Sarah Lawrence College, University of California, Berkeley
Nationality
United States of America
Children
Dakota Tao Brooks-Woodside
Parents
Barbara Brooks, Walter Brooks
Nicknames
Golden A. Brooks , Golden Ameda Brooks
Nominations
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series
Movies
A Beautiful Soul, The Inheritance, A Good Man Is Hard to Find, Something New, Beauty Shop, Motives, Timecode, Polish Bar
TV Shows
Girlfriends, Linc's, Cordell And Coneil
Star Sign
Sagittarius
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Fact
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Gave birth to her first child, a girl named Dakota Tao Brooks-Woodside, on September 1, 2009. Father is longtime boyfriend D.B. Woodside.
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Had a cat named Saeku.
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She is a classically trained dancer, both studying and teaching ballet, jazz and modern dance.
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Active with actors such as Danny Glover, in the Robey Theater Company.
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Voulunteers with the Pediatric AIDS Foundation and AIDS Project Los Angeles.
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Classically trained dancer. Studied and taught ballet, jazz, and modern dance.
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Earned a Bachelor's degree in Sociology (with a concentration on "Media Representation of Minorities") from UC-Berkeley, where she minored in Theater. She went on to earn a Master's degree from Sarah Lawrence College.
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Her uncle teaches at Berkeley High School in Berkeley, California.
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Was a figure skating competitor and won several trophies when she was younger.
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