Meagan Monique Good Majors 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 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. She has stated that she did not have any role models until early adulthood, when she began admiring actress Charlize Theron.
Career
Childhood
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. 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 teen dance film You Got Served, and Lance "Un" Rivera's directorial debut, The Cookout.
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. 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. 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 after being contacted by her agents about the series while leaving a hair salon. According to the actress, she sat in her car "and cried for 30-minutes like a nerd, by myself."
Good wore a royal blue dress designed by Michael Costello to the June 30, 2013 BET Awards ceremony. The dress featured a plunging neckline down to her midriff and a front slit that rose to mid-thigh; her nipples very prominently protruded through the fabric. It was sometimes compared to the Green Versace dress worn by Jennifer Lopez to the 42nd Annual Grammy Awards in 2000.</blockquote>
Good responded on Instagram, expressing sadness that judgment had been passed on her, her character and her then-husband DeVon Franklin over what she wore to the ceremony. She said she picked the dress because she liked it and tried to express her individuality in her dress.
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 in Las Vegas after initially being nervous "because there's so much energy that only Vegas can give." She later co-starred with Larenz Tate and Lance Gross in the 2017 Netflix film Deuces, and was star of 2019's The Intruder. She also appeared in the movies Monster Hunter (2020) and Day Shift (2022). In 2024, Good had a lead role in Tyler Perry's Divorce in the Black. She and actor Taye Diggs then starred in and executive produced Terry McMillan Presents: Forever, a Lifetime original movie.
Personal life
Although she was not raised in the church, Good is a Protestant, considers herself a spiritual person and has said in numerous interviews that she declines roles that she feels might "disappoint God." She explained in an interview that Jesus tops her list of heroes, and the last book she read was the Bible.
At age 22, Good chose to focus on her career rather than dating, as she explained in a 2004 interview. The pair stated that they remained chaste in their relationship prior to their marriage. In December 2021, it was announced Good and Franklin were divorcing after nine years of marriage. Their divorce was finalized in June 2022.
In May 2023, Good began dating actor Jonathan Majors. In November 2024, the two announced their engagement at Ebony magazine's Power 100 event, where they first met in 2022. The couple married in March 2025. They acquired Guinean citizenship in 2026 after DNA testing traced their ancestry back to the country and visiting Guinea to participate in a private cultural and citizenship ceremony administered by the ministry of culture.
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| 2018
| A Boy. A Girl. A Dream.
| "Free"
|
|-
| rowspan=3| 2019
| Shazam!
| Super Hero Darla
|
|-
| The Intruder
| Annie Russell
|
|-
| If Not Now, When?
| Tyra
| Also director and producer
|-
| 2020
| Monster Hunter
| Dash
|
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| 2021
| Death Saved My Life
| Jade Thompson
| TV movie
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| 2022
| Day Shift
| Jocelyn Jablonski
|
|-
| rowspan=2| 2023
| Shazam! Fury of the Gods
| Super Hero Darla
|
|-
| Buying Back My Daughter
| Dana
| TV movie
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2024
| Divorce in the Black
| Ava
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| Terry McMillan Presents: Forever
| Carlie
| Also executive producer
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|2025
|I’ll Never Let You Go
|Emily Westover
|Also executive producer
|}
Television
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 1991
| Gabriel's Fire
| Young Girl
| Episode: "Birds Gotta Fly"
|-
| 1994
| On Our Own
| Traycee
| Episode: "Swiss Family Jerricos"
|-
| 1996
| ABC Afterschool Special
| Janie
| Episode: "Me and My Hormones"
|-
| rowspan=3| 1997
| Pacific Blue
| Shalona James
| Episode: "Blood for Blood"
|-
| Touched by an Angel
| Nikki
| Episode: "The Pact"
|-
| '
| Pauley
| Episode: "Three's Not Company"
|-
| 1997–1998
| '
| Ariana
| Recurring Cast: Season 4
|-
| 1998
| Nothing Sacred
| Carissa
| Episode: "Signs and Words"
|-
| 1998–2001
| Cousin Skeeter
| Nina Jones
| Main Cast
|-
| 1999–2002
| The Jersey
| Tamika
| Recurring Cast: Season 1, Guest: Season 3
|-
| rowspan=2| 2000
| Moesha
| Nicole
| Episode: "He Doth Protest Too Much"
|-
| '
| Alicia
| Episode: "Don't Stand Too Close to Me"
|-
| rowspan=2| 2001
| '
| Kara Taylor
| Episode: "The Parent Trap"
|-
| '
| Tara Essex
| Episodes: "Awakenings 1 & 2"
|-
| 2001–2002
| Raising Dad
| Katie
| Recurring Cast
|-
| 2002
| '
| Tamika
| Episode: "The Playbook"
|-
| 2003
| My Wife and Kids
| Vanessa Scott
| Recurring Cast: Season 3
|-
| 2005
| Kevin Hill
| Melanie West
| Recurring Cast
|-
| rowspan=4| 2007
| Punk'd
| Herself
| Episode: "Episode #8.5"
|-
| 106 & Park Top 10 Live
| Herself / Host
| Episode: "106 and Park Celebration Week: T.I. and Meagan Good Holding It Down"
|-
| House
| Amy
| Episode: "Words and Deeds"
|-
| All of Us
| Katie
| Recurring Cast: Season 4
|-
| 2009
| Cold Case
| Beatrice Sloan (1970)
| Episode: "Soul"
|-
| 2011
| '
| Parker Keith
| Recurring Cast: Season 4
|-
| rowspan=2| 2012
| Californication
| Kali
| Recurring Cast: Season 5
|-
| Harry's Law
| Cecilia
| Episode: "And the Band Played On"
|-
| 2013
| Deception
| Joanna Locasto
| Main Cast
|-
| rowspan=3| 2014
| Unsung Hollywood
| Herself
| Episode: "Pam Grier"
|-
| The Dead Diaries
| Alexis
| Episode: "Massacre"
|-
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
| Paula Bryant
| Episode: "Spousal Privilege"
|-
| rowspan=2| 2015
| Mr. Robinson
| Victoria Wavers
| Recurring Cast
|-
| Minority Report
| Detective Lara Vega
| Main Cast
|-
| rowspan=2| 2016
| Unsung Hollywood
| Herself
| Episode: "Meagan Good"
|-
| Code Black
| Dr. Grace Adams
| Recurring Cast: Season 1
|-
| rowspan=2| 2017
| The Talk
| Herself / Guest Co-Host
| Episode: "Guest Co-Hostess Meagan Good/Jenna Dewan-Tatum/Kevin Frazier"
|-
| White Famous
| Kali
| Recurring Cast
|-
| rowspan=2| 2018
| The Hollywood Puppet Show
| Herself
| Episode: "Meagan Good and Lil Rel Howery"
|-
| Star
| Natalie Knight
| Recurring Cast: Season 2
|-
| 2019–2020
| Prodigal Son
| Special Agent Colette
| Recurring Cast: Season 1
|-
| 2020
| To Tell the Truth
| Herself / Panelist
| Episode: "Jeannie Mai, Craig Robinson, Bobby Moynihan, Meagan Good"
|-
| rowspan=4| 2021
| Celebrity Game Face
| rowspan="3" | Herself
| Episode: "Bid on Bae and Puppet Charades"
|-
| American Masters
| Episode: "How It Feels To Be Free"
|-
| Overserved with Lisa Vanderpump
| Episode: "A Night in Morocco: Jeannie Mai & Meagan Good"
|-
| Entertainment Tonight
| Herself / Guest Co-Host
| Episode: "Episode #40.101"
|-
| rowspan=2| 2022
| Celebrity Family Feud
| Herself / Contestant
| Episode: "The Musical: The Series vs. Never Have I Ever and Ron Funches vs. Meagan Good"
|-
| The Black Beauty Effect
| Herself
| Recurring Guest
|-
| 2021–2025
| Harlem
| Camille
| Main Cast
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2023
| Uncensored
| rowspan="3" | Herself
| Episode: "Meagan Good"
|-
| The Eric Andre Show
| Episode: "The Cold Episode"
|-
|2025
|The Jason Lee Show
|Season 3: Episode 9
|}
Video games
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Voice role
|-
| 2006
| Scarface: The World Is Yours
| Femme Fatale Stacey
|}
Music videos
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Artist
! Song
! Role
|-
| 1999
| Imajin
| "No Doubt"
| Herself
|-
| 2003
| 50 Cent featuring Nate Dogg
| "21 Questions"
| Girlfriend
|}
Documentary
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
|-
| 2007
| Angels Can't Help But Laugh
|-
| 2009
| Good Hair
|-
| 2018
| 3 Years in Pakistan: The Erik Aude Story
|}
Accolades
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Association
! Category
! Nominated work
! Result
|-
| 1998
| NAACP Image Awards
| Outstanding Youth Actor/Actress
| Eve's Bayou
|
|-
| 1998
| YoungStar Awards
| Best Performance by a Young Actress in a Drama Film
| Eve's Bayou
|
|-
| 2006
| rowspan="2" | Teen Choice Awards
| Choice Breakout (Female)
| Waist Deep
|
|-
| 2007
| Choice Movie Actress: Drama
| Stomp the Yard
|
|-
| 2006
| Black Reel Awards
| Best Ensemble
| Roll Bounce (Shared with cast)
|
|-
| 2007
| MTV Movie Awards
| Best Kiss
| Stomp the Yard (Shared with Columbus Short)
|
|-
| 2008
| NAACP Image Awards
| Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
| Stomp the Yard
|
|-
| 2012
| Teen Choice Awards
| Choice Movie Actress Romance
| Think Like a Man
|
|}
See also
- List of Puerto Ricans