MEAGAN GOOD
Date of Birth: August 8, 1981
Born in Panorama, California, Meagan Good started her career at age four in commercials. By the time she was ten, she was making the first of her many guest appearances on television shows such as
Gabriel's Fire,
Touched by an Angel,
Moesha,
The Famous Jett Jackson and
The Division.
At 16, she was nominated for both an Image Award as Outstanding Youth Actor and a YoungStar Award for her starring role in her first feature film,
Eve's Bayou (1997), playing Samuel L. Jackson's daughter.
In 2003, Meagan dropped out her regular role as Vanessa on the ABC-TV sitcom,
My Wife and Kids starring Damon Wayans, to pursue the many film offers that were coming her way. She received a Black Movie Award nomination as Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role for
D.E.B.S. (2004) and Teen Choice Award nominations for
Waist Deep (2006) and
Stomp the Yard (2007).
More recently she's played lead roles in
The Love Guru (2008) with Mike Myers and the horror flick
The Unborn (2009).
In her spare time, Meagan enjoys writing plays and hopes to direct movies one day. Deeply religious, she attends church regularly. Her hobbies include kickboxing, dancing, rapping, shopping and doing community service work.