Good was born in Panorama City, California and grew up in Valencia, California, where she lived with her parents and her three siblings, one of whom was adopted. Good resided in a part of California that was mainly Caucasian; The Good family were one of the first families to enter the area, Meagan Good explained in a Sister2Sister magazine interview. As a young girl, she recalls being treated differently while at school especially at the hands of a teacher she considered to be racist. She had a particularly hard time with fitting in, because of a hairstyle she wanted to try was not allowed or the use of lip gloss. She even blames this teacher for suffering grades that same year. Good did not, however, pick up on these subtleties until she became older.Meagan Good does not describe her mother as religious, but rather describes her as a spiritual person who inspired her to become spiritual as well. Good did not attend church as a young girl, but God is a very important to her in life. God means so much to her that even "all of the success..[and] the money in the world..."[1] is inconsequential if it were not for God.Because of her role as a child actress, she was home-schooled after a period of time in public school.
Career
With encouragement from her mother, Good began entered the entertainment industry with appearances in commercials at the age of four. To date, she has been in over 60 national commercials. Her Television portfolio is quite vast with having been on every side of the spectrum ranging from The Parent 'Hood and Touched by an Angel to starring roles on Raising Dad with Bob Saget and the Nickelodeon series, Cousin Skeeter.Despite her television appearances, she is best known for her work in movies. According to Sister2Sister magazine, Good decided she would become an actress at the age of twelve, and received her first speaking role at the age of 12. As a youngster, acting was simply "just something to do for fun" (Sister2Sister magazine, 2005). Her big break-through came when she garnered critical acclaim and earned an Image Award nomination for her starring role in Kasi Lemmons' film Eve's Bayou, opposite Samuel L. Jackson. Some consider Eve's Bayou to be Good's "coming-out party as the 16-year-old dominated the screen"[2]. Her persistence paid off although she originally wanted to play the role of Eve. By the time of the movie's production, she was too old for Eve's role and instead entertained the idea of playing Cisely.Meagan Good's tenure in the entertainment industry has spanned nearly twenty years with almost twenty movies and about the same number in television shows. Good, in an interview with Savoy magazine, explained that she has been around longer than some actors she considers legends. In the same February 2003 interview, she does say that there is a down side to being a celebrity, because of rumors directed at her. For a long while, she has also had to deal with being known as the pretty girl on the screen. In an interview with Essence magazine, she has voiced her disappointment with constantly being put into a corner. "My goal is to do something that's not about race or a certain look" she states. In order to avoid this, she is willing to play "a crackhead, a crazy person, superhero" (Savoy, 2003).Though she does not appreciate being judged based on her looks as far as her career goes, she does recognize that she is widely popular amongst her fans in part because of her looks. AskMen.com finds that "Good possesses of one of the finest packages in showbiz"[3]. For this reason, she has been numerous magazines with special dedications to her most notably Black Men and King. In an 2003 King interview, she reflects on past comments about her appearance:Boys I been around my whole life were like, 'You Got Booty.' I was like 'for real'? Personal life
Good does have aspirations for the future. Primarily, she wants to play Aaliyah in a movie about the late entertainer, if such a movie should ever reach the point of fruition. ContactMusic.com quotes Good as saying ""I would love to play Aaliyah. For all the things that black women go through in this industry, telling her story would be incredible"[4]Currently, she lives in San Fernando Valley, California.In 1998, Meagan Good was nominated for Image Award for Outstanding Youth Actor/Actress for her role on Eve's Bayou.In 1998, Meagan Good was nominated for Young Star Award for Best Performance by a Young Actress in a Drama Film for her role on Eve's Bayou.She also appeared in these moviesWaist Deep (2006) as CoCo
Crenshaw Blvd. (2005) (pre-production) as Evelyn
Roll Bounce (2005) as Naomi
The Reaper (2005)
Brick (2005) as Kara
The Cookout (2004) as Brittany
You Got Served (2004) as Beautifull
D.E.B.S. (2004) as Max
Ride or Die (2003) as Fake Venus
Deliver Us from Eva (2003)as Jacqui Dandrige
Biker Boyz (2003) as Tina
3 Strikes (2001) as Buela
The Secret Life of Girls (1999) as Kay
Eve's Bayou (1997) as Cisely Batiste
Make a Wish, Molly (1995) as Jenny
Friday (1995) as Kid ..2
and in these television showsKevin Hill (2005) as Melanie
My Wife and Kids (2003) as Vanessa
The Famous Jett Jackson (2001) as Tara Essex
The Division (2001) as Kara Talor
Raising Dad (2001) as Katie
The Steve Harvey Show (2000) as Alicia
Moesha (2000) as Nicole
The Jersey (1999) as Tamika
Cousin Skeeter (1998) as Nina
The Gregory Hines Show (1997) as Pauley
Just One of the Girls (1997) as Starkeesha
Touched by an Angel (1997) as Nikki
The Parent Hood (1997 & 1998) as Ariana
Pacific Blue (1997) as Shalona James
On Our Own (1994) as Tracee
and these music video's21 Questions, 50 Cent.
