Jada Pinkett Smith
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- September 18, 1971 (age 55)
- Birthplace
- 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.
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Filmography
Girls Trip 2
Movie · as Lisa Cooper
Untitled Holiday Comedy Project
Movie
Redd Zone
Movie · as Tia Magee
A Different World
TV · as Lena James · 1 ep
Queen Cleopatra
TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 4 eps
African Queens: Njinga
TV · as Narrator (voice) · 4 eps
Madame X Presents: Madame Xtra Q&A
Movie · as Self
The Matrix Resurrections
Movie · as Niobe
The Equalizer
TV · as Jessie Cook · 1 ep
Showbiz Kids
Movie · as Self
Angel Has Fallen
Movie · as Agent Thompson
Kelly Talk
Movie
Will Smith's Bucket List
TV · as Herself · 1 ep
The Lateish Show with Mo Gilligan
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Red Table Talk
TV · as Self - Co-host · 126 eps
Girls Trip
Movie · as Lisa Cooper
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Bad Moms
Movie · as Stacy
Magic Mike XXL
Movie · as Rome
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Gotham: The Legend Reborn
Movie · as Self
Gotham
TV · as Fish Mooney · 28 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Madly Madagascar
Movie · as Gloria (voice)
David Blaine: Real or Magic
Movie · as Self
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
Movie · as Gloria (voice)
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
Movie · as Self
Men in Black 3
Movie · as Party Guest (uncredited)
Dreamworks: Holiday Classics
Movie · as Gloria (voice)
The Talk
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Merry Madagascar
Movie · as Gloria (voice)
Hawthorne
TV · as Christina Hawthorne · 30 eps
Skavlan
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
Movie · as Gloria (voice)
The Women
Movie · as Alex Fisher
The Human Contract
Movie · as Rita
Oprah's Big Give
TV · 1 ep
Reign Over Me
Movie · as Janeane Johnson
The One Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
VH1 Rock Honors
TV · 1 ep
Madagascar
Movie · as Gloria (voice)
Ozzfest: 10th Anniversary
Movie · as Self
The Reichen Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Collateral
Movie · as Annie Farrell
City of Night: The Making of 'Collateral'
Movie · as Self
The Matrix Reloaded Revisited
Movie · as Self
The Matrix Revolutions Revisited
Movie · as Self
The Matrix Recalibrated
Movie · as Self
The Matrix Reloaded: Car Chase
Movie · as Self
Dog Whisperer
TV · as Self - Owner of Rocco · 1 ep
The Matrix Reloaded
Movie · as Niobe
The Matrix Revolutions
Movie · as Niobe
Maniac Magee
Movie · as Adult Amanda
The Matrix Reloaded: Pre-Load
Movie · as Self
Making 'Enter the Matrix'
Movie · as Self
Tupac: Resurrection
Movie · as Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Ali
Movie · as Sonji Roi
Kingdom Come
Movie · as Charisse Slocumb
The Making of 'Bamboozled'
Movie · as Self
Good Day Live
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Bamboozled
Movie · as Sloan Hopkins
Welcome to Hollywood
Movie · as Jada Pinkett Smith
The Early Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Woo
Movie · as Woo
Sesame Street: Elmopalooza!
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Return to Paradise
Movie · as M.J. Major
TRL
TV · 1 ep
Scream 2
Movie · as Maureen
The View
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Chris Rock Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Nutty Professor
Movie · as Carla Purty
Set It Off
Movie · as Stony
If These Walls Could Talk
Movie · as Patti
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Access Hollywood
TV · 1 ep
Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight
Movie · as Jeryline
MADtv
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Jason's Lyric
Movie · as Lyric
A Low Down Dirty Shame
Movie · as Peaches
The Inkwell
Movie · as Lauren Kelly
Ellen
TV · as Ellen Screen Test #3 · 1 ep
Menace II Society
Movie · as Ronnie
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV · 2 eps
Moe's World
Movie
True Colors
TV · as Beverly · 1 ep
Doogie Howser, M.D.
TV · as Trish Andrews · 1 ep
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV · 1 ep
21 Jump Street
TV · as Nicole · 1 ep
A Different World
TV · as Lena James · 47 eps
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 2 eps