Meagan Good Says Playing Battered Wife Who Finds Her Strength Was 'Therapeutic' (Exclusive)

The star of Tyler Perry's new Amazon Prime film 'Divorce in the Black', out July 11, reflects on the film and her relationship with boyfriend Jonathan Majors

After more than 30 years of navigating Hollywood and life in the spotlight, Meagan Good has made a promise to herself. “I’m going to take this part of my life and I’m going to make it wonderful,” says the actress, minutes after dancing around in the Los Angeles sunshine, bare feet in the grass, during her PEOPLE photo shoot for this week's issue.

“Every single part of my life is going to matter," she adds, "and I’m not going to regret things. However old I make it to I want to look back and be like, ‘Yeah, I did that.’”

It’s a mindset the 42-year-old star says that she and her latest character — Ava, a battered wife-turned-empowered divorcee in Tyler Perry’s new film Divorce in the Black — have in common. “I felt in some ways it would be therapeutic,” she says of signing on for the role amid her own divorce from pastor DeVon Franklin in 2021.