Afton Smith is an American actress and writer, born December 3, 1967 in Northport, Long Island, New York USA. She is also known to be the ex-wife of actor Brendan Fraser. Afton also has several minor film roles to his credit, such as “George of the Jungle” and “A Reason to Believe.”
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Early life
There is not much information about Afton Smith’s early life, family and upbringing, but it is known that she graduated from Upper Canada School. Growing up in New York, she became interested in acting.
Career
Actress
Afton Smith’s career as an actress was very brief and included several minor film roles.
Afton made her acting debut in 1987 as Kim in the film ‘Less Than Zero’ – the drama and crime film centered on Clay, a college freshman who returns to Los Angeles when his ex-girlfriend request. However, he soon discovers that his best friend has become a drug addict. The film featured actors such as Andrew McCarthy, Jami Gertz, Robert Downey Jr. and James Spader. The film’s budget was not high and it did not receive warm reviews.
Afton’s second role was in 1987, playing a minor character in the comedy television movie “Once Again,” which focused on Aging Rocker, a young man who visits his father in New Jersey on his wedding day, but an event suddenly shocks him deeply. The film did not receive good reviews.
Four years passed before Afton could land another role, this time in the movie “Pyrates,” which centers on Ari and Sam’s passionate relationship. The comedy was released on March 5, 1992.
In 1991, Afton also starred as Leona Threadgoode in the movie “Fried Green Tomatoes”, starring Kathy Bates and Mary Stuart Masterson. The film centers on Evelyn Couch, an unhappy housewife who visits a nursing home one day to visit some of her relatives. There she meets Ninny Threadgoode, who shares with Evelyn the story of a young woman named Idgie Threadgoode – the women eventually develop a friendship through her. The film had a low budget, but had a good commercial reception.
After this film, another three years would pass before Afton landed another role. In 1994, she played Janine in “Reality Bites”, a comedy-drama film starring Winona Ryder, Ethan Hawke and Ben Stiller. The film tells the story of Lelaina Pierce, who is a filmmaker trying to survive after college. Critics on the film weren’t kind to it, and it wasn’t a very commercially successful film.
In 1995, Afton landed her first and only television role, in the series called “Pig Sty”, playing the role of Great Looking Woman. In the same year, she played the role of Becky in the film “A Reason to Believe”. The film centered on Charlotte, a popular student who suffers a sexual assault after a party.
Charlotte confesses what happened to people close to her, but abuser Jim Curran denies that what happened was to be considered rape. The whole situation strengthens and weakens certain relationships and friendships on campus. The film starred Alison Smith and Jay Underworld, and received mixed reviews.
Afton’s last film role came when she was cast as one of Ursula’s friends in the Disney film “George of the Jungle.” Brendan Fraser and Leslie Mann were the protagonists of the film, playing the characters of George and Ursula respectively. The film received mixed reviews, but was a big hit at the box office.
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Writer
In 2003, Afton wrote and published a book called “Hollywood Picks the Classics: A Guide for the Beginner and the Aficionado”, which served as a guide to watching classic movies.
Private life
Relationship with Brendan Fraser
Afton met Brendan on July 4, 1993, at a barbecue at Winona Ryder’s house; they are said to have fallen in love immediately. In 1996 Fraser proposed to Afton in Paris, and two years later they married in 1998. The first child from the marriage came in 2002, a son they named Griffin Arthur Fraser. They welcomed their second son in 2004, who is named Holden Fletcher Fraser. The third and last son the couple had together was Leland Francis Fraser, born in 2006.
Despite the long time spent together and after becoming parents, the relationship between them began to deteriorate, and in 2007 the couple announced their separation. It was agreed that Fraser should pay child support to Afton of $900,000 a year. However, in 2013 Fraser asked the court to reduce his child support, saying he did not earn enough money to afford it. He also claimed that his medical condition limited his ability to land roles as prominent as he had years before. Afton claimed Brendan was lying, alleging he was hiding $9 million from his contracts.
Who is Brendan Fraser?
Brendan Fraser is an American-Canadian actor, born December 3, 1968 in Indianapolis, Indiana, the son of Canadians Carol Mary and Peter Fraser.
Since Fraser’s debut in 1988 in the television series “America’s Most Wanted”, his acting career has grown as he has played several major roles. His second role and his film debut would come in 1991, in the film “Dogfight”. His first starring role wouldn’t come until a year later, in the movie “Encino Man,” in which he played the role of a caveman. Also in 1992, he starred with Chris O’Donnell and Matt Damon in the movie “School Ties.”
Other roles will come for him in 1994, with his character of Steve Nebraska in the film “The Scout”, and that of Montgomery “Monty” Kessler in “With Honors”. The same year, he starred as Chester Ogilvie in the comedy film “Airheads”, in which he co-starred with Adam Sandler and Steve Buscemi.
He then starred in the film “The Passion of Darkly Noon” in 1995, followed by “The Twilight of the Golds” in 1997, and the same year in the hit film “George of the Jungle”, based on the animated series created by Jay Hall.
He starred as Clayton Boone in the 1998 film “Gods and Monsters,” the life-centered story by director James Whale.
In 1999, he starred in the hit film “The Mummy”, alongside Rachel Weisz, in which Brendan played the role of Rick O’Connell, an American adventurer. The film was so successful that in 2001 the sequel “The Mummy Returns” was released, and in 2008 the third part titled “The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor” was released – all three films were very successful at the box office.
Another successful film in which Fraser appeared was the Oscar winner “Crash” in 2004. In 2007 he starred in the films “Journey to the Center of the Earth” and “Inkhheart”. He joined the cast of the series “The Affair” in 2016.
Despite Fraser’s film success in the 1990s and early 2000s, he did not receive many job offers during the 2010s, which he attributes to accusations of sexual assault against Philip Berk . On top of that, he experienced several medical issues, which landed him knee replacement surgery and vocal cord surgery.
Net value
Afton Smith’s net worth is estimated at $3 million, largely thanks to the $900,000 annual child support her ex-husband Brendan Fraser has paid her since their divorce in 2007.
WOW 😀 This guy can do it all!
If I just try to repeat it, the eggs will break on my head, the floor, the ceiling, the window…and my cat might suffer!🤣#BrendanFraser pic.twitter.com/huCCi7DulO— Natalya 🇷🇺 (@Nataly_USSR_91) June 13, 2020
Appearance
Afton is a female of white ethnicity, with natural blonde hair and blue eyes. His height and weight are unknown.
Interesting facts
She and her ex-husband had the same birthday: December 3. The difference is that Fraser was a year younger than her.
His eldest son Griffin Arthur Fraser has autism.
After claiming that Fraser’s statement about not having enough money to pay child support was false, she was called a “gold digger” by Fraser fans and the media.
