Golden Ameda Brooks (born December 1, 1970 in San Francisco, California) is an American actress.
Brooks has been featured in many films and television shows, and has appeared alongside actors such as Queen Latifah, Vivica A. Fox and Kevin Bacon. She appeared on an episode of Pete and Pete; "Crisis in the Love Zone". Playing big Pete's love interest Heather. Brooks is best known for her character Maya Wilkes (Joan's former sharp-tongued secretary ...
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Golden Ameda Brooks (born December 1, 1970 in San Francisco, California) is an American actress.
Brooks has been featured in many films and television shows, and has appeared alongside actors such as Queen Latifah, Vivica A. Fox and Kevin Bacon. She appeared on an episode of Pete and Pete; "Crisis in the Love Zone". Playing big Pete's love interest Heather. Brooks is best known for her character Maya Wilkes (Joan's former sharp-tongued secretary and now acclaimed author) on the CW sitcom, Girlfriends, which she was on from 2000-2007. Before becoming an actress, Brooks studied literature and sociology at UC Berkeley and earned her Master's degree from Sarah Lawrence College. She currently has several projects in post-production, including the 2009 films Polish Bar and My Place in the Horror.
With her boyfriend D.B. Woodside she has a daughter Dakota Tao Brooks-Woodside, born on September 1st 2009
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