Tasha Smith

Actress

Birthday February 28, 1971

Birth Sign Pisces

Birthplace Camden, New Jersey, U.S.

Age 53 years old

Nationality United States

#2620 Most Popular

1971

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.

1994

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

1996

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.

1997

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

2000

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.

2003

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.

2004

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).

2007

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.

2008

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

2009

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).

2010

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

2011

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.

2014

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.

2015

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.

2017

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.

2019

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.

2020

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.