Meagan Good
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Meagan Monique Good is an American film and television actress and occasional film producer. Beginning her career at the age of four, Good has appeared in numerous commercials, television shows, feature films, and music videos.
police officer. According to Good, her maternal grandmother is "Jewish and African
, so I guess that would be considered Creole
. My mother’s father was Cherokee
and something else. My dad’s mother’s Puerto Rican
and African American, and his father was from Barbados
." Good was raised in Canyon Country
(now known as Santa Clarita
), California with her three siblings. She began her acting career around the age of four or five. In the early stages of her career, Good started out doing work as an extra on television shows such as Doogie Howser, M.D.
and Amen
. When she was thirteen, Good was cast in her first film in the 1995 hit Friday
. Good first began to gain recognition for her performance as troubled teen Cisely Baptiste in Kasi Lemmons
' critically acclaimed 1997 film Eve's Bayou
, which earned Good two award nominations, including her first NAACP Image Award
nomination.
's hit show Cousin Skeeter
. Good later took on small roles in the films 3 Strikes and House Party 4: Down to the Last Minute
. 2003 proved to be a major year for Good, as 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. Good also appeared as the character Vanessa for five episodes during the third season of My Wife and Kids
, before being replaced by Brooklyn Sudano
for undisclosed reasons. In 2004 Good starred alongside Jordana Brewster
, Sara Foster
, and Jill Ritchie
in the action film D.E.B.S., and for her performance 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 indie noir Brick
. She then played opposite rapper/actor Bow Wow in Malcolm D. Lee
's Roll Bounce
. In 2006, Good took on the role of Coco, which she felt was her first true leading lady 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 alongside Ne-Yo
and childhood friend Columbus Short
. In 2008, Good appeared in the horror film One Missed Call and the Mike Myers
comedy The Love Guru
, and in the latter half of the year could be seen in Saw V
. Good's most recent role was in 2009's The Unborn with Gary Oldman
and Odette Yustman
.
Good has also made appearances in many music videos, by artists such as 50 Cent
, Imajin
, Isyss
(of which Good's sister La'Myia Good is a member), Lil' Johnny, Memphis Bleek
, Tyrese, and Will Smith
.
Good has stated in numerous interviews that she would like to portray the late singer Aaliyah
in a biographical film.
She has also started her own production company, Freedom Bridge Entertainment, with Marlon Olivera, and fellow actors Tamara Bass and Ty Hodges.
. Although she was not raised in the church, Good considers herself to be a very spiritual person, and has stated in numerous interviews that she will not do roles that she feels might "disappoint God."
Early life and career
Good was born in Panorama City, Los Angeles, the daughter of Tyra Doyle (who worked as Good's manager into her teens), and Leon Good, an LAPDLos Angeles Police Department
The Los Angeles Police Department is the police department of the city of Los Angeles, California. With just under 10,000 officers and more than 3,000 civilian staff, covering an area of with a population of more than 4.1 million people, it is the third largest local law enforcement agency in...
police officer. According to Good, her maternal grandmother is "Jewish and African
African people
African people refers to natives, inhabitants, or citizen of Africa and to people of African descent.-Etymology:Many etymological hypotheses that have been postulated for the ancient name "Africa":...
, so I guess that would be considered Creole
Creole peoples
The term Creole and its cognates in other languages — such as crioulo, criollo, créole, kriolu, criol, kreyol, kreol, kriulo, kriol, krio, etc. — have been applied to people in different countries and epochs, with rather different meanings...
. My mother’s father was Cherokee
Cherokee
The Cherokee are a Native American people historically settled in the Southeastern United States . Linguistically, they are part of the Iroquoian language family...
and something else. My dad’s mother’s Puerto Rican
Puerto Rican people
A Puerto Rican is a person who was born in Puerto Rico.Puerto Ricans born and raised in the continental United States are also sometimes referred to as Puerto Ricans, although they were not born in Puerto Rico...
and African American, and his father was from Barbados
Barbados
Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles. It is in length and as much as in width, amounting to . It is situated in the western area of the North Atlantic and 100 kilometres east of the Windward Islands and the Caribbean Sea; therein, it is about east of the islands of Saint...
