Meta Golding

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1971|11|02}}

| birth_place = New Delhi, Delhi, India

| nationality = Haitian-American

| occupation = Actress

| yearsactive = 1995–present

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Meta Golding is a Haitian-American actress.

Life and career

Golding was born in India in 1971.{{Cite news |title=Celebrity Birthdays |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/353167014/ |newspaper=The Indianapolis Star |date=November 2, 2017 |page=2A |volume=115 |issue=116 |edition=City |via=Newspapers.com}} Her parents were international aid workers{{cite web |url=https://www.emmys.com/news/online-originals/meta-golding|title=Meta Golding's Ace in the Hole |access-date=March 27, 2023 |last=Murray |first=Cori |date=March 17, 2023 |website=Emmys}} and she was raised in several countries. Besides the United States, Golding also lived in India, Haiti, France and Italy.{{Cite news |title=Meta Golding humbled by playing Rosa Parks |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/832538915/| newspaper=Morning Sentinel |date=February 10, 2018 |page=C7 |volume=115 |issue=35 |last=Bentley |first=Rick |agency=Tribune News Service|via=Newspapers.com}} During her years in Italy, she competed on ice as a figure skater, but when an injury ended her skating career she started acting in theater. She returned to the US to attend Cornell University and earned degrees in Theatre Arts and International Relations.{{Cite web |title=Can fashion launch an actress to the A-list? Meta Golding’s red-carpet strategy. |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/can-fashion-launch-an-actress-to-the-a-list-meta-goldings-red-carpet-strategy/2015/02/20/51f61aae-a57c-11e4-a7c2-03d37af98440_story.html |website=The Washington Post |date=February 20, 2015 |last=Givhan |first=Robin |author-link=Robin Givhan |access-date=May 23, 2023}}

Golding played District 2 tribute Enobaria in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire and The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2.

She also guest starred on Criminal Minds temporarily replacing A. J. Cook, and played villainous Selina in an episode of Burn Notice.

Golding currently resides in Los Angeles, California. She is fluent in English, French, Haitian Creole and Italian.{{cite web|url=http://www.essence.com/2013/11/11/meta-golding-hunger-games-interview-7-things |title=7 Things to Know About 'Hunger Games' Star Meta Golding |editor=Sangweni, Yolanda |date=11 November 2013 |work=Essence |accessdate=22 November 2015}}

Filmography

class="wikitable sortable" \|+Film
Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable"\| Notes
1995 \|Conversations \| \|Short film
1995 \|Quiet Days in Hollywood \|Julie \|
1997 \|Kiss the Girls \|Beautiful Girl \|
1998 \|Louis & Frank \|Betsy \|
2001 \|On Edge \|Julie Johnson \|
2002 \|BraceFace Brandi \|Kim Davis \|Short film
2003 \|Date or Disaster \|Tarot Lady \|
2009 \|Surrogates \|Female Counsel \|
2011 \|The Carrier \|Brenda \|Short film
2011 \|The Chicago 8 \|Leslie Seale \|
2012 \|Shadow Witness \|Dina Saunders \|
2013 \|The Hunger Games: Catching Fire \|Enobaria \|
2015 \|The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 \|Enobaria \|
2015 \|The Fix \|Abigail \|

class="wikitable sortable"

|+Film

Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable"| Notes

1995

|Conversations

|Short film

1995

|Quiet Days in Hollywood

|Julie

1997

|Kiss the Girls

|Beautiful Girl

1998

|Louis & Frank

|Betsy

2001

|On Edge

|Julie Johnson

2002

|BraceFace Brandi

|Kim Davis

|Short film

2003

|Date or Disaster

|Tarot Lady

2009

|Surrogates

|Female Counsel

2011

|The Carrier

|Brenda

|Short film

2011

|The Chicago 8

|Leslie Seale

2012

|Shadow Witness

|Dina Saunders

2013

|The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

|Enobaria

2015

|The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2

|Enobaria

2015

|The Fix

|Abigail

class="wikitable sortable" \|+Television
Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable"\| Notes
1995 \|Loving \|Brianna Hawkins \|68 episodes
1996 \|The Wayans Bros. \|Gina \|Episode: "Drama for Yo' Mama"
1996 \|Malcolm & Eddie \|Julia \|Episode: "Little Sister" Episode: "Do the K.C. Hustle"
1998 \|Soldier of Fortune, Inc. \|Halle \|Episode: "Hired Guns"
2000 \|Midnight Blue \|Niki \|TV movie
2000 \|V.I.P. \|Meter Maid \|Episode: "Val's on First"
2001 \|Ally McBeal \|Sylvie Stiles \|Episode: "The Obstacle Course"
2001 \|The District \|Community Member \|Episode: "The Agony and the Ecstasy" Episode: "Don't Fence Me In"
2001 \|Crossing Jordan \|Dr. Candace McIntyre \|Episode: "Sight Unseen"
2001, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2012 \|CSI: Crime Scene Investigation \|Rachel Tina Brown/Brewster \|Episode: "Fahrenheit 932" 4 episodes
2002 \|The Division \|Alison 'Sunny' Beers \|Episode: "Unfamiliar Territory"
2003 \|The Lyon's Den \|Attorney Sanders \|Episode: "Duty to Save"
2004 \|Cold Case \|Sadie Douglas \|Episode: "The Letter"
2005 \|JAG \|Lt. Tali Mayfield \|3 episodes
2005 \|Reunion \|Ella \|Episode: "1992"
2006 \|In Justice \|Lucinda Bates \|Episode: "Victims"
2006–2007 \|Day Break \|Jennifer Mathis \|13 episodes
2007 \|House \|Robin \|Episode: "Airborne"
2008 \|Eli Stone \|Carly Tuck \|Episode: "Something to Save" Episode: "Praying for Time"
2008–2009 \|Criminal Minds \|Agent Jordan Todd \|8 episodes
2009 \|Lie to Me \|Raven \|Episode: "Honey"
2009–2010 \|Dark Blue \|Melissa Curtis \|10 episodes
2010 \|Iris Expanding \|Fox News Barbie (uncredited) \|TV movie
2010 \|Miami Medical \|Dr. Anne Reed \|Episode: "Like a Hurricane"
2010 \|Burn Notice \|Selina \|Episode: "Entry Point"
2010 \|NCIS: Los Angeles \|LAPD Detective Jess Traynor \|Episode: "Human Traffic"
2010 \|CSI: Miami \|Dr. Victoria Mercier \|Episode: "Sudden Death"
2011 \|Body of Proof \|Nancy Follett \|Episode: "Dead Man Walking"
2013 \|The Tomorrow People \|Agent Darcy Nichols \|Recurring Character (season 1)
2017 \|Colony \|Noa \|3 episodes
2018–2019 \|Empire \|Teri \|4 episodes
2023 \|Rabbit Hole \|Hailey Winton \|Main role
2025 \| Ransom Canyon \| Paula Jo \| 4 episodes

class="wikitable sortable"

|+Television

Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable"| Notes

1995

|Loving

|Brianna Hawkins

|68 episodes

1996

|The Wayans Bros.