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