Antonique Smith
Antonique, an American singer-actress and multi-talented artist, is credited with credits ranging from Broadway through film and TV to her personal R&B soul records. Smith, who was born in East Orange New Jersey on July 23, 1983 first made an appearance on stage on Sidney Lumet's television show 100 Centre Street. Her breakthrough was in 2005, when she played Mimi the Broadway hit Rent. In 2007, she also appeared in Julie Taymor's feature movie Across the Universe. A few years later, Smith showed off her vocal and acting abilities when she took on the role of singer/rapper Faith Evans in the Biggie Smalls biopic Notorious. Smith was praised for the high profile role and went on to play 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 ran an Kickstarter campaign that proved successful during 2012. The purpose for the project was to raise funds for her debut album. F...