Tasha Smith

Tasha Smith (born February 28, 1971) is an American actor, director and producer.

Tasha Smith was born on February 28, 1971, in Camden, New Jersey, and was raised by a single mother.

She has an identical twin sister Sidra Smith, who currently lives in Harlem.

Smith dropped out of Camden High School in her freshman year, and at age 19 moved to California.

Smith made her acting debut with a small role in the comedy film Twin Sitters (1994).

She began her career in a starring role on the NBC comedy series Boston Common (1996–97), and she later appeared in numerous movies and television series.

From 1996 to 1997, she starred in the NBC comedy series, Boston Common.

Later in 1997, she was cast alongside Tom Arnold in another short-lived comedy series, The Tom Show on The WB.

In 2000, she had supporting role in the HBO miniseries, The Corner in which she played a drug addict.

In the 2000s, Smith had guest starring roles on The Parkers, Without a Trace, Nip/Tuck, and Girlfriends.

She has made number of supporting roles in movies such as Playas Ball (2003), The Whole Ten Yards (2004), and ATL (2006).

Smith has played roles in multiple Tyler Perry projects.

Smith has appeared in the films The Whole Ten 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 in the Tyler Perry films Why Did I Get Married? (2007), its sequel Why Did I Get Married Too? (2010), and on the television series based on the movies, For Better or Worse (2011–2017).

In 2007, she appeared as the main antagonist in the romantic comedy-drama film, Daddy's Little Girls.

She played the role of Angela Williams in the Why Did I Get Married? (2007), and its sequel Why Did I Get Married Too? (2010).

The role she later played in the comedy series based on films, Tyler Perry's For Better or Worse.

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

She had supporting role in the romantic comedy film Couples Retreat (2009), and co-starred alongside Salli Richardson, Nicole Ari Parker and Michael B. Jordan in Pastor Brown (2010).

In December 2010, Smith married her boyfriend of one year Keith Douglas, who was also her manager.

In 2011, she appeared in the comedy-drama film Jumping the Broom alongside Angela Bassett and Paula Patton, and in 2014, she played a psychotherapist in the erotic thriller, Addicted.

In 2014, she also was cast in a recurring role in the Fox drama series Empire as Carol Hardaway, Cookie Lyon's younger sister.

In November 2014, Smith appeared in court to request a restraining order against Douglas.

In documents filed prior to the court appearance, she accused him of having affairs with other women.

Smith's friend Tisha Campbell acted as a character witness.

From 2015 to 2020, she had a recurring role as Carol Holloway on the Fox musical drama series, Empire.

Later in the same year, Smith made her directorial debut.

In 2015, Smith made her directorial debut with the short film Boxed in, which premiered during the 19th Annual American Black Film Festival.

In 2017, Smith directed the television film When Love Kills: The Falicia Blakely Story, starring Lil Mama and Lance Gross, based on a true story.

It premiered to 1.6 million viewers, ranking as TV One's #1 original movie premiere of all time among all key demos.

In October 2017, she also directed an episode in the BET drama anthology series Tales.

Smith worked as Mary J. Blige's acting coach for her role in Mudbound.

In 2019, Smith appeared in the comedy-drama film Dolemite Is My Name, and starred opposite Lisa Kudrow and Whitney Cummings in the Amazon comedy pilot Good People.

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 series P-Valley.

In 2021, Smith directed the Starz drama series Black Mafia Family.

In 2022, it was announced that Smith will be starring in the Lee Daniels' horror/thriller The Deliverance with Mo'Nique, Andra Day, Omar Epps, and Miss Lawrence.

In 2022, she had a recurring role during the third season of comedy-drama series, First Wives Club.

The following year, Smith starred opposite Michelle Buteau in the Netflix comedy-drama series, Survival of the Thickest.

She replaced Theresa Randle in the role of Theresa Burnett in Bad Boys Ride or Die that scheduled to be released on June 14, 2024.