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Tasha Smith

Tasha Smith

Acting1971 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.

Acting History

2025
Twinless
as Charlotte
Sherri
TVas Self - Guest1 eps
American Music Awards
TVas Self - Presenter1 eps
Survival of the Thickest
TVDirector2 eps
2024
The Deliverance
as Pastor Powell
2023
Survival of the Thickest
TVas Marley13 eps
2021
Our Kind of People
TVDirector2 eps
Big Sky
TVDirector1 eps
BMF
TVDirector2 eps
BMF
TVExecutive Producer1 eps
2020
P-Valley
TVDirector
2018
The Rookie
TVDirector
Black Lightning
TVDirector
9-1-1
TVDirector
2017
Polaris
as Sophie
Snowed Inn Christmas
as Simone Jenkins
Star
TVas Carol Hardaway1 eps
2016
RuPaul's Drag Race
TVas Self - Guest Judge1 eps
Star
TVDirector
2015
Power
TVas Jarita1 eps
Empire
TVas Carol Hardaway3 eps
Boxed in
Executive Producer
Boxed in
Director
Boxed in
Writer
2014
Addicted
as Marcella
2011
2009
Pastor Brown
as Angelique Todd
Couples Retreat
as Jennifer
2008
The Longshots
as Claire Plummer
2006
Glass House 2
as Caseworker
ATL
as Gayle
You, Me and Dupree
as Co-Worker (uncredited)
Miles from Home
as Keisha Knight
America's Next Top Model
TVas Self - Guest1 eps
2005
The Tyra Banks Show
TVas Self1 eps
Girlfriends
TVas Shandara Durrani1 eps
2004
Punk'd
TVas Self1 eps
Nip/Tuck
TVas Carol Nelson1 eps
2003
Without a Trace
TVas Veronica1 eps
2000
The Corner
TVas Veronica "Ronnie" Boice
1999
The Steve Harvey Show
TVas Kimberly Davis1 eps
1998
Max Q: Emergency Landing
as Karen Daniels
1997
Chicago Hope
TVas Denise Potter1 eps
1996
Boston Common
TVas Tasha King

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
2/28/1971(54 years old)
Place of Birth
Camden, New Jersey, USA