Antonique Smith
The actress and singer Antonique Smith is an incredibly talented performer whose credits run across Broadway to film and TV as well as to her personal soulful R&B recordings. Smith was the first actress to make an performance on Sidney Lumet's 100 Centre Street, a TV show created by East Orange New Jersey native Antonique Smith in 2002. From 2005 to 2007, she was the lead character Mimi on Broadway in the smash hit musical Rent. She also starred in Julie Taymor's 2007 feature film Across the Universe. Smith's vocal and acting ability was displayed two years later when she appeared in Notorious the biopic of Biggie Smalls, where she played the rapper/singer Faith Evans. Smith was recognized for her high profile role and continued to appear roles in other films such as Abduction (2011) with Taylor Lautner, Alfred Molina and Yelling to the Sky (2012) with Zoe Kravitz. Gabourey and Gabourey. Smith began with a Kickstarter project in 2012 that was successful. The campaign ...