Smith, Tasha 1971- (Tasha Smith-Arqese)

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Smith, Tasha 1971- (Tasha Smith-Arqese)

PERSONAL

Born February 28, 1971, in Camden, NJ. Avocational Interests: Cooking, skating, exercise, travel.

Addresses:

Manager—Marsh Entertainment, 12444 Ventura Blvd., Suite 203, Studio City, CA 91604.

Career:

Actress. Performer at comedy clubs in the United States, Canada, and other countries. Hannibal Films, vice president for creative development. Acting teacher, private coach, and motivational speaker. Worked as a bartender, secretary, and telemarketer. Worked as a model as a child.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

One of the Aleem's wives, Twin Sitters (also known as The Babysitters), Global Pictures, 1994.

Student, Let It Be Me (also known as Flirty Dancing, Love Dance, Danse avec moi, and Kumpi on se oikea?), Savoy Pictures, 1995.

Vonda, Playas Ball, Codeblack Entertainment, 2003.

Julie, The Whole Ten Yards (also known as The Whole Nine Yards 2, FBI: Protezione testimoni 2, Keine halben Sachen 2—Jetzt erst recht!, Koko potti 2, Le retour du nouveau voisin, Mas falsas apariencias, Meu vizinho mafioso 2, Mi vecino el asesino 2, Mon voisin le tueur 2, and Ti fod under), Warner Bros., 2004.

Ruth, My Purple Fur Coat (short film), 2004.

Caseworker, The Good Mother (also known as Glass House: The Good Mother, Glass Houses: The Good Mother, The Glass House 2, and Ultima sospecha 2), Screen Gems/Sony Pictures Entertainment, 2006.

Coworker, You, Me and Dupree, Universal, 2006.

Gayle, ATL (also known as Jellybeans), Warner Bros., 2006.

Lucille, Love … & Other 4 Letter Words, 2006.

Jennifer, Tyler Perry's "Daddy's Little Girls" (also known as Daddy's Little Girls), Lions Gate Films, 2007.

Keisha Knight, Miles from Home, Mandalay Alliance Entertainment, 2007.

Film Work:

Some sources cite Smith as an assistant art director for Title to Murder, Alpha Entertainment, 2001; and as an assistant on Against the Ropes (also known as The Jackie Kallen Story, The Promoter, Contra las cuerdas, Contra tudo e contra todos, Dans les cordes, Die Promoterin, and Krolowa ringu), Paramount, 2004.

Television Appearances; Series:

Tasha King, Boston Common, NBC, 1996-97.

Tanya Cole, The Tom Show, The WB, 1997-98.

Host, Tashavision (also known as TashaVision), Oxygen Network, beginning c. 2000.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

Veronica "Ronnie" Boice, The Corner, HBO, 2000.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Karen Daniels, Max Q (also known as Max Q: Emergency Landing), ABC, 1998.

Johanna Webster, Chameleon II: Death Match, UPN, 1999.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Herself and Webster, The Making of "Chameleon II: Death Match," UPN, 1999.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Guest host, Soul Train, syndicated, 1996.

Dr. Denise Potter, "Brain Salad Surgery," Chicago Hope, CBS, 1997.

Paulette, Getting Personal (also known as Personal Days, The Way We Work, Alles rein persoenlich, and Henkiloekohtaista), Fox, 1998.

Kimberly Davis, "Steve Don't Get Nun," The Steve Harvey Show, The WB, 1999.

Rachel Jones, "A Knockout Times Two," The Parkers (also known as Die Parkers), UPN, 2001.

Ceceila "CeCe" Quaid, "Compassionate Release," Strong Medicine, Lifetime, 2002.

Herself, Intimate Portrait: Tisha Campbell-Martin, Lifetime, 2002.

Veronica, "The Friendly Skies," Without a Trace (also known as Vanished and W.A.T.), CBS, 2003.

Counselor Carol Nelson, "Joan Rivers," Nip/Tuck, FX Channel, 2004.

(As Tasha Smith-Arqese) Herself, "The Girl Whose Lip Puffed Up," America's Next Top Model (also known as America's Next Top Model 2, ANTM, and Top Model), UPN, 2004.

Laura, "Big Bank, Little Bank," Second Time Around, UPN, 2005.

(As Smith-Arqese) Shandana Durrani, "See J-Spot Run," Girlfriends, UPN, 2005.

Herself, "Tyra's Last Walk," The Tyra Banks Show, syndicated, 2005.

Herself, "The Girl Who Breaks Down," America's Next Top Model (also known as America's Next Top Model 2, ANTM, and Top Model), The CW, 2006.

Herself, "Sisterhood," The Tyra Banks Show, syndicated, 2006.

Jewel, "The B-R-E-A-K-U-P," All of Us, The CW, 2007.

Appeared as Chevette, The Sinbad Show (also known as Sinbad and Ein Vater fuer Zwei), Fox. Appeared in other programs, including The Apollo Comedy Hour; and Def Comedy Jam, HBO.