Upon arriving in Los Angeles, Smith was asked to be a "Barker's Beauties" on "The Price Is Right" game show. After a brief stint, Smith refocused on her acting career and went on to have roles on Fox's "Method & Red", HBO's "Entourage" and NBC's "Joey". In 2006 she landed a role in the Broken Lizard comedy "Beerfest". She worked with Broken Lizard again in "The Slammin' Salmon", in which she plays the sister of Michael Clarke Duncan, and in "The Babymakers". She appeared in David Ayer's "End of Watch", as a distressed mother who receives help from Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Peña. Smith plays the lead female role in the action film "My Father, Die", produced by Pierce Brosnan. In the film "Gimme Shelter", she plays Marie Abeanni, an African social worker, starring opposite Rosario Dawson and Vanessa Hudgens.