." Good was raised in Canyon Country
Canyon Country, Santa Clarita, California
Canyon Country is a community and district within the town of Santa Clarita, located in northwestern Los Angeles County, California, United States....
(now known as Santa Clarita
Santa Clarita, California
Santa Clarita is the fourth largest city in Los Angeles County, California, United States and the twenty-fourth largest city in the state of California. The 2010 US Census reported the city's population grew 16.7% from the year 2000 to 176,320 residents. It is located about northwest of downtown...
), California with her three siblings. She began her acting career around the age of four or five. In the early stages of her career, Good started out doing work as an extra on television shows such as Doogie Howser, M.D.
Doogie Howser, M.D.
Doogie Howser, M.D. is an American television comedy-drama starring Neil Patrick Harris as a 16-year-old doctor who also faces the problems of being a normal teenager. Created by Steven Bochco and David E. Kelley, ABC aired the show from 1989 to 1993 for four seasons totaling 97 episodes.-Plot:Dr....
and Amen
Amen (TV series)
Amen is an American television sitcom produced by Carson Productions that ran from September 27, 1986 to May 11, 1991 on NBC. Set in Sherman Hemsley's real-life hometown of Philadelphia, Amen starred Hemsley as the deacon of a church and was part of a wave of successful sitcoms on NBC in the 1980s...
. When she was thirteen, Good was cast in her first film in the 1995 hit Friday
Friday (film)
Friday is a 1995 stoner comedy-drama-buddy film directed by F. Gary Gray. Starring Ice Cube, Chris Tucker, Nia Long, Bernie Mac, Tommy Lister, Jr...
. Good first began to gain recognition for her performance as troubled teen Cisely Baptiste in Kasi Lemmons
Kasi Lemmons
Kasi Lemmons is an American film director and actress, most notable for her work on the films Eve's Bayou, The Caveman's Valentine and Talk to Me....
' critically acclaimed 1997 film Eve's Bayou
Eve's Bayou
Eve's Bayou is a 1997 American drama film written and directed by Kasi Lemmons, who made her directorial debut with this feature. Samuel L...
, which earned Good two award nominations, including her first NAACP Image Award
NAACP Image Award
An NAACP Image Award is an accolade presented by the American National Association for the Advancement of Colored People to honor outstanding people of color in film, television, music, and literature....
nomination.
Career as an adult
After taking on small film and television roles for the next few years, Good would begin to transition into more mature roles in the early 2000s. From 1999 to 2003, she appeared as Nina on NickelodeonNickelodeon
Nickelodeon is a US cable TV channel.Nickelodeon may also refer to:-In television:*Spinoffs of the Nickelodeon channel:** Nickelodeon Magazine, a children's magazine.** Nickelodeon Universe, an amusement park....
's hit show Cousin Skeeter
Cousin Skeeter
Cousin Skeeter is a television show which ran on Nickelodeon from 1998 to 2003. It starred Robert Ri'chard as Bobby, a young boy, whose life changed when his strange cousin Skeeter comes to live with his family. With Skeeter's help, Bobby learns life lessons and tackles the general ups and downs of...
. Good later took on small roles in the films 3 Strikes and House Party 4: Down to the Last Minute
House Party 4: Down to the Last Minute
House Party 4: Down to the Last Minute is a 2001 comedy film. It is the fourth installment in the House Party film series. It stars IMx, and is the only film in the series to not star Kid 'n Play...
. 2003 proved to be a major year for Good, as she landed roles in the action-drama Biker Boyz
Biker Boyz
Biker Boyz is a 2003 film about a group of underground motorcycle drag racers. It stars Laurence Fishburne, Djimon Hounsou, Derek Luke, Meagan Good, and Larenz Tate and is written and directed by Reggie Rock Bythewood...
and the romantic-comedy Deliver Us from Eva
Deliver Us from Eva
Deliver Us from Eva is a 2003 American feature film starring LL Cool J and Gabrielle Union, revolving around LL's character Ray being paid to date a troublesome young lady named Eva . To some extent, it is a modern, urban update of William Shakespeare's play, The Taming of the Shrew...
