Golden Brooks

Golden Brooks
Left to right: Mara Brock Akil with Persia White, Brooks, Tracee Ellis Ross, and Jill Marie Jones in 2013
Born	(1970-12-01) December 1, 1970 (age 53) San Francisco, California, U.S.
Alma mater	University of California, Berkeley Sarah Lawrence College
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1993–present
Partner	D. B. Woodside (2008–2010)
Children	1

Golden Brooks is an American actress. She began her career with starring role in the Showtime comedy series, Linc's (1998–2000), and later appeared in the films Timecode (2000) and Impostor (2001).

From 2000 to 2008, Brooks starred as Maya Wilkes in the UPN/The CW comedy series Girlfriends, for which she received two NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series nominations. She also has appeared in films Motives (2004), Beauty Shop (2005), Something New (2006) and The Darkest Minds (2018). In 2019, she received critical acclaim for her performance in the TNT limited drama series I Am the Night.