Jada Pinkett Smith
Acting
- Born:
- 1971-09-18
- Place of birth:
- Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Biography
Jada Koren Pinkett Smith is an American actress, singer-songwriter, and businesswoman. She began her career in 1990, when she made a guest appearance in the short-lived sitcom True Colors. She starred in A Different World, produced by Bill Cosby, and she featured opposite Eddie Murphy in The Nutty Professor (1996). She starred in dramatic films such as Menace II Society (1993) and Set It Off (1996). She has appeared in more than 20 films in a variety of genres, including Scream 2, Ali, The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions, Madagascar, Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa and Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted. Pinkett Smith launched her music career in 2002, when she helped create the metal band Wicked Wisdom, for which she is a singer and songwriter. Smith also created a production company, in addition to authoring a book, published in 2004. In 1997, she married rapper and actor Will Smith. They have two children, Jaden and Willow, and Pinkett Smith is stepmother to Willard "Trey" Smith III, Will's son from a previous marriage. The couple founded the Will and Jada Smith Family Foundation, a charity organization which focuses on inner-city youth and family support and has worked with non-profit organizations like YouthBuild and the Lupus Foundation of America.
Known For
Filmography
A Different World
Queen Cleopatra
African Queens: Njinga
The Matrix Resurrections
Madame X Presents: Madame Xtra Q&A
The Equalizer
Showbiz Kids
Angel Has Fallen
The Lateish Show with Mo Gilligan
Will Smith's Bucket List
Kelly Talk
Red Table Talk
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
Girls Trip
Bad Moms
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Magic Mike XXL
Gotham
Gotham: The Legend Reborn
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
David Blaine: Real or Magic
Madly Madagascar
Dreamworks: Holiday Classics
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
Men in Black 3
The Talk
Merry Madagascar
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Hawthorne
Skavlan
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
The Women
The Human Contract
Oprah's Big Give
Reign Over Me
The One Show
VH1 Rock Honors
Ozzfest: 10th Anniversary
The Reichen Show
Madagascar
City of Night: The Making of 'Collateral'
The Matrix Revolutions Revisited
The Matrix Reloaded Revisited
The Matrix Reloaded: Car Chase
Dog Whisperer
Collateral
The Matrix Recalibrated
Tupac: Resurrection
The Matrix Revolutions
The Matrix Reloaded: Pre-Load
Making 'Enter the Matrix'
The Matrix Reloaded
Maniac Magee
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Ali
Good Day Live
The Making of 'Bamboozled'
Kingdom Come
Welcome to Hollywood
Bamboozled
The Early Show
TRL
Return to Paradise
Woo
Sesame Street: Elmopalooza!
Scream 2
The View
The Chris Rock Show
Set It Off
If These Walls Could Talk
Access Hollywood
The Nutty Professor
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
MADtv
Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight
A Low Down Dirty Shame
Jason's Lyric
The Inkwell
Ellen
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Menace II Society
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
True Colors
Moe's World
Doogie Howser, M.D.
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
A Different World
21 Jump Street
The Oscars
Girls Trip 2
Untitled Holiday Comedy Project
Redd Zone