Golden Brooks Movies and Career Information

Golden Ameda Brooks (born December 1, 1970 in San Francisco, California) is an American actress. She is best known for her nine year role as Maya Wilkes on the UPN/CW comedy Girlfriends. As a child she was a figure skating competitor and won several trophies when she was younger. Brooks is also a classically trained dancer: she studied and taught ballet, jazz, and modern dance. Brooks studied literature and sociology, and is a graduate of UC-Berkeley. Her concentration was Media Representation of Minorities; her minor was Theater. She earned a Masters degree from Sarah Lawrence College. With her boyfriend D.B. Woodside, she has a daughter, Dakota Tao Brooks-Woodside, born on September 1, 2009 . Brooks has been featured in many films and television shows, and has appeared alongside actors such as Queen Latifah (Beauty Shop), Alicia Silverstone and Kevin Bacon. She appeared on an episode of Pete and Pete; "Crisis in the Love Zone", playing big Pete's love interest Heather. She was also featured in the movie Motives co-starring with Shemar Moore. She was featured in the 50 Cent music video for "Straight to the Bank". On television, she was in a 2000 episode of The Jamie Foxx Show, as