Meagan Good is a popular African American actress of Jewish descent who became known as a child actor and later as a movie director and producer.
She later became popular in the world of showbiz of her own, but her name has always been known.
She is also known through her nicknames Mr. Good and Fallon Mack.
Meagan has been cast into a lot of horror movies like “The Unborn” and “Saw 5” which brought interest to her but she is also known for her roles in comedy movies and dramas.
Early years
She was born as Meagan Monique Good on August 8, 1981, in the part of Los Angeles called Panorama City, located in California. Los Angeles is the most populous city in the state of California.
She said that she knew about how much easier her life is going to be because of the fact that she was born here.
She loved her growing up in Santa Clarita (earlier known as Canyon County) in California alongside her three siblings.
She said that all of them had a connection that they kept going throughout the years and they stayed connected even after all of the changes in their life.
Her mother Tyra Wardlow-Doyle also has a Cherokee ancestry. She was very supportive of her daughter and tried to put her into the world of acting from the age of four since she noticed her great talent very early in her life. The ancestry they have is very interesting and a lot of people used to bully her about this.
She was her manager from the beginning of her career as a child actor and she did it through her teen years. She has recognized her talent and abilities very early in her life so she was always huge support for her daughter. She is very thankful for her as well since she would never be bold enough to get the opportunities she helped her to get.
Her father, who was very protective of her and his children worked as a police officer in the Los Angeles Police Department. The members of her dad’s family come from Puerto Rico and Barbados and are of black descent so Meagan is of very mixed descent.
Career Development
She was hired as a child actress several times and appeared in TV series like “Doogie Howser M.D.”, a popular child series aired on ABC from 1989 until 1993 and “Amen”, a comedy series aired on NBC from 1986 until 1991.
None of her early roles were too notable, but they were notable enough to get her the next role, and that was what was important for her.
She was 13 years old when she appeared in her debut movie which was a comedy titled “Friday”. It was a 1995 hit movie directed by Felix Gary Gray with a known American rapper Ice Cube in the lead role. She loved working with him because she was always a fan of his and he had some great advice to share.
But she was first noticed after appearing in “Eve’s Bayou”, an American drama film from 1997 directed by Kasi Lemmons. This was another interesting project she liked a lot and she said that she would like to do more dramas because it is an interesting genre to film.
It was Kasi’s debut work as a director and turned out to be a success since the drama was made with a budget of $3 million and eventually earned $15 million.
The lead roles in the movie were performed by Samuel L. Jackson and Lisa Nicole Carson and she was very proud to work alongside such big stars. The movie is considered to be so significant to the USA in a cultural and historical way that it is preserved in the U.S. National Film Registry.
Meagan had a supporting role as a teenage girl named Cisely Batiste and was later praised for her performance. The critics agreed that she was very authentic and that she has shown that big projects can be given to her. This was a huge push for her career and she said that she was honored to be mentioned for such an interesting project.
She was nominated for two movie awards, one of them being a very important NAACP Image Award. She knew that there was a bit of racist politics related to these awards so she never really worried about them too much, but seeing nomination was a good enough thing for her.
Her favorite music during her teen period was the one made by Justin Timberlake and Usher. As for her acting role models, she did not have any favorites but she liked Charlize Theron very much. She says that she has a lot of favorite movies and she enjoys spending time watching new stuff come out every once in a while.
Before her transition into mature movie roles, she had appeared in a lot of TV roles and smaller movies.
In 1999 she appeared in a teenage movie named “The Secret Life of Girls” where she acted alongside Majandra Delfino, Linda Hamilton and more. This movie was directed by Holly Goldberg Sloan who is also known for her skilled writing, such as for “Made in America”.
“3 Strikes” is her comedy movie from 2000 which was directed by DJ Pooh. The lead roles in the movie were held by Brian Hooks as Rob Douglas, and Meagan played the role of Buela Dallas. The movie was released through MGM and it was a success at the box-office although the reviews were not very favorable.
She appeared in a popular show for several years and it was named “Cousin Skeeter: New kids on the Planet” where she played the role of Nina. It was aired on Nickelodeon. This was not a serious role, obviously, but she used these roles in order to grow for the other ones.
In 2001, she took the role of Tina in a comedy movie titled “House Party 4: Down to the Last Minute”.
2003 turned up to be a breakthrough year for Meagan. She received roles in three important movies that year. She was very excited and worked extremely hard for them because she felt the upcoming success she was going to have.
She played a role in a crime drama movie titled “Ride or Die” with Vivica A.Fox and Aaron Beasley. This movie was released through Destination Films.