, which helped her transition from child to adult actress. Good also appeared as the character Vanessa for five episodes during the third season of My Wife and Kids
My Wife and Kids
My Wife and Kids is an American television family sitcom that ran on ABC from March 28, 2001 until May 17, 2005. Produced by Touchstone Television , it starred Damon Wayans and Tisha Campbell-Martin, and centers on the character of Michael Kyle, a loving husband and modern-day patriarch who rules...
, before being replaced by Brooklyn Sudano
Brooklyn Sudano
Brooklyn Sudano is an American singer, dancer and actress. She played Vanessa Scott on My Wife And Kids and Felicia on Cuts.-Private life:...
for undisclosed reasons. In 2004 Good starred alongside Jordana Brewster
Jordana Brewster
Jordana Brewster is an American actress. She began her acting career in her late teens, with a 1995 one-episode role in the soap opera All My Children. She followed that appearance with the recurring role as Nikki Munson in As the World Turns, for which Brewster was nominated for Outstanding Teen...
, Sara Foster
Sara Foster
Sara Christine Foster is an American actress. She was previously a fashion model before moving to the film industry. She is best known for her role as Jen Clark on 90210.-Career:...
, and Jill Ritchie
Jill Ritchie
Jill Susanne Ritchie is an American actress born on March 5, 1974 in Romeo, Michigan.She starred in the 2004 film D.E.B.S. and in Breakin' All the Rules, and had a guest role as Bluth family publicist Jessie in an episode of Arrested Development. She co-starred in the VH1 television series I Hate...
in the action film D.E.B.S., and for her performance received a Best Actress nomination at the 2005 Black Movie Awards. She also had small roles in The Cookout
The Cookout
The Cookout is a 2004 comedy film, directed by Lance Rivera. It is co-written by and features Queen Latifah, and is also the feature film debut for her mother Rita Owens.-Plot:...
, Lance "Un" Rivera's directorial debut, and the teen dance film You Got Served
You Got Served
You Got Served is a film written and directed by Chris Stokes, manager of its stars, recording artist Omarion, Marques Houston and the members of boy band B2K. The plot concerns a group of dancers, who take part in a street dancing competition...
.
In 2005, Good co-starred in the horror film Venom
Venom (2005 film)
Venom is a 2005 American voodoo horror-of-demonic-film starring Agnes Bruckner, Jonathan Jackson, Laura Ramsey, Meagan Good, D.J. Cotrona and Method Man.-Plot:...
as well as the well-received indie noir Brick
Brick (film)
Brick is a 2005 American neo-noir film written and directed by Rian Johnson. It was Johnson's directorial debut and won the Special Jury Prize for Originality of Vision at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival...
. She then played opposite rapper/actor Bow Wow in Malcolm D. Lee
Malcolm D. Lee
Malcolm D. Lee is an American actor, film director, and screenwriter. He has directed such films as Undercover Brother, The Best Man, Roll Bounce, Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins, and Soul Men. He also directed an episode of the sitcom Everybody Hates Chris...
's Roll Bounce
Roll Bounce
Roll Bounce is a 2005 American comedy-drama film written by Norman Vance Jr. and directed by Malcolm D. Lee. The film stars hip hop artist Bow Wow as the leader of a roller skating crew in 1970s Chicago. The film also stars Nick Cannon, Meagan Good, Brandon T...
. In 2006, Good took on the role of Coco, which she felt was her first true leading lady role, in the urban action-drama Waist Deep
Waist Deep
Waist Deep is a 2006 drama-action film directed by Vondie Curtis-Hall, starring Tyrese Gibson and Meagan Good. It is loosely based on the 1967 film Bonnie and Clyde, including some similar subplots including the two main characters on the road, trying to avoid police, and committing bank...
. Good also voiced a character for the video game Scarface: The World Is Yours
Scarface: The World is Yours
Scarface: The World Is Yours is a video game developed by Radical Entertainment and published by Vivendi Universal Games. The game is based on and is a quasi-sequel to the 1983 motion picture Scarface starring Al Pacino reprising his role as Tony Montana, with André Sogliuzzo providing Montana's...
that same year. The following year, Good landed a role in the dance movie Stomp the Yard
Stomp the Yard
Stomp the Yard is a 2007 drama and dance film produced by Rainforest Films and released through Sony Pictures' Screen Gems division on January 12, 2007. Directed by Sylvain White, Stomp the Yard centers around DJ Williams, a college student at a fictional historically Black university who pledges...
