F. Candace Smith was born in Winnipeg Manitoba, Canada and grew up in the tiny fishing/fur trade community of Matheson Island, Manitoba. She grew up desperately wanting dance and gymnastic lessons but had to wait until she moved back to Winnipeg for high school to fulfill her dreams of performing on stage. Dance classes in tap, jazz, hip hop and African styles only fuelled her desire to perform, leading her to the film industry. Candace values her family (by blood and by love) and her friends above all and her passion for performing drives her to do more and be more, every day.