Antonique Smith Age, Height, Weight, Boyfriend, Net Worth
Antonique Smith is an American actress, Grammy-nominated singer, and climate activist. She is best known for her role as Mimi in the Broadway production of Rent and for portraying Faith Evans in the 2009 biographical film Notorious.
Antonique Charmaine Smith was born on August 11, 1983, in East Orange, New Jersey. She is 43 years old. She is American. She attended Eastern Christian High School in North Haledon, New Jersey.
Smith first gained major attention starring as Mimi Marquez in Jonathan Larson’s Broadway production of Rent. She became the international poster girl for the show, with her image appearing on taxis and posters across the country. She performed in the role from roughly 2005 to 2007 before leaving to focus on recording music and film work.
Her breakthrough screen role came in 2009 when she portrayed singer Faith Evans in the biographical film Notorious, about the life of The Notorious B.I.G. The performance earned strong critical praise, with the Los Angeles Times calling her “delicious in the role” and Rolling Stone describing her as “terrific.”
She has appeared in films including Abduction (2011) opposite Taylor Lautner, Yelling to the Sky (2011), and Deuces (2016). Television credits include 100 Centre Street, Law & Order, Bored to Death, Chicago P.D., Shots Fired, Marvel’s Luke Cage, Sacred Lies, and a role as Barbara Franklin (Aretha Franklin’s mother) in the Emmy-nominated series Genius: Aretha.