, starring alongside Ne-Yo
Ne-Yo
Shaffer Chimere Smith, Jr. , better known by his stage name Ne-Yo, is an American pop and R&B singer-songwriter, record producer, dancer and actor. Beginning his career as a songwriter, Ne-Yo penned the hit "Let Me Love You" for singer Mario...
and childhood friend Columbus Short
Columbus Short
Columbus Keith Short, Jr. is an American choreographer, actor, and singer. He choreographed Britney Spears's Onyx Hotel Tour and worked with Brian Friedman...
. In 2008, Good appeared in the horror film One Missed Call and the Mike Myers
Mike Myers (actor)
Michael John "Mike" Myers is a Canadian actor, comedian, screenwriter, and film producer of British parentage...
comedy The Love Guru
The Love Guru
The Love Guru is a 2008 comedy film, directed by Marco Schnabel and starring Mike Myers and Jessica Alba along with Romany Malco and Justin Timberlake. In addition to starring in the film, Myers wrote The Love Guru with Graham Gordy and produced it with Gary Barber. The film was released by...
, and in the latter half of the year could be seen in Saw V
Saw V
Saw V is a 2008 Canadian-American horror film directed by David Hackl and written by Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan and stars Tobin Bell, Costas Mandylor and Scott Patterson...
. Good's most recent role was in 2009's The Unborn with Gary Oldman
Gary Oldman
Gary Leonard Oldman is an English actor, voice actor, filmmaker and musician.A member of the 1980s Brit Pack, Oldman came to prominence via starring roles in British films Meantime , Sid and Nancy and Prick Up Your Ears , with his performance in the latter bringing him his first BAFTA Award...
and Odette Yustman
Odette Yustman
Odette Juliette Annable , better known by her birth name Odette Yustman, is an American actress.-Early life:...
.
Good has also made appearances in many music videos, by artists such as 50 Cent
50 Cent
Curtis James Jackson III , better known by his stage name 50 Cent, is an American rapper, entrepreneur, investor, record producer, and actor. He rose to fame with the release of his albums Get Rich or Die Tryin and The Massacre . Get Rich or Die Tryin has been certified eight times platinum by...
, Imajin
Imajin (R&B group)
Imajin is an American R&B boy band that is known for their hit "Shorty " featuring Keith Murray. The group also made a version of this song with Mr. Cheeks of the rap group The Lost Boyz. This single peaked at number 25 on the Billboard Hot 100, number 20 on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart...
, Isyss
Isyss
Isyss was an R&B girl group whose name stood for "Intelligent Sexy Young Soul Sisters".- Music career :The original members were LeTecia Harrison, Ardena Clark, La'Myia Good and lead singer Quierra Davis-Martin...
(of which Good's sister La'Myia Good is a member), Lil' Johnny, Memphis Bleek
Memphis Bleek
Malik Thuston Patrick Cox , better known by his rap persona of Memphis Bleek or "Bleek", is a New York rapper mainly known for his tenure with Roc-a-Fella Records and CEO of his own label Get Low Records...
, Tyrese, and Will Smith
Will Smith
Willard Christopher "Will" Smith, Jr. , also known by his stage name The Fresh Prince, is an American actor, producer, and rapper. He has enjoyed success in television, film and music. In April 2007, Newsweek called him the most powerful actor in Hollywood...
.
Good has stated in numerous interviews that she would like to portray the late singer Aaliyah
Aaliyah
Aaliyah Dana Haughton , who performed under the mononym Aaliyah , was an American R&B recording artist, actress and model. She was born in Brooklyn, New York, and was raised in Detroit, Michigan. At the age of 10, she appeared on the television show Star Search and performed in concert alongside...
in a biographical film.
She has also started her own production company, Freedom Bridge Entertainment, with Marlon Olivera, and fellow actors Tamara Bass and Ty Hodges.
Personal life
Good currently lives in Studio City, CaliforniaStudio City, Los Angeles, California
Studio City is an affluent residential neighborhood within the City of Los Angeles, California in the San Fernando Valley. Studio City expands over four ZIP code areas: 91604 and sections of 91602, 91607 and 90210....