This Very Moment, K-Ci & JoJo.
Black Suits Comin' (Nod Ya Head), Will Smith.
No Doubt, Imajin.
Do My, Memphis Bleek.
I Got You, Lil Johnny. Meagan Good is the sister of Lamyia Good of the music group Isyss.
Good is the cousin of actor/singer Dijon Talton.
Good went to the same High School as Lauryn Garrett, and Heather Lauren Olson.
Good was once part of Isyss.*She grew up in: Valencia, California, USA*Residence: L.A., California, USA*Horoscope: Leo*Sexual Orientation: heterosexual*Siblings: 2 Sisters(La'Myia and Lexus) and a Brother.*Ethinicity: Black, Indian(Cherokee), French, and Puerto Rican*Favorite Color: Purple*Fav. Food: Yams and Seafood*Favorite Music artists: Aaliyah, Isyss, No Doubt, Gods Smack,
Linkin Park, White Snail, and Worn. She enjoys a lot of older
rock music.*Hobbies: Writing plays(hopes to direct her own movie, enjoys
making drama-based storylines because she believes they show her
true talent), attending church, shopping, reading the Bible,
community work, goes to movies and coffee shops, kickboxing,
dancing, rapping(we may hear her one day), and chilling with her
family and friends.*She admires: Charlize Theron, Halle Berry(because she turned
roles that weren't made for her, for her.), Angelina Jolie, John
Travolta, Kevin Spacey, and Paula Jai Parker*Fitness Plan: kickboxing, dancing, a low-fat diet, and tons of water*Essence Atkins admitted to staring at Meagan obsessively on the
set of 'Deliver us From Eva' because of her skin tone, physical
petitness, natural beauty, and high cheek bones.*Near her residence there are mountains and she would usually go
hiking on them.*Resides in an apartment with her sis La'Myia*Fav. Subject in school: Art*Least Fav. subject: Math*Dijon Talton, Morgan(her look-alike), Yasmine Hussein, are
cousins of hers in the business.*When Meagan was a little girl, she would play a terrified woman
escaping from a killer, and she would fall down the stairs,
pretend to break her legs, and slide across the floor to get away.*Fredro Starr asked her out and she turned him down.*Had to drop from 'My wife and Kids' because she had a lot of movie
offers...Brooklyn Sudano replaced her as Vanessa. Some people
say this kind of screwed up the show.*She likes big cars...and she drives big cars.*She used to be a dancer, studying coordinated moves.*Her sister La'Myia also designs clothes and Meagan models them.*Earned a NAACP Image award for her outstanding performance in
"Eve's Bayou"*Was a close friend of the belated Merlin Santana*Wore metal braces in her teen years, but she is still wearing
braces-they are the clear braces.*She likes Smackers, M.A.C lip gloss (grape and caramel), and
shimerry make-up...she loves make-up...*The proper way to spell her name is MEAGAN MONIQUE GOOD!*Started acting at the tender age of 4, she quit for a year and got
back in the biz.*Meagan likes to go to clubs with her sister especially.*LL' Cool J nicknamed her 'Killer' because she makes men run*Meagan's first commercial she had to skate and didn't know how to.*She has a custom made GMC Envoy that she had molded to look like an
Escalde. She said the Escalades are too big for her.You can check out her fansite www.Meagan-Good.com
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