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Actress Tasha Smith
As a dedicated and
consummate performer, Actress Tasha Smith brings style and intense character
portrayals to the screen. Her outstanding performances have garnered
widespread reactions from audiences and critics alike.
Be sure to watch Tasha in Tyler Perry’s
latest television series,
For Better or Worse premiering on TBS November 25th, 2011
9/8C!
For Better or Worse features two of his most popular film characters,
Marcus and Angela, from his Why Did I Get Married? film. Tasha Smith
and Michael Jai White reprise their roles as the married couple and
bring all their drama and dysfunction to the small screen.
Check out this video!
Tasha shines in her latest roles
as:
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Shonda in
"JUMPING THE BROOM" (2011) directed by
Salim Akil, produced
by T.D. Jakes and Tracey Edmonds. The cast includes Angela Bassett, Paula Patton, Laz
Alonso, Mike Epps, Loretta Devine, Meagan Good, DeRay Davi, Julie
Bowen, Romeo Miller, Gary Dourdan, Pooch Hall, Brian Stokes Mitchell
and Valarie Pettiford.
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Angela in
"WHY DID I GET MARRIED TOO" (2010) directed/written by Tyler
Perry. The cast includes all the originals including Tyler Perry,
Janet Jackson, Jill Scott, Sharon Leal, Malik Yoba, Lamman Rucker,
Richard T. Jones, Michael J. White, Cicely Tyson, Louis Gossett Jr.
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Angelique Todd in
"PASTOR BROWN" (2010) directed by Rockmond Dunbar. The cast includes Rockmond Dunbar, Salli
Richardson-Whitfield, Nicole Ari Parker, Keith David, Michael B.
Jordan, Michael Beach, Tisha Campbell-Martin, Dondré Whitfield (II),
Ernie Hudson, Angie Stone, India.Arie, and Carl Lewis.
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Jennifer in
"COUPLES RETREAT" (Oct 2009) directed by
Peter Billingsley and written by Jon Favreau, who also stars in the
film. The cast includes Vince Vaughn, Jason Bateman, Kristin Davis,
Kristen Bell, and Malin Akerman.
Recent work also includes
"THE
LONGSHOTS", with Ice
Cube, Keke Palmer, Matt Craven, Jill Marie Jones, Dash Mihok,
Garrett Morris, Earthquake & Michael Colyar (II);
“SOMETHING LIKE A BUSINESS”
with Kevin Hart, Kim Whitley and David Allan-Grier;
"RED SOIL"
with Laurence Fishburne, Mykelti Williamson and Kimberly Elise.
Tyler Perry was so impressed
with her stellar work, that he cast her to star in two of his films,
including,
"WHY DID I GET MARRIED?", along-side Janet Jackson. Her accolades
are still resonating from Perry’s
"DADDY’S
LITTLE GIRLS" (Lionsgate), opposite Gabrielle Union and Idris
Elba, portraying Jennifer, the corrupt, vindictive ex-wife of Elba’s
character, Monty. On and off the screen she seems to naturally command
attention.
Tasha has played a
wide range of roles in such feature films as “ATL” (Warner Brothers)
with T.I. and Mykelti Williamson,
“THE GOOD MOTHER” (Sony/Screen Gems)
with Angie Harmon and Joel Gretsch, and
"THE
WHOLE TEN YARDS" (Warner Brothers) with Bruce Willis and
Matthew Perry. She has also starred in the independent films,
“MILES FROM HOME”
with Meagan Good and Ty Hodges, and
“PLAYA’S BALL”
with Allen Payne and Elise Neal.
Tasha is also
well-known for her critically-acclaimed portrayal of the drug-addicted
Ronnie Boyce in HBO’s Emmy Award-winning mini-series,
“THE CORNER”
directed by Charles S. Dutton. She has guest starred on such popular
television shows as
“NIP/TUCK”,
“AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL”, “GIRLFRIENDS”, “WITHOUT A TRACE”
and “STRONG MEDICINE” among others. Smith has also
served as the Executive Producer and Host of her own talk show for the
Oxygen Network,
“TASHA VISION”, guest hosted the
late night show,
“LATER WITH GREG KINNEAR”, and recently appeared as a
Field Correspondent on
“THE TYRA BANKS SHOW”.
Tasha Smith takes the
time to share her inspirational life story through motivational
speaking, as well as mentors emerging actors through the
Tasha Smith
Actors Workshop (TSAW). Tasha is a native of Camden, New Jersey. She currently resides in Los
Angeles, California.
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