. Although she was not raised in the church, Good considers herself to be a very spiritual person, and has stated in numerous interviews that she will not do roles that she feels might "disappoint God."
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Gabriel's Fire Gabriel's Fire Gabriel's Fire is an American television series that ran on ABC in the USA in 1990–1991. A revamped version of the series, entitled Pros and Cons, aired briefly the following season.-Overview:... |
Young Girl | Episode: "Birds Gotta Fly" |
| 1994 | On Our Own On Our Own (1994 TV series) On Our Own is an American sitcom that aired on ABC during the 1994-1995 season. The series starred six real life siblings: Jazz, Jocqui, Jake, Jojo, Jurnee, and Jussie Smollett.... |
Traycee | Episode: "Swiss Family Jerricos" |
| 1995 | Friday Friday (film) Friday is a 1995 stoner comedy-drama-buddy film directed by F. Gary Gray. Starring Ice Cube, Chris Tucker, Nia Long, Bernie Mac, Tommy Lister, Jr... |
Kid #2 | |
| 1995 | Make a Wish, Molly | Jenny | |
| 1996 | ABC Afterschool Special ABC Afterschool Special The ABC Afterschool Special is an American television anthology series that aired on ABC from 1972 to 1996, usually in the late afternoon on week days. Most of the episodes were dramatic presentations of situations, often controversial, of interest to children and teenagers. Several episodes were... |
Janie | Episode: "Me and My Hormones" |
| 1997 | Just One of the Girls | Starkeesha | TV series |
| 1997 | Pacific Blue Pacific Blue (TV series) Pacific Blue is an American crime drama series about a team of police officers with the Santa Monica Police Department who patrolled its beaches on bicycles. The show ran for five seasons on the USA Network, from March 2, 1996 to April 9, 2000, with a total of one hundred and one episodes... |
Shalona James | Episode: "Blood for Blood" |
| 1997 | Eve's Bayou Eve's Bayou Eve's Bayou is a 1997 American drama film written and directed by Kasi Lemmons, who made her directorial debut with this feature. Samuel L... |
Cisely Batiste | |
| 1997 | Touched by an Angel Touched by an Angel Touched by an Angel is an American drama series that premiered on CBS on September 21, 1994 and ran for 211 episodes and nine seasons until its conclusion on April 27, 2003. Created by John Masius and produced by Martha Williamson, the series stars Roma Downey, as an angel named Monica, and Della... |
Nikki | Episode: "The Pact" |
| 1997 | Pauley | Episode: "Three's Not Company" | |
| 1997 | Ariana | Episode: "No Soul on Ice" | |
| 1998 | Ariana | Episode: "Flaked Out" | |
| 1998–2001 | Cousin Skeeter Cousin Skeeter Cousin Skeeter is a television show which ran on Nickelodeon from 1998 to 2003. It starred Robert Ri'chard as Bobby, a young boy, whose life changed when his strange cousin Skeeter comes to live with his family. With Skeeter's help, Bobby learns life lessons and tackles the general ups and downs of... |
Nina | 52 episodes |
| 1999 | Kay | ||
| 2000 | Moesha Moesha Moesha is an American sitcom series that aired on the UPN network from January 23, 1996 to May 14, 2001. The series stars R&B singer Brandy Norwood as Moesha Mitchell, a high school student living with her family in the Leimert Park neighborhood of South Central Los Angeles.-Overview:The show... |
Nicole | Episode: "He Doth Protest Too Much" |
| 2000 | 3 Strikes | Buela Douglas | |
| 2000 | Alicia | Episode: "Don't Stand Too Close to Me" | |
| 2001 | Kara Taylor | Episode: "The Parent Trap" | |
| 2001 | Tara Essex | Episode: "Awakenings 1" Episode: "Awakenings 2" |
|
| 2001 | House Party 4: Down to the Last Minute House Party 4: Down to the Last Minute House Party 4: Down to the Last Minute is a 2001 comedy film. It is the fourth installment in the House Party film series. It stars IMx, and is the only film in the series to not star Kid 'n Play... |
Tina | Video |
| 2001–2002 | Raising Dad Raising Dad Raising Dad is an American television series that aired on the WB from September 2001 until May 2002. The series starred Bob Saget, Kat Dennings, Brie Larson, Riley Smith, Beau Wirick, and Jerry Adler.-Premise:... |
