Golden Brooks

Infobox actor
name = Golden Brooks
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birthdate = birth date and age|1970|12|1
birthplace = city-state|San Francisco|California
notable role = Maya on (girlfriends)

Golden Ameda Brooks (born December 1, 1970 [ [http://www.starpulse.com/Actresses/Brooks,_Golden/ Golden Brooks Pictures, Biography, Filmography, News ] ] in San Francisco, California) is an American actress.

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 fromSarah Lawrence College.

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, but in real-life she is older than all 3 .
*On an episode of "Moesha" in 2001, 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.

References

External links

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* [http://cwtv.com/shows/girlfriends/cast/golden-brooks Golden Brooks cast bio on The CW]
* [http://www.filmbug.com/db/343711 Golden Brooks's biography on filmbug]
* [http://www.mensmagazineonline.com/golden_brooks.asp "Golden Brooks Feature Story"]