Golden Brooks
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| Born | December 1, 1970 (age 37) San Francisco, California |
Golden Ameda Brooks (born December 1, 1970 [1] in San Francisco, California) is an American actress.
[edit] Biography
Brooks has been featured in many films and television shows, and has appeared alongside actors such as Queen Latifah, Vivica A. Fox and Kevin Bacon. Brooks is best known for her character Maya Wilkes (Joan's former sharp-tongued secretary and now acclaimed author) on the CW sitcom, Girlfriends.
Before becoming an actress, Golden Brooks studied literature and sociology at UC Berkeley and earned her Master's degree at Sarah Lawrence College in Yonkers, New York.
[edit] Trivia
- Golden Brooks has written an episode to the current season of Girlfriends entitled Snap Back which features Erykah Badu
- On Girlfriends, Golden's character of Maya is several years younger than the other "girlfriends" Joan, Toni, and Lynn.
- On an episode of Moesha in 2000, Brooks plays her Girlfriends character.
- She has co-starred in several movies including Beauty Shop.
- On an episode of the Jamie Foxx Show, Golden plays a girl named Nancy who Jamie confuses with Fancy.
- She was featured in the 50 Cent music video for "Straight to the Bank."
- She was also featured in the movie "Motives" co-starring with Shemar Moore.
[edit] External links
- Official MySpace
- Golden Brooks at the Internet Movie Database
- Golden Brooks at TV.com
- Golden Brooks cast bio on The CW
- Golden Brooks's biography on filmbug
- Golden Brooks Feature Story
- Golden Brooks article at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek wiki
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