
Tasha Smith
Actress
Born: February 28, 1971 (55 years old)
Place of birth: Camden, New Jersey, USA
Biography
Tasha Smith (born February 28, 1971) is an American actress and director. She began her career in a starring role on the NBC comedy series Boston Common (1996–97). In film, Smith has appeared in 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). From 2015 to 2020, she had a recurring role as Carol Holloway on the Fox musical drama series Empire.
Filmography (47)
- The Rookie (2018, ★ 8.5)
- ATL (2006, ★ 6.9)
- Daddy's Little Girls (2007, ★ 6.9)
- Max Q: Emergency Landing (1998, ★ 6.8)
- Bad Boys: Ride or Die (2024, ★ 7.3)
- Twinless (2025, ★ 7.2)
- Malcolm & Eddie (1996, ★ 7.4)
- Girlfriends (2000, ★ 7.4)
- Nip/Tuck (2003, ★ 7.2)
- The Parkers (1999, ★ 8)
- Star (2016, ★ 8)
- First Wives Club (2019, ★ 8)
- 9-1-1 (2018, ★ 8.2)
- When Love Kills: The Falicia Blakely Story (2017, ★ 8.1)
- BMF (2021, ★ 8)
- Dolemite Is My Name (2019, ★ 7)
- The Steve Harvey Show (1996, ★ 6.9)
- The Corner (2000, ★ 7.8)
- Tyler Perry's For Better or Worse (2011, ★ 7.3)
- Survival of the Thickest (2023, ★ 6.8)
- Without a Trace (2002, ★ 7.2)
- Mayor of Kingstown (2021, ★ 7.9)
- Snowed Inn Christmas (2017, ★ 6.9)
- Boston Common (1996, ★ 6.9)
- Power (2014, ★ 7.7)
- Black Lightning (2018, ★ 6.9)
- Our Kind of People (2021, ★ 7.7)
- P-Valley (2020, ★ 7.6)
- Big Sky (2020, ★ 7.2)
- The Whole Ten Yards (2004, ★ 5.7)