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Monique Good (born August 8, 1981) is an American film and television
actress.
Biography
Good, who is of African American, Puerto Rican, French, and Native American
descent,was born in Panorama City, California, the daughter of Tyra Doyle, who
works as her manager, and Leon Good, an LAPD officer.She was raised in Santa
Clarita, California and began her acting career at the age of four when she
began appearing in commercials.By age 10, Good was landing roles on television
series including Gabriel's Fire, Nickelodeon's Cousin Skeeter, and On Our Own.
Her breakout role came in the 1997 film, Eve's Bayou.
Throughout the late 1990s and early 2000s, she continued to land roles in
television series and films. In addition to film and television work, Good has
also appeared in music videos by Memphis Bleek, Imajin, Will Smith, 50 Cent, K-Ci
& JoJo, and the R&B group Isyss (her older sister, LaMyia Good, is a member).
In 2006, Good voiced a character for the video game Scarface: The World Is
Yours. That same year, she appeared in Waist Deep with Tyrese Gibson and
produced her first film, Miles From Home, in which she also co-starred. She also
appeared that year as the vampish Kara in Rian Johnson's High-school-based Noir
film about heroin, Brick. The following year, she landed a role in the dance
movie, Stomp the Yard, alongside Columbus Short and Ne-Yo. In 2008, she appeared
in the horror film One Missed Call and the Mike Myers comedy The Love Guru.[6]
She has stated that she considers herself very spiritual and will not do roles
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