Antonique Smith

Smith was born in East Orange, New Jersey. She starred as Mimi in Jonathan Larson's Broadway production of Rent. She was also the poster girl for Rent, displayed on taxi cabs in New York City and posters across the country. She left the role of Mimi to record her album and expand her film career.

Smith played Faith Evans in Notorious, based on the life of Evans' late husband, rapper The Notorious B.I.G. She received rave reviews. The Los Angeles Times called her "delicious in the role" and Rolling Stone magazine said she was "terrific". She was also praised by critics, including Jeffery Lyons who called her "one to watch".

Smith played CIA agent Sandra Burns in the action movie Abduction with Taylor Lautner and Alfred Molina. In the same year she played Ola O' Hara in the film Yelling to the Sky with Zoe Kravitz and Gabourey Sidibe and Jason Clarke. She had a role in the Golden Globe nominated film Across the Universe and has guest starred on Law & Order, HBO's Bored to Death, and 100 Centre Street, directed by Sidney Lumet. She received her first job from Lumet, playing a teen drug addict.

She starred in the TV One romantic comedy Stock Option, which premiered to record ratings for the network. She appeared in the Netflix film Deuces and in the FOX drama series Shots Fired, executive produced by Brian Grazer and Gina Prince-Bythewood and starring Sanaa Lathan, Richard Dreyfuss, Helen Hunt, and Stephen Moyer. She starred in season 2 of the hit Netflix series Marvel's Luke Cage.

She was on the Act on Climate tour with the Hip Hop Caucus and sang for the Pope's climate rally in Washington, D.C. She was also the voice of Virgin Mobile USA.

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• Antonique Smith at IMDb
• Antonique Smith at the Internet Broadway Database
• Playbill biography