1. Antonique Smith was born on August 11,1983 and is an American film, television and Broadway actress and Grammy Nominated singer.
17 Facts About Antonique Smith
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Antonique Smith attended Eastern Christian High School in North Haledon, New Jersey.
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Antonique Smith was the poster girl for Rent, displayed on taxi cabs in New York City and posters across the country.
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Antonique Smith left the role of Mimi to record her album and expand her film career.
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Antonique Smith made her television debut in Sidney Lumet's 100 Centre Street, playing a teen drug addict.
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Antonique Smith played CIA agent Sandra Burns in the action movie Abduction with Taylor Lautner and Alfred Molina.
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Antonique Smith starred in the TV One romantic comedy Stock Option, which premiered to record ratings for the network.
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Antonique Smith appeared in the Netflix film Deuces and in the FOX drama series Shots Fired, executive produced by Brian Grazer and Gina Prince-Bythewood and starring Sanaa Lathan, Richard Dreyfuss, Helen Hunt, and Stephen Moyer.
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Antonique Smith starred in season 2 of the hit Netflix series Marvel's Luke Cage.
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Antonique Smith starred in season 3 of the NatGeo anthology series Genius, titled Genius: Aretha, playing the role of Aretha Franklin's mother Barbara Franklin opposite Courtney B Vance and Cynthia Erivo.
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Antonique Smith is a passionate environmentalist with a focus on climate and environmental justice.
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Antonique Smith was on the Act on Climate tour with the Hip Hop Caucus and sang for the Pope's climate rally in Washington, DC and many other events over the years.
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Antonique Smith was dubbed the voice of the climate movement by Bill McKibben.
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Antonique Smith made a cameo in the video for that song.
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Antonique Smith starred in Rick Ross' "Amsterdam" music video which got over 8 million views in its first two days of release.
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Antonique Smith released her debut single, "Hold Up Wait a Minute " on 9:23 Music Group.
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Antonique Smith co-wrote her Grammy-nominated single and the single and theme song for the television show Shots Fired along with other original songs that appeared on the show and vocalized on the score in the riot scene of Episode 6 composed by Terence Blanchard.