Afton Smith is an American film and television actress best known as the former wife of actor, Brendan Fraser.
Smith was born on December 3, 1967 in Northport in the town of Huntington on Long Island, New York.
She is exactly a year older than Fraser, who was born on December 3, 1968.
Afton Smith career
According to reliable sources, Smith began her screen career with the 1987 crime drama Less Than Zero.
She also starred James Spader, Jami Gertz, and Robert Downey Jr.
In her next project, the 1987 television film Once Again, she portrayed a character credited simply as the Girl in Discoz
After four years of struggling and not getting any work, she was cast in the romantic-comedy Pyrates.
Smith’s next film was Fried Green Tomatoes also released in 1991.
Her first hit film was Reality Bites where she portrayed Janine, a girl who Troy Dyer (Ethan Hawke) dates.
Although she appeared on the screen for a very short period, her character has a significant contribution to the progression of the plot.
In 1995, she guest-starred in an uncredited role in the season one episode Party!!! that was her first and only television appearance.
In the independent comedy-drama A Reason to Believe she played a minor character named Becky.
She worked with her then-boyfriend Fraser in George of the Jungle.
She worked on one more project, the critically panned slapstick comedy, Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star.
Her career was not going anywhere and after marrying Fraser, she stopped working.
Following the birth of their first child in 2002, she decided to quit acting for good and focus on raising the children.
Afton Smith age
Born on the 3rd of December 1967, Afton Smith is 55 years old as of May 2023.
Afton Smith height
She appears to be tall and has a height of 5 feet 7 inches while her weight is approximately 60kgs.
Afton Smith and Brendan Fester
Smith and Fraser met at a barbecue at Winona Ryder’s house on July 4, 1993.
They dated for four years and got engaged in October 1997.
On September 27, 1998, Smith and Fraser married in the garden at the Bel Air Hotel in Los Angeles.
Their first son, Griffin Arthur Fraser, was born on September 17, 2002.
She gave birth to their second son, Holden Fletcher Fraser, on August 16, 2004, and third son, Leland Francis Fraser, on May 2, 2006.
Smith and Fraser were having problems for quite a while.
In December 2007, Fraser’s publicist announced that the couple had decided to separate.
The divorce proceedings began sometime in April 2008.
The case has since been settled.
Afton Smith net worth
Her net worth is estimated to be $3 million made up of earnings from her entertainment career, being an author and entrepreneur.