Raven Shamira Goodwin (born on June 24, 1992) is an American entertainer. She made her introduction with the satire film Lovely and Amazing (2001), which acquired her an Independent Spirit Award selection, and she next got a Screen Actors Guild Award designation for her part in the dramatization film The Station Agent (2003).

She featured in the sentiment film Phat Girlz (2006) and made her shift to TV jobs featuring in the Nickelodeon parody series Just Jordan (2007-2008).

In 2010, Goodwin progressed to develop jobs with the series Huge (2010), and thusly came to standard acknowledgment with a repetitive job on the sitcom Good Luck Charlie (2010-2014).

Her boundless advancement accompanied the main job on the BET series Being Mary Jane (2013-2019), for which her exhibition got acclaim.

She has since shown up as Eliza on the parody series SMILF (2017-2019) and as Denise Clark-Bradford in the TV film The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel (2020), the last option of which acquired her a Black Reel Award assignment. She made her re-visitation of the film with an appearance in the activity film Snatched (2017).

Early and individual life

In 2019, Goodwin reported her commitment to back chief Wiley Battle, through Instagram, which was gotten across different news sources. In 2020, they invited their first youngster, a little girl.

2009-present: Mainstream forward leap

In 2010, Goodwin was projected in the fundamental job of Becca in the sitcom Huge, which ran for a season. The show arrived at the midpoint of around 1,000,000 watchers for every episode.

Sometime thereafter, Goodwin was given a role as the repetitive job of Ivy Wentz in the Disney Channel sitcom Good Luck Charlie.

Following this, Goodwin assumed the part of Sheila on Fox's satire dramatization Glee for three episodes and showed up as Desiree in the American sitcom New Girl. Her job on Good Luck Charlie acquired specific applause.

In 2013, Goodwin was projected in the fundamental job of Niecy Patterson, the niece of Gabrielle Union's personality, in the American dramatization series Being Mary Jane, which she played until the show finished in 2019.

Being Mary Jane spellbound pundits and crowds, broke records for the BET organization, and gave Goodwin acknowledgment in mature jobs.

On the progress from Disney, she said that "it was extremely important. At a certain point, I was doing Disney and Being Mary Jane simultaneously. In any case, it felt normal. It felt natural." She assumed the part until 2019, a timeframe in which she inconsistently took TV and film jobs.

In 2017, she was projected in the job of Eliza in the American TV program SMILF; she was at first set to depict a repetitive job, however, she was elevated to a series customary for the show's subsequent season.

The series ran for a considerable length of time and was dropped after a few unfortunate behavior charges made by SMILF's cast and team against Frankie Shaw.

Disregarding this, SMILF got far-reaching praise all through its run and got a Golden Globe Award selection. Goodwin played a minor part in the 2017 activity parody film Snatched as Lew.

In 2019, Goodwin featured in the BET TV film Christmas Belles. Around the same time, she was given a role as Denise Clark-Bradford in the Lifetime TV film The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel.

Delivered in 2020, the element was Lifetime's most-watched in four years, and Goodwin's acting was commended by pundits; she got an assignment for another Black Reel Award.

Forthcoming ventures

In January 2021, it was declared that Goodwin would depict entertainer Hattie McDaniel in the free true-to-life film Behind the Smile.

On being projected in the job, Goodwin expressed that "I am perpetually respected. I anticipate bringing this significant chronicled and applicable biography to the screen." In August of that very year, Goodwin was set to play the common person of Josephine on the forthcoming show series Our Kind of People.