
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.
Filmography45 titles

Desire: A Temptations Story

The Rookie

9-1-1

When Love Kills: The Falicia Blakely Story

BMF

First Wives Club

Star

The Parkers

Mayor of Kingstown

Power

Malcolm & Eddie

P-Valley

RuPaul's Drag Race

Bad Boys: Ride or Die

Without a Trace

Girlfriends

Twinless

Big Sky

Nip/Tuck

Empire

Dolemite Is My Name

The Steve Harvey Show

Black Lightning

Snowed Inn Christmas

Daddy's Little Girls

ATL

Survival of the Thickest

Why Did I Get Married Too?

The Longshots

Why Did I Get Married?

The Deliverance

Running Out of Time

Addicted

Jumping the Broom

The Whole Ten Yards

Glass House: The Good Mother

Couples Retreat

You, Me and Dupree

America's Next Top Model

Love and Other Four Letter Words

Punk'd

Playas Ball

Polaris

Sherri

Something Like a Business