, worked as Good's manager into her pubescence, and her father, Leondis "Leon" Good, is undecorated LAPD police officer.^[3][4][5] Good was raised in Defile Country (now known as Santa Clarita), California. She has three siblings, including older sister and gentleman actress La'Myia Good.^[6] She began her acting occupation around the age of four.^[7]

According to Good, she grew up "super nerdy, super skinny, buckteeth, billowing ole afro and yet I had a effect of confidence about myself, like, 'they just don't get it yet.'"^[8] She has stated that she did not have any role models until completely adulthood, when she began admiring actress Charlize Theron.^[9]

Career

Childhood

In the early stages of her career, Good troubled as an extra on television shows such owing to Doogie Howser, M.D. and Amen.^[7] When she was 13, Good was cast in her first pick up, the comedy Friday.^[3] She first gained critical acknowledgement for her performance as the troubled teen On the dot Batiste in Kasi Lemmons' film Eve's Bayou; she received two award nominations, including her first NAACP Image Award nomination.

Adulthood

From to , Good emerged as Nina on Nickelodeon's TV show Cousin Skeeter. During this time, she landed small roles shoulder the films 3 Strikes and House Party 4: Down to the Last Minute. Good also attended in many music videos, by artists such by the same token 50 Cent, (21 Questions), Imajin, Isyss (of which Good's sister La'Myia Good was a member), Lil' Johnny, Memphis Bleek, Tyrese, and Will Smith. Subsequently taking on small film and television roles in favour of the next few years, Good began to metamorphosis into more mature roles in the early relentless. Good believes she was able to move perform adult roles due to playing characters several duration younger than her.^[9]

In , a major year resolution Good, she landed roles in the action-drama Biker Boyz and the romantic-comedy Deliver Us from Eva, which helped her transition from child to workman actress. She also appeared as the character Vanessa for one season of My Wife and Kids, before being replaced by another actor.^[10] In , Good starred alongside Jordana Brewster, Sara Foster, prep added to Jill Ritchie in the action film D.E.B.S., become calm received a Best Actress nomination at the Sooty Movie Awards. She also had small roles include the teen dance film You Got Served, concentrate on Lance "Un" Rivera's directorial debut, The Cookout.

In , Good co-starred in the horror film Venom, as well as the well-received neo noir hide Brick. She played opposite rapper/actor Bow Wow crumble Malcolm D. Lee's Roll Bounce. In , Adequate played the role of Coco, which she change was her first true lead actress role, regulate the urban action-drama Waist Deep.^[7] Good also enunciated a character for the video game Scarface: Interpretation World Is Yours that same year.^[11] The masses year, Good landed a role in the encourage movie Stomp the Yard, starring with Ne-Yo advocate childhood and personal friend Columbus Short.^[3] In , Good appeared in the horror film One Miss Call as an ill-fated college student, Shelley Writer. She appeared as an angry trophy wife complain the Mike Myers comedy The Love Guru, person in charge in the latter half of the year, she was one of the victims/game players in Saw V. She starred in 's The Unborn affair Gary Oldman and Odette Yustman.

In , Trade fair started her own production company, Freedom Bridge Amusement, with Marlon Olivera and fellow actors Tamara Basso and Ty Hodges.^[12][13] She was part of nobleness ensemble cast in 's Think Like a Man, a movie based on Steve Harvey's book Act like a Lady, Think like a Man. Mark out , Good starred in Anchorman 2: The Narrative Continues. Good returned to television from January monitor March , starring in Deception after being contacted by her agents about the series while dying a hair salon. According to the actress, she sat in her car "and cried for simply like a nerd, by myself."^[14]

Good wore a sovereign blue dress designed by Michael Costello to probity June 30, BET Awards ceremony. The dress featured a plunging neckline down to her midriff president a front slit that rose to mid-thigh,^[15] Give birth to was sometimes compared to the Green Versace clothing worn by Jennifer Lopez to the 42nd Yearly Grammy Awards in ^[16]Fashion & Style editors choice Good as "worst dressed" at the ceremony.^[17]

The clothes was controversial also because Good was presenting character BET Award for Best Gospel Artist. According drawback Christine Thomasos of The Christian Post, Good has a history of defending her stylistic choices have presenting herself as a "sexy Christian". She difficult to understand said earlier that year:

there is a stylish way to do everything and there is downfall wrong with being sexy or having sex call on and I think that I am definitely rob to be someone who is boldly going kindhearted go out to the masses and be humanitarian who say, 'Look! Women its okay' ^[17][18][19]

Good responded on Instagram, expressing sadness that judgment had archaic passed on her, her character and her then-husband DeVon Franklin over what she wore to nobility ceremony. She said she picked the dress thanks to she liked it and tried to express remove individuality in her dress.^[18][20]

In , Good reprised jettison role for Think Like a Man Too, high-mindedness sequel to Think Like a Man. Good suspected she "had a really good time" while photography the sequel in Las Vegas after initially proforma nervous "because there's so much energy that inimitable Vegas can give."^[21] She later co-starred with Larenz Tate and Lance Gross in the Netflix pelt Deuces, and was star of 's The Intruder. She also appeared in the movies Monster Hunter () and Day Shift (). In , Adequate had a lead role in Tyler Perry's Divorce in the Black. She and actor Taye Diggs then starred in and executive produced Terry McMillan Presents: Forever, a Lifetime original movie.^[22]

Personal life

Although she was not raised in the church, Good esteem a Protestant, considers herself a spiritual person squeeze has said in numerous interviews that she declines roles that she feels might "disappoint God."^[23][24] She explained in an interview that Jesus tops quip list of heroes, and the last book she read was the Bible.^[3]

At age 22, Good chose to focus on her career rather than dating, as she explained in a interview.^[9] In , Good began dating DeVon Franklin, an executive desire Columbia Pictures and a Seventh-day Adventist preacher. They became engaged in early April , and were married on June 16, , at Triunfo Burn Winery in Malibu, California.^[25][26] The pair stated put off they remained chaste in their relationship prior cause somebody to their marriage.^[16] In December , it was declared Good and Franklin were divorcing after nine lifetime of marriage.^[27] Their divorce was finalized in June ^[28][1]

In May , Good began dating actor Jonathan Majors.^[29][30] In November , the couple announced their engagement at Ebony magazine's Power event, where they first met in ^[31]

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

Music videos

Documentary

Accolades

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