Antonique Smith
The actress and singer Antonique Smith is an incredibly talented performer with credits that span across Broadway to film and TV in addition to her heartfelt R&B recordings. Smith was born in 1983 East Orange, NJ. Smith first made an appearance on Sidney Lumet's 100 Centre Street television series in 2002. Her fame grew in the years 2005 and 2007 as Mimi as the lead in Broadway's hit musical Rent. in 2007. She was in Julie Taymor's movie Across the Universe. The following year, Smith showcased her singing and acting abilities when she took on the role of rapper and singer Faith Evans in the Biggie Smalls biopic Notorious. Smith received praise for her high profile role and continued to appear in films like Abduction (2011) with Taylor Lautner, Alfred Molina and Yelling to the Sky (2012) opposite Zoe Kravitz, the Gabourey brothers. Smith began with a Kickstarter campaign in 2012 that was successful. The campaign generated enough money to release the debut studio album....