She appeared for Yves St. Laurent and in the magazines Vogue, Ebony, ELLE, Cosmopolitan, Redbook, and Seventeen. She had a recurring role as Angie in the TV series Miami Vice from 1987 to 1988. Smith also starred in the movies Me and Him, Talkin’ Dirty After Dark, I Like It Like That, Joe’s Apartment, The Preacher’s Wife, and Goosed. Toukie dated Robert De Niro from 1988 to 1996.