Katie | 7 episodes |
| 2002 | Tamika | Episode: "The Playbook" | |
| 2003 | Biker Boyz Biker Boyz Biker Boyz is a 2003 film about a group of underground motorcycle drag racers. It stars Laurence Fishburne, Djimon Hounsou, Derek Luke, Meagan Good, and Larenz Tate and is written and directed by Reggie Rock Bythewood... |
Tina | |
| 2003 | Deliver Us from Eva Deliver Us from Eva Deliver Us from Eva is a 2003 American feature film starring LL Cool J and Gabrielle Union, revolving around LL's character Ray being paid to date a troublesome young lady named Eva . To some extent, it is a modern, urban update of William Shakespeare's play, The Taming of the Shrew... |
Jacqui Dandridge | |
| 2003 | My Wife and Kids My Wife and Kids My Wife and Kids is an American television family sitcom that ran on ABC from March 28, 2001 until May 17, 2005. Produced by Touchstone Television , it starred Damon Wayans and Tisha Campbell-Martin, and centers on the character of Michael Kyle, a loving husband and modern-day patriarch who rules... |
Vanessa Scott | 5 episodes |
| 2003 | Ride or Die Ride or Die (film) Ride or Die also known as Hustle and Heat is a 2003 crime drama film written by Duane Martin and Jay Wolcott. The film was directed by Craig Ross, Jr.. The cast includes Duane Martin, Vivica A. Foxand Meagan Good.-Plot:... |
Fake Venus | Video |
| 2004 | D.E.B.S. | Max | |
| 2004 | You Got Served You Got Served You Got Served is a film written and directed by Chris Stokes, manager of its stars, recording artist Omarion, Marques Houston and the members of boy band B2K. The plot concerns a group of dancers, who take part in a street dancing competition... |
Beautifull | |
| 2004 | Brittany | ||
| 2005 | Brick Brick (film) Brick is a 2005 American neo-noir film written and directed by Rian Johnson. It was Johnson's directorial debut and won the Special Jury Prize for Originality of Vision at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival... |
Kara | |
| 2005 | Kevin Hill Kevin Hill Kevin Hill is an American legal drama that aired on UPN during the 2004-2005 TV season.-Synopsis:The series stars Taye Diggs as the title character, a lawyer who has to balance his professional career and his love life with having custody of Sarah, his 10 month old cousin... |
Melanie West | 4 episodes |
| 2005 | Venom Venom (2005 film) Venom is a 2005 American voodoo horror-of-demonic-film starring Agnes Bruckner, Jonathan Jackson, Laura Ramsey, Meagan Good, D.J. Cotrona and Method Man.-Plot:... |
Cece | |
| 2005 | Roll Bounce Roll Bounce Roll Bounce is a 2005 American comedy-drama film written by Norman Vance Jr. and directed by Malcolm D. Lee. The film stars hip hop artist Bow Wow as the leader of a roller skating crew in 1970s Chicago. The film also stars Nick Cannon, Meagan Good, Brandon T... |
Naomi Phillips | 2005 " That's so Raven" Chantal |
| 2006 | Miles from Home | Natasha Freeman | |
| 2006 | Waist Deep Waist Deep Waist Deep is a 2006 drama-action film directed by Vondie Curtis-Hall, starring Tyrese Gibson and Meagan Good. It is loosely based on the 1967 film Bonnie and Clyde, including some similar subplots including the two main characters on the road, trying to avoid police, and committing bank... |
Coco | |
| 2007 | Stomp the Yard Stomp the Yard Stomp the Yard is a 2007 drama and dance film produced by Rainforest Films and released through Sony Pictures' Screen Gems division on January 12, 2007. Directed by Sylvain White, Stomp the Yard centers around DJ Williams, a college student at a fictional historically Black university who pledges... |
April | |
| 2007 | House House (TV series) House is an American television medical drama that debuted on the Fox network on November 16, 2004. The show's central character is Dr. Gregory House , an unconventional and misanthropic medical genius who heads a team of diagnosticians at the fictional Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in... |
Amy | Episode: "Words and Deeds Words and Deeds "Words and Deeds" is the eleventh episode of the third season of House and the fifty-seventh episode overall. This episode concludes the Michael Tritter story arc that began in the episode "Fools for Love".-Plot:... " |
