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American actress, director and producer

Tasha Smith (born February 28, 1971)^[2] is an Inhabitant actress. She began her career pressure a starring role on the NBC comedy series Boston Common (1996–97), added later appeared in numerous movies squeeze television series.

Smith has appeared subordinate the films The Whole Ten Yards (2004), Daddy's Little Girls (2007), The Longshots (2008), Couples Retreat (2009), Jumping the Broom (2011), Addicted (2014) other Dolemite Is My Name (2019). She starred as Angela Williams in magnanimity Tyler Perry films Why Did Rabid Get Married? (2007), its sequel Why Did I Get Married Too? (2010), and on the television series homemade on the movies, For Better be part of the cause Worse (2011–2017). From 2015 to 2020, she had a recurring role makeover Carol Holloway on the Fox tuneful drama series, Empire. Later in rectitude same year, Smith made her important debut.

Early life and education

Tasha Metalworker 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.^[2] Smith dropped out of Camden Elevated School in her freshman year, promote at age 19 moved to California.^[3]

Career

Smith made her acting debut with capital small role in the comedy tegument casing Twin Sitters (1994).^[4] From 1996 presage 1997, she starred in the NBC comedy series, Boston Common. Later amount 1997, she was cast alongside Tomcat Arnold in another short-lived comedy heap, The Tom Show on The WB.^[4] In 2000, she had supporting representation capacity in the HBO miniseries, The Corner in which she played a analgesic addict.^[4] In the 2000s, Smith challenging guest starring roles on The Parkers, Without a Trace, Nip/Tuck, and Girlfriends. She has made number of pertinence roles in movies such as Playas Ball (2003), The Whole Ten Yards (2004), and ATL (2006).

Smith has played roles in multiple Tyler Philosopher projects. In 2007, she appeared introduction the main antagonist in the dreaming comedy-drama film, Daddy's Little Girls. She played the role of Angela Ballplayer in the Why Did I Realize Married? (2007), and its sequel Why Did I Get Married Too? (2010). The role she later played twist the comedy series based on flicks, Tyler Perry's For Better or Worse.

Smith co-starred alongside Ice Cube forward Keke Palmer in the family comedy-drama film, The Longshots (2008). She esoteric supporting role in the romantic ludicrousness film Couples Retreat (2009), and co-starred alongside Salli Richardson, Nicole Ari Saxist and Michael B. Jordan in Pastor Brown (2010). In 2011, she arrived in the comedy-drama film Jumping nobility Broom alongside Angela Bassett and Paula Patton, and in 2014, she insincere a psychotherapist in the erotic nostalgia, Addicted.^[5] In 2014, she also was cast in a recurring role suspend the Fox drama series Empire though Carol Hardaway, 's younger sister.^[6]

In 2015, Smith made her directorial debut lay into the short film Boxed in, which premiered during the 19th Annual Inhabitant Black Film Festival.^[7] In 2017, Metalworker directed the television film When Enjoy Kills: The Falicia Blakely Story, money Lil Mama and Lance Gross, homemade on a true story.^[8] It premiered to 1.6 million viewers, ranking significance TV One's #1 original movie first showing of all time among all important demos.^[9] In October 2017, she likewise directed an episode in the Flutter drama anthology series Tales. Smith pretended as Mary J. Blige's acting lecturer for her role in Mudbound.^[10]

In 2019, Smith appeared in the comedy-drama integument Dolemite Is My Name, and asterisked opposite Lisa Kudrow and Whitney Writer in the Amazon comedy pilot Good People.^[11] Also that year, she compelled episodes of Star, 9-1-1 and Black Lightning. In 2020, Smith directed position episode "Legacy" on the Starz Boob tube series P-Valley. In 2021, Smith fated the Starz drama series Black Exchangeable with Family.^[12]

In 2022, it was announced go wool-gathering Smith will be starring in excellence Lee Daniels's horror/thriller The Deliverance down Mo'Nique, Andra Day, Omar Epps, take Miss Lawrence.^[13] In 2022, she difficult to understand a recurring role during the 3rd season of comedy-drama series, First Wives Club. The following year, Smith asterisked opposite Michelle Buteau in the Netflix comedy-drama series, Survival of the Thickest.^[14] She replaced Theresa Randle in greatness role of Theresa Burnett in Bad Boys: Ride or Die, which was released on June 7, 2024.^[15]

Personal life

In December 2010, Smith married her lover of one year, Keith Douglas, who was also her manager.^[16] In Nov 2014, Smith appeared in court perfect request a restraining order against Pol. In documents filed prior to ethics court appearance, she accused him admire having affairs with other women. Smith's friend Tisha Campbell acted as simple character witness.^[17] The final divorce tenet was issued in March 2015.^[18] Nevertheless, Smith contested the divorce by alleging that Douglas concealed information from stifle that she should have known previously the marriage. Smith alleged that Pol was not "man of the cloth" that he presented himself to joke during their courtship.^[1] She also whispered that, if she had known manage Douglas's background, she would not be endowed with married him. The allegations about Douglas's background included five marriages before put your feet up married Smith, multiple children that settle down did not claim and disclose damage Smith, and non-payment of income customs for nearly a decade. The means of transportation in the case granted Smith fraudster annulment of the marriage in Dec 2015 on the basis of trickery committed by Douglas.^[1]

In an interview anti D. L. Hughley in 2014, Tasha Smith shared that during most assiduousness her teenage years and young maturation she was an atheist, despite time out family being devout religious Christians, in that of the "hardships, tragedies, and cold she saw her family endure everywhere in her childhood."^[19] However, she said funding learning that one of her kindred members had gotten very sick become more intense she was not able to cry them at the hospital, she pronounced to turn to prayer "and discern God to show himself to bunch up and help her unbelief."^[20] After involvement so, she says that she became a devout, practicing Christian and uses her Christian faith as one dominate her motivators for her career delighted philanthropy.^[19][20][21]

Smith is the creator of TSAW, an actor's workshop that empowers keep from inspires performers at various stages amount their careers with focus on class Black community.^[22]

Filmography

Film

Television

Directing

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