Meagan Good

Meagan Monique Good (born August 8, 1981) is an American actress and model.

Good was born on August 8, 1981 in the Panorama City neighborhood of Los Angeles.

Her mother, Tyra Wardlow-Doyle, worked as Good's manager into her teens, and her father, Leondis "Leon" Good, is an LAPD police officer.

Good has claimed that her maternal grandmother is "Jewish and African. My mother's father was Cherokee and something else. My dad's mother's Puerto Rican and black, and his father was from Barbados."

Good was raised in Canyon Country (now known as Santa Clarita), California.

She has three siblings, including older sister and fellow actress La'Myia Good.

She began her acting career around the age of four.

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

In the early stages of her career, Good worked as an extra on television shows such as Doogie Howser, M.D. and Amen.

When she was 13, Good was cast in her first film, the 1995 comedy Friday.

She first gained critical attention for her role in the film Eve's Bayou (1997) prior to landing the role of Nina in the Nickelodeon sitcom Cousin Skeeter (1998–2001).

She first gained critical recognition for her performance as the troubled teen Cisely Batiste in Kasi Lemmons' 1997 film Eve's Bayou; she received two award nominations, including her first NAACP Image Award nomination.

From 1998 to 2001, she appeared as Nina on Nickelodeon's TV show Cousin Skeeter.

Good landed small roles in the films 3 Strikes and House Party 4: Down to the Last Minute.

After taking on small film and television roles for the next few years, Good began to transition into more mature roles in the early 2000s.

Good believes she was able to move into adult roles due to playing characters several years younger than her.

Good received further prominence after starring in the films Deliver Us from Eva (2003), Roll Bounce (2005) and Stomp the Yard (2007).

In 2003, a major year for 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 adult actress.

She also appeared as the character Vanessa for one season of My Wife and Kids, before being replaced by another actor.

In 2004, Good starred alongside Jordana Brewster, Sara Foster, and Jill Ritchie in the action film D.E.B.S., and received a Best Actress nomination at the 2005 Black Movie Awards.

She also had small roles in The Cookout, Lance "Un" Rivera's directorial debut, and the teen dance film You Got Served.

In 2005, Good co-starred in the horror film Venom, as well as the well-received neo noir film Brick.

She played opposite rapper/actor Bow Wow in Malcolm D. Lee's Roll Bounce.

In 2006, Good played the role of Coco, which she felt was her first true lead actress role, in the urban action-drama Waist Deep.

Good also voiced a character for the video game Scarface: The World Is Yours that same year.

The following year, Good landed a role in the dance movie Stomp the Yard, starring with Ne-Yo and childhood and personal

friend Columbus Short.

Good has also had supporting roles in the films One Missed Call (2008), Saw V (2008), The Unborn (2009), and as the superhero version of Darla Dudley in the DCEU films Shazam! (2019) and Shazam! Fury of the Gods (2023).

In 2008, Good appeared in the horror film One Missed Call as an ill-fated college student, Shelley Baum.

She appeared as an angry trophy wife in the Mike Myers comedy The Love Guru, and in the latter half of the year, she was one of the victims/game players in Saw V.

She starred in 2009's The Unborn with Gary Oldman and Odette Yustman.

In 2012, Good featured in an ensemble cast of the film Think Like a Man.

The following year, she played Joanna Locasto, the lead character on the NBC drama series Deception, and starred in the comedy Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues.

She was part of the ensemble cast in 2012's Think Like a Man, a movie based on Steve Harvey's 2009 book Act like a Lady, Think like a Man.

In 2013, Good starred in Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues.

Good returned to television from January to March 2013, starring in Deception.

Good was contacted by her agents about the series while leaving a hair salon.

She sat in her car "and cried for 30-minutes like a nerd, by myself."

In 2014, Good reprised her role for Think Like a Man Too, the sequel to Think Like a Man.

Good stated she "had a really good time" while filming the sequel after initially being nervous "because there's so much energy that only Vegas can give."