Jada Pinkett Smith
- Acting
- September 18, 1971 · 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 · Lena James
- Queen Cleopatra · Self, Executive producer
- African Queens: Njinga · Narrator (Voice), Executive producer
- Off Thee Leash · Producer
- The Matrix Resurrections · Niobe
- Madame X Presents: Madame Xtra Q&A · Self
- King Richard · Executive producer
- The Equalizer · Jessie Cook
- Cops and Robbers · Executive producer
- Life in a Year · Executive producer
- Showbiz Kids · Self
- Charm City Kings · Executive producer
- Hala · Executive producer
- Angel Has Fallen · Agent Thompson
- The Lateish Show with Mo Gilligan · Self
- Sprinter · Executive producer
- Will Smith's Bucket List · Self
- Kelly Talk
- Red Table Talk · Self, Creator
- Carpool Karaoke: The Series · Self
- Girls Trip · Lisa Cooper
- Bad Moms · Stacy
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert · Self
- Magic Mike XXL · Rome
- Annie · Producer
- Gotham · Fish Mooney
- Gotham: The Legend Reborn · Self
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon · Self
- David Blaine: Real or Magic · Self
- After Earth · Producer
- Madly Madagascar · Gloria (Voice)
- Dreamworks: Holiday Classics · Gloria (Voice)
- Free Angela and All Political Prisoners · Executive producer
- Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’ · Self
- Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted · Gloria (Voice)
- Men in Black 3 · Party Guest (uncredited)
- The Talk · Self
- The Karate Kid · Producer
- Merry Madagascar · Gloria (Voice)
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen · Self
- Hawthorne · Christina Hawthorne, Producer
- Skavlan · Self
- Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa · Gloria (Voice)
- The Secret Life of Bees · Executive producer
- The Women · Alex Fisher
- The Human Contract · Rita, Director
- I Am Legend Awakening · Writer
- I Am Legend: Awakening - Story 2: Isolation · Author, Creative Consultant
- Oprah's Big Give
- Reign Over Me · Janeane Johnson
- The One Show · Self
- VH1 Rock Honors
- Ozzfest: 10th Anniversary · Self
- The Reichen Show · Self
- Madagascar · Gloria (Voice)
- City of Night: The Making of 'Collateral' · Self
- The Matrix Reloaded Revisited · Self
- The Matrix Revolutions Revisited · Self
- The Matrix Reloaded: Car Chase · Self
- Dog Whisperer · Self
- Collateral · Annie Farrell
- The Matrix Recalibrated · Self
- Tupac: Resurrection · Self
- The Matrix Revolutions · Niobe
- The Matrix Reloaded: Pre-Load · Self
- Making 'Enter the Matrix' · Self
- All of Us · Executive producer, Creator
- The Matrix Reloaded · Niobe
- Maniac Magee · Adult Amanda
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! · Self
- Ali · Sonji Roi
- Good Day Live · Self
- The Making of 'Bamboozled' · Self
- Kingdom Come · Charisse Slocumb
- Welcome to Hollywood · Jada Pinkett Smith
- Bamboozled · Sloan Hopkins
- The Early Show · Self
- TRL
- Return to Paradise · M.J. Major
- Woo · Woo