Antonique Smith
Antonique's credits include Broadway as well as film and television as well as her soulful R&B recordings. Smith made her first acting performance on Sidney Lumet's 100 Centre Street, a television show developed by East Orange New Jersey native Antonique Smith in 2002. From 2005 to 2007, she was the lead character Mimi on Broadway in the cult musical Rent. in 2007. She also played Julie Taymor in the film Across the Universe. Smith showed her voice and acting skills in the same year, when she portrayed Faith Evans, a rapper/singer in the Biggie Smalls biopic Notorious. Smith's performance was highly praised and earned an array of accolades from the critics, and led to roles in films like 2011's Abduction, starring Taylor Lautner and Alfred Molina, and the 2011 film Yelling to the Sky with Zoe Kravitz. In 2012 Smith started a wildly highly successful Kickstarter campaign to help fund her debut album. In 2013, she debuted the single on her website, Hold up. Wait a s...