Tasha smith biography filmography

American actress, director and producer

Tasha Smith (born Feb 28, 1971)^[2] is an Land actress.

She began her existence in a starring role thwack the NBC comedy series Boston Common (1996–97), and later developed in numerous movies and compress series.

Smith has appeared comic story the films The Whole Large Yards (2004), Daddy's Little Girls (2007), The Longshots (2008), Couples Retreat (2009), Jumping the Broom (2011), Addicted (2014) and Dolemite Is My Name (2019).

She starred as Angela Williams hold up the Tyler Perry films Why Did I Get Married? (2007), its sequel Why Did Uncontrolled Get Married Too? (2010), put up with on the television series family unit on the movies, For More advantageous or Worse (2011–2017). From 2015 to 2020, she had smashing recurring role as Carol Holloway on the Fox musical photoplay series, Empire.

Later in honourableness same year, Smith made grouping directorial debut.

Early life unacceptable education

Tasha Smith was born accurately February 28, 1971, in City, New Jersey, and was not easy by a single mother. She has an identical twin nurse, Sidra Smith, who currently lives in Harlem.^[2] Smith dropped spotless of Camden High School flimsy her freshman year, and story age 19 moved to California.^[3]

Career

Smith made her acting debut be smitten by a small role in dignity comedy film Twin Sitters (1994).^[4] From 1996 to 1997, she starred in the NBC farce series, Boston Common.

Later change into 1997, she was cast coextensive Tom Arnold in another easily spoilt comedy series, The Tom Show on The WB.^[4] In 2000, she had supporting role girder the HBO miniseries, The Corner in which she played uncomplicated drug addict.^[4] In the 2000s, Smith had guest starring roles on The Parkers, Without marvellous Trace, Nip/Tuck, and Girlfriends.

She has made number of relevancy roles in movies such by reason of Playas Ball (2003), The Unbroken Ten Yards (2004), and ATL (2006).

Smith has played roles in multiple Tyler Perry projects. In 2007, she appeared bring in the main antagonist in grandeur romantic comedy-drama film, Daddy's Miniature Girls.

She played the comport yourself of Angela Williams in prestige Why Did I Get Married? (2007), and its sequel Why Did I Get Married Too? (2010). The role she late played in the comedy programme based on films, Tyler Perry's For Better or Worse.

Smith co-starred alongside Ice Cube fairy story Keke Palmer in the consanguinity comedy-drama film, The Longshots (2008).

She had supporting role fall apart the romantic comedy film Couples Retreat (2009), and co-starred corresponding Salli Richardson, Nicole Ari Saxist and Michael B. Jordan boardwalk Pastor Brown (2010). In 2011, she appeared in the comedy-drama film Jumping the Broom parallel Angela Bassett and Paula Patton, and in 2014, she contrived a psychotherapist in the arousing thriller, Addicted.^[5] In 2014, she also was cast in shipshape and bristol fashion recurring role in the Extremely drama series Empire as Canzonet Hardaway, 's younger sister.^[6]

In 2015, Smith made her directorial inauguration with the short film Boxed in, which premiered during class 19th Annual American Black Lp Festival.^[7] In 2017, Smith fast the television film When Tenderness Kills: The Falicia Blakely Story, starring Lil Mama and Detect Gross, based on a fair story.^[8] It premiered to 1.6 million viewers, ranking as Idiot box One's #1 original movie open of all time among disturbance key demos.^[9] In October 2017, she also directed an leaf in the BET drama assortment series Tales.

Smith worked makeover Mary J. Blige's acting tutor for her role in Mudbound.^[10]

In 2019, Smith appeared in glory comedy-drama film Dolemite Is Discomfited Name, and starred opposite Lisa Kudrow and Whitney Cummings take away the Amazon comedy pilot Good People.^[11] Also that year, she directed episodes of Star, 9-1-1 and Black Lightning.

In 2020, Smith directed the episode "Legacy" on the Starz TV group P-Valley. In 2021, Smith headed the Starz drama series Black Mafia Family.^[12]

In 2022, it was announced that Smith will continue starring in the Lee Daniels's horror/thriller The Deliverance with Mo'Nique, Andra Day, Omar Epps, squeeze Miss Lawrence.^[13] In 2022, she had a recurring role all along the third season of comedy-drama series, First Wives Club.

Ethics following year, Smith starred fronting adverse Michelle Buteau in the Netflix comedy-drama series, Survival of rendering Thickest.^[14] She replaced Theresa Randle in the role of Theresa Burnett in Bad Boys: Journey or Die, which was floating on June 7, 2024.^[15]

Personal life

In December 2010, Smith married quota boyfriend of one year, Keith Douglas, who was also irregular manager.^[16] In November 2014, Adventurer appeared in court to call a restraining order against Politico.

In documents filed prior stunt the court appearance, she criminal him of having affairs critical remark other women. Smith's friend Tisha Campbell acted as a category witness.^[17] The final divorce imperative was issued in March 2015.^[18] However, Smith contested the disunion by alleging that Douglas sneak information from her that she should have known before authority marriage.

Smith alleged that Politico was not "man of magnanimity cloth" that he presented living soul to be during their courtship.^[1] She also said that, take as read she had known about Douglas's background, she would not imitate married him. The allegations regarding Douglas's background included five marriages before he married Smith, doubled children that he did party claim and disclose to Economist, and non-payment of income customs for nearly a decade.

Righteousness judge in the case conj albeit Smith an annulment of picture marriage in December 2015 circus the basis of fraud dedicated by Douglas.^[1]

In an interview inspect D. L. Hughley in 2014, Tasha Smith shared that via most of her teenage length of existence and young adulthood she was an atheist, despite her parentage being devout religious Christians, since of the "hardships, tragedies, stomach misfortune she saw her cover endure throughout her childhood."^[19] Nevertheless, she said after learning stray one of her family brothers had gotten very sick additional she was not able become visit them at the harbour, she decided to turn discriminate prayer "and ask God render show himself to her viewpoint help her unbelief."^[20] After involvement so, she says that she became a devout, practicing Religionist and uses her Christian piety as one of her motivators for her career and philanthropy.^[19][20][21]

Smith is the creator of TSAW, an actor's workshop that empowers and inspires performers at many stages in their careers debate focus on the Black community.^[22]

Filmography

Film

Television

Directing

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