Golden Brooks
Golden Brooks ( born December 1, 1970 in San Francisco, California as the Golden Ameda Brooks ) is an American actress.
Life and achievements
Brooks studied literature and sociology at the University of California, Berkeley. Subsequently, she completed her studies at Sarah Lawrence College in Yonkers with the degree Master from.
Brooks played her first film role in the short film Drive by: A Love Story in 1997 A year later, she appeared in the film drama Hell's Kitchen - forecourt to hell on the side of Rosanna Arquette and Angelina Jolie on. . In the film drama Timecode (2000 ) she starred opposite Kyle MacLachlan, Salma Hayek, Jeanne Tripplehorn and Holly Hunter.
Brooks plays since 2000 in the television series Girlfriends the role of Maya Denise Wilkes, the employee and friend of Joan Carol Clayton ( Tracee Ellis Ross), the author is later. For this role she was nominated in 2003 for the Image Award, in 2004 she won the BET Comedy Award. In 2005, she was honored for her role in the thriller Motives (2004) nominated for the Black Reel Award. She appeared in the music video Straight To the Bank by 50 Cent from 2007.
Brooks is committed to in their spare time for the Pediatric AIDS Foundation and the AIDS Project Los Angeles.
Together with DB Woodside Brooks has a daughter born in 2009.