| 2007 | All of Us All of Us All of Us is an American sitcom that premiered on the now-defunct UPN network in the United States on September 16, 2003, where it aired for its first three seasons. October 1, 2006, the show moved to The CW, a new network formed by the merger of UPN and The WB All of Us is an American sitcom that... |
Katie | Episode: "Sins of the Father" Episode: "She Blinded Me with Science" |
| 2008 | One Missed Call | Shelley Baum | |
| 2008 | Prudence Roanoke | ||
| 2008 | Saw V Saw V Saw V is a 2008 Canadian-American horror film directed by David Hackl and written by Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan and stars Tobin Bell, Costas Mandylor and Scott Patterson... |
Luba | |
| 2009 | Romy | ||
| 2009 | Cold Case | Beatrice Sloan | Episode: "Soul" |
| 2010 | Good Hair Good Hair Good Hair is a 2009 American comedy documentary film produced by Chris Rock Productions and HBO Films, starring and narrated by comedian Chris Rock. Premiering at the Sundance Film Festival on January 18, 2009, Good Hair was released to select theaters in the United States by Roadside Attractions... |
Herself | |
| 2011 | The Game (U.S. TV series) | Parker | |
| 2011 | 35 and Ticking 35 and Ticking 35 and Ticking is an african american comedy/romance film directed by Russ Parr.The film features a large African American ensemble cast, starring Meagan Good, Nicole Ari Parker, Tamala Jones, Kevin Hart, Kym Whitley, Luenell, Darius McCrary, Dondre Whitfield, Mike Epps, Clifton Powell, Jill Marie... |
Falinda | |
| 2011 | Jumping the Broom Jumping the Broom Jumping the Broom is a 2011 American comedy film directed by Salim Akil and produced by Tracey E. Edmonds, Elizabeth Hunter, T.D. Jakes, Glendon Palmer, and Curtis Wallace.... |
Blythe | |
| 2011 | Video Girl | Lori Walker | Completed |
| 2011 | Dysfunctional Friends | Ms. Stevens | Post-production |
Award nominations
| Year | Award | Result | Category | Film |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | NAACP Image Awards | Nominated | Outstanding Youth Actor/Actress | Eve's Bayou |
| 2008 | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture | Stomp the Yard | ||
| 1998 | YoungStar Awards | Nominated | Best Performance by a Young Actress in a Drama Film | Eve's Bayou |
| 2005 | Black Movie Awards | Nominated | Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role | D.E.B.S. |
| 2006 | Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role | Waist Deep | ||
| 2006 | Teen Choice Awards Teen Choice Awards The Teen Choice Awards, are an annual awards show that air on the Fox cable channel, that honor the year's biggest biggest achievements in music, movies, sports, television, fashion and more, voted by teen viewers aged 14 through 17. Winners receive an authentic full size surfboard designed with... |
Nominated | Choice Breakout (Female) | Waist Deep |
| 2007 | Choice Movie Actress: Drama | Stomp the Yard | ||
| 2006 | Black Reel Awards Black Reel Awards The Black Reel Awards began in 2000 and were designed to annually recognize and celebrate the achievements of black people in feature, independent and television films... |
Nominated | Best Ensemble | Roll Bounce (Shared with cast) |
| 2007 | MTV Movie Awards MTV Movie Awards The MTV Movie Awards is a film awards show presented annually on MTV . It also contains movie parodies that used official movie footage with hosts and other celebrities and music performances. The nominees are decided by producers and executives at MTV. Winners are decided online by the general... |
Nominated | Best Kiss | Stomp the Yard (Shared with Columbus Short Columbus Short Columbus Keith Short, Jr. is an American choreographer, actor, and singer. He choreographed Britney Spears's Onyx Hotel Tour and worked with Brian Friedman... ) |
See also
- List of famous Puerto Ricans
- French immigration to Puerto RicoFrench immigration to Puerto RicoThe French immigration to Puerto Rico came about as a result of the economic and political situations which occurred in various places such as Louisiana , Saint-Domingue and in Europe....