JS
Jada Pinkett Smith
Actor, Producer, Director, Writer, Additional CreditsBorn September 18, 1971 (53 years)
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
Featured Videos
Filmography
| 2023 | African Queens: Njinga (TV Series) · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2021 | The Matrix Resurrections · as Niobe |
| 2021 | The Equalizer (2021) (TV Series) · as Jessie Cook |
| 2019 | Angel Has Fallen · as Agent Thompson |
| 2019 | |
| 2017 | Girls Trip · as Lisa Cooper |
| 2016 | Bad Moms · as Stacy |
| 2015 | Magic Mike XXL · as Rome |
| 2014 | Gotham (TV Series) · as Fish Mooney |
| 2013 | Madly Madagascar · as Gloria (voice) |
| 2012 | Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted · as Gloria (voice) |
| 2012 | Men in Black³ · as Party Guest (uncredited) |
| 2010 | I Am · as Cast |
| 2009 | Merry Madagascar · as Gloria (voice) |
| 2009 | HawthoRNe (TV Series) · as Christina Hawthorne |
| 2008 | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa · as Gloria (voice) |
| 2008 | The Women · as Alex Fisher |
| 2008 | The Human Contract · as Rita |
| 2007 | Oprah's Big Give (TV Series) |
| 2007 | Reign Over Me · as Janeane Johnson |
| 2005 | Madagascar · as Gloria (voice) |
| 2004 | Collateral · as Annie Farrell |
| 2003 | The Matrix Revolutions · as Niobe |
| 2003 | The Matrix Reloaded · as Niobe |
| 2003 | Maniac Magee · as Adult Amanda |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! (TV Series) |
| 2001 | Ali · as Sonji Roi |
| 2001 | Kingdom Come · as Charisse Slocumb |
| 2000 | Bamboozled · as Sloan Hopkins |
| 1998 | TRL (2017) (TV Series) |
| 1998 | Return to Paradise · as M.j. Major |
| 1998 | Woo · as Woo |
| 1997 | Scream 2 · as Maureen Evans |
| 1997 | Princess Mononoke · as Toki |
| 1996 | Set It Off · as Stony |
| 1996 | If These Walls Could Talk · as Patti |
| 1996 | Access Hollywood (TV Series) |
| 1996 | The Nutty Professor · as Carla Purty |
| 1995 | Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight · as Jeryline |
| 1994 | A Low Down Dirty Shame · as Peaches |
| 1994 | Jason's Lyric · as Lyric |
| 1994 | The Inkwell · as Lauren Kelly |
| 1994 | Ellen (TV Series) · as Ellen Screen Test #3 |
| 1993 | Menace II Society · as Ronnie |
| 1992 | |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV Series) |
| 1990 | The Trials of Rosie O'Neill (TV Series) · as Velma |
| 1990 | True Colors (TV Series) · as Beverly |
| 1989 | Doogie Howser, M.D. (TV Series) |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Mark (TV Series) |
| 1987 | A Different World (TV Series) · as Lena James |
| 1987 | A Different World · as Lena James |
| 1987 | 21 Jump Street (TV Series) · as Nicole |