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Jada Pinkett Smith

Jada Pinkett Smith

Birthday: 1971-09-18 | Place of Birth: Baltimore, Maryland, USA

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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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2021
The Matrix Resurrections

as    General Niobe

2020
Showbiz Kