Editing Meagan Good (section)

== Early life and family ==
Good was born on August 8, 1981<ref name="UPI88">[https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2018/08/08/Famous-birthdays-for-Aug-8-Princess-Beatrice-Dustin-Hoffman/2721533693609/ Famous birthdays for Aug. 8]. UPI. Accessed 2023-01-25.</ref> in the [[Panorama City, Los Angeles|Panorama City]] neighborhood of [[Los Angeles]]. Her mother, Tyra Wardlow-Doyle, worked as Good's manager into her teens, and her father, Leondis "Leon" Good, is an [[Los Angeles Police Department|LAPD]] police officer.<ref name= "DallasBlack">{{cite news| url= http://www.dallasblack.com/entertainment/interviewmeagangood |work= DallasBlack.com| title= Interview: Meagan Good |access-date= March 11, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090123063714/http://www.dallasblack.com/entertainment/interviewmeagangood |archive-date=January 23, 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |first= Meagan |last=Good |year=2011 |chapter= Follow Your Heart |chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=XSVcJIJ7kqQC&q=%22Meagan+Good+is+an+actress%22&pg=PA57 |editor1-first= Rachel |editor1-last= Vassel |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=XSVcJIJ7kqQC |title= Daughters of Men |location=New York |publisher=Amistad |page=57 |isbn=9780062045775}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Good+%26+plenty%3A+young+starlets+are+infamous+for+hookup+high+jinks,...-a0194619106 |title= Good & Plenty |work= TheFreeLibrary.com | date= October 1, 2008| access-date= May 8, 2013}}</ref> Good was raised in [[Canyon Country, Santa Clarita, California|Canyon Country]] (now known as [[Santa Clarita, California|Santa Clarita]]), California. She has three siblings, including older sister and fellow actress [[La'Myia Good]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-08-25 |title=Meagan and La'Miya Good: The Greater Good Foundation |url=https://www.blackenterprise.com/celebrity-siblings-meagan-lamiya-good-fuse-philanthropy-fashion/ |access-date=2022-10-24 |website=Black Enterprise |language=en-US}}</ref> She began her acting career around the age of four.<ref name= "StumpedIntrvw" />

According to Good, she grew up "super nerdy, super skinny, buckteeth, big ole afro and yet I had a sense of confidence about myself, like, 'they just don't get it yet.'"<ref>{{cite news| url= http://www.vibe.com/article/meagan-good-talks-being-sex-symbol-racism-hollywood-and-playing-aaliyah| title= Meagan Good Talks Being A Sex Symbol, Racism In Hollywood And Playing Aaliyah |date= May 25, 2010| work= [[Vibe (magazine)|Vibe]] }}</ref> She has stated that she did not have any role models until early adulthood, when she began admiring actress [[Charlize Theron]].<ref name= teenhollywood.com>{{cite news |first= Lynn| last= Barker|url= http://www.teenhollywood.com/2004/01/29/jennifer-freeman-and-meagan-good-sister-sister|archive-url= https://archive.today/20141103012758/http://www.teenhollywood.com/2004/01/29/jennifer-freeman-and-meagan-good-sister-sister|url-status= dead|archive-date= November 3, 2014| title= Jennifer Freeman and Meagan Good: Sister, Sister |work= [[Black Entertainment Television|BET]] |publisher= [[Viacom (2005–present)|Viacom]]| location=Washington, DC |date= January 29, 2004| access-date= March 30, 2018}}</ref>