Background
Smith grew up in suburban Michigan.
Smith grew up in suburban Michigan.
After graduating from Lahser High School in 1992, she studied to become a Hair dresser and Make Up artist, before being discovered and relocating to New York City to launch a modeling career.
She went to East Hills Middle School and Lahser High School in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. She has been featured in the Victoria’s Secret catalogue, and has been seen nationally in television commercials for Listerine, Noxzema, Oil of Olay, Dannon, and a well-known and recognized spot for Dentyne Ice. She currently resides in Brooklyn, New New York In August 2005, Smith was introduced as a contract player on the daytime soap opera Guiding Light.
She plays Ava Peralta, a newcomer to the fictional town of Springfield.
In 2010, she had a supporting role in the film Salt, starring Angelina Jolie, and played the female lead role alongside Robert Englund in the Independent film Inkubus.