Tasha Smith
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.
57 acting credits · 13 directing credits
Acting · 57
9-1-1
2018
Without a Trace
2002
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
Chicago Hope
1994
Addicted
2014
Empire
2015
Sherri
2022
Nip/Tuck
2003
America's Next Top Model
2003
Girlfriends
2000
Power
2014
Punk'd
2003
The Tyra Banks Show
2005
Bad Boys: Ride or Die
2024
Star
2016
The Steve Harvey Show
1996
The Parkers
1999
American Music Awards
1974
Malcolm & Eddie
1996
Tyler Perry's For Better or Worse
2011
Boston Common
1996
Survival of the Thickest
2023
Twinless
2025
First Wives Club
2019
Glory Daze
2010
Couples Retreat
2009
The Tom Show
1997
The Corner
2000
The Deliverance
2024
Second Time Around
2004
The Whole Ten Yards
2004
Daddy's Little Girls
2007
ATL
2006
Dolemite Is My Name
2019
Why Did I Get Married?
2007
You, Me and Dupree
2006
Why Did I Get Married Too?
2010
Jumping the Broom
2011
Pastor Brown
2009
The Longshots
2008
Glass House: The Good Mother
2006
Snowed Inn Christmas
2017
Let It Be Me
1995
Playas Ball
2007
Something Like A Business
2010
Stock Option
2015
Running Out of Time
2018
Polaris
2017
Why Did I Get Married Again?
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Desire: A Temptations Story
2025
Escape Room
2025
Chameleon II: Death Match
1999
Max Q: Emergency Landing
1998
The One You Never Forget
2019
Love and Other Four Letter Words
2007
Miles from Home
2006
Hell Week
2011
Directing · 13
The Rookie
2018
9-1-1
2018
Mayor of Kingstown
2021
Big Sky
2020
Black Lightning
2018
Star
2016
P-Valley
2020
BMF
2021
Survival of the Thickest
2023
Our Kind of People
2021
When Love Kills: The Falicia Blakely Story
2017
Boxed in
2015
'Tis So Sweet
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