Meagan Good
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Biography
Biography
A gorgeous, gifted performer, Meagan Good was able to gracefully make the difficult transition from child and teen star to adult working actress. Born Aug. 8, 1981 in Panorama City, CA, Meagan Monique Good made her film debut in "Friday" (1995), but achieved her Image Award-nominated breakthrough in the spellbinding "Eve's Bayou" (1997) as a sexually charged teenager who may or may not have been molested by her father (Samuel L. Jackson). Good went on to land a series regular role on the kid-friendly sitcom "Cousin Skeeter" (Nickelodeon, 1998-2001) and recurred on such shows as "The Famous Jett Jackson" (Disney Channel, 1998-2001), "Raising Dad" (The WB, 2001-02) and "My Wife and Kids" (ABC, 2001-05). She played a schoolgirl spy in "D.E.B.S." (2004), showed off her dancing skills in "You Got Served" (2004), "Roll Bounce" (2005) and "Stomp the Yard" (2007), and impressed as femme fatales in the high school-set noir "Brick" (2005) and in the action flick "Waist Deep" (2006). While Good scored hits with roles in "Saw V" (2008) and the comedy "Jumping the Broom" (2011), she also appeared in the less-than-successful horror flop "One Missed Call" (2008) and Mike Myers' big-budget misfire "The Love Guru" (2008). Happily, the actress rebounded with a fun turn in the ensemble romantic comedy "Think Like a Man" (2012), recurred on "Californication" (Showtime, 2007-14), and booked the starring role on her own series, "Deception" (NBC, 2012-13), playing a detective investigating the murder of a wealthy friend.
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Filmography
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Life Events
1997
Received critical acclaim for role in Kasi Lemmons' "Eve's Bayou" opposite Samuel L. Jackson; earned NAACP Image Award nomination
1998
Landed first major TV role as a series regular on Nickelodeon's "Cousin Skeeter"
1999
Cast in "The Secret Life of Girls," starring Eugene Levy
2000
Portrayed Buela in the comedy "3 Strikes"
2001
Cast as Katie on The WB comedy series "Raising Dad"
2003
Played love interest to Derek Luke's character in "Biker Boyz"
2003
Co-starred in romantic comedy feature "Deliver Us From Eva"
2003
Featured in Rapper 50 Cent's "21 Questions" music video
2004
Cast in Queen Latifah scripted comedy "The Cookout"
2004
Starred as tough-talking group leader Max in "D.E.B.S."
2005
Played a supporting role in Rian Johnson's feature debut, teen noir "Brick," opposite Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Lukas Haas
2006
Co-starred with Tyrese Gibson in Vondie Curtis-Hall's "Waist Deep"
2007
Acted in dance film "Stomp the Yard"
2008
Appeared in horror features "One Missed Call" and "Saw V"
2011
Co-starred opposite Paula Patton and Angela Bassett in "Jumping the Broom"
2012
Joined ensemble cast in comedy hit "Think Like a Man"
2012
Played sultry R&B singer Kali on Showtime's "Californication"
2013
Cast in starring role of detective Joanna Locasto on NBC mystery drama series "Deception"
2013
Co-starred with Common in drama feature "LUV"
2013
Appeared in "Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues"
2014
Returned for sequel "Think Like a Man Too"
2015
Played Victoria Wavers on "Mr. Robinson"
2015
Starred on mini-series version of "Minority Report"
2018
Appeared in Qasim Basir's romantic drama "A Boy. A Girl. A Dream."
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