She appeared in a movie called “Biker Boyz” whose story evolved around motorcycle drag racers. She appeared in the movie directed by Reggie Bythewood alongside Laurence Fishburne, Derek Luke, and other notable actors. This movie received bad reviews but it eventually did well at the box office.
Her next important role was in a romantic comedy movie called “Deliver Us from Eva” the same year with LL Cool J and Gabrielle Union being the stars if the movie. It received mixed reviews.
She was hired to act in five episodes of an ABC series called “My Wife and Kids” which aired from 2001 until 2005. The production was made by Touchstone Television. She talked about how she likes to do various roles that are not too similar to the ones she had done because she is a very creative woman that has a lot of interests.
D.E.B.S. is the name of the next movie she appeared on. This 2004 action comedy-action movie brought attention to Meagan despite the film itself was not a huge success.
Her colleagues from this series were Sara Foster, Jill Ritchie, and Jordana Brewster.
This project brought her the nomination for the Best Actress at the Black Movie Awards which was a huge success. This was one of her favorite nominations ever and she was very happy about it, so she bragged about it on social media a lot.
Meagan also appeared in movies like “Un”, “The Cookout” and in “You Got Served”.
In 2005, she appeared in the horror movie called Venom. This slasher movie was directed by Jim Gillespie but it was not extremely successful.
In the historical drama movie directed by Malcolm D. Lee, she starred alongside Bow Wow. The movie was produced by the State Streer Pictures and was budgeted $10 million and eventually earned $18 million.
In 2006, she has accepted the first role in which she really enjoyed. It was in the Waist Deep, a Vondie Curtis Hall action drama movie where she had a lead role and starred alongside Tyrese Gibson.
The movie received great critics and was considered to be one of the best hip hop movies of the year. She was very pleased to hear this and she had this idea of even making a similar movie on her own, but she will have to postpone this for some other time when she will be more available for projects outside of her casting.
Meagan received several awards and nominations, such as her nomination for an Outstanding Performance by a Lead Actress at the and at Teen Choice Award.
In 2006 she was hired for a voice role in a video game titled Scarface: The World Is Yours. It was starred alongside Ne-Yo.
In 2008, she made an appearance in a horror movie “One Missed Call” directed by Eric Valette.
Mike Myers hired her for the role of a wife in a comedy movie called The Love Guru.
In 2009 she had a role in the movie called The Unborn where she played a role together with Gary Oldman and Odette Yustman.
In 2013, Good appeared in s movie Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues. This comedy movie gave her the opportunity to star alongside Will Pharell.
Megan was often invited to appear in music videos so she made it to 50 Cent’s and Will Smith’s videos.
She created a production company called Freedom Bridge Entertainment, with several acting colleagues.
The same year she appeared in an aromatic comedy movie titled “Don Jon” where she was proud to work with stars like Julianne Moore and Scarlett Johansson. This movie was a huge hit and it earned over $40 million at the box-office while it was made on a budget of $5 million.
In 2014 she appeared as Mya in a romantic comedy movie titled “Think Like a Man Too”. Tim Story directed the movie which has received mixed reviews but was a success in the cinemas.
In 2015 she appeared as Share in the movie called “A Girl like Grace”. She had also starred in a crime drama movie alongside Larenz Tate, Lance Gross, and Siya, a hip hop artist hailing from America.
In 2017, she played Kali in a comedy TV series aired on Showtime.
In 2018, she became Natali Knight in a musical TV series called Star distributed by Fox. She co-starred actors like Queen Latifah and Benjamin Bratt.
In 2019, she brought a huge interest in herself through her role as Super Hero Darla. The movie was made on a huge budget but it also brought a big amount of money at the box office.
She has also played the role of Annie Howard in a psychological thriller movie titled “The Intruder” which was released through Sony Pictures.
In 2020, she will be hired for a role in a fantasy action thriller directed by Paul Anderson, where she will appear alongside Mila Jovovich and Tony Jaa.
Personal life
She is a Christian although her family was never religious and she is being more serious about religion the older she gets.
She said that her relationship with spirituality is changing a lot because her environment is changing and she has been experiencing quite a lot of bad moments.
In 2011 she started her relationship with and Adventist preacher DeVon Franklin who is also a Columbia Pictures executive.
They got engaged in the spring of the next year and got married in the summer that year too. The pair have shared their opinion about sexuality.
They explained that they have been restraining from any sexual conduct before prior to their marriage.
Quick summary
Full name: Meagan Monique Good
Date of birth: August 8, 1981
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States
Age: 38
Profession: actress, singer
Height: 158 cm
Weight: 57 kg
Net Worth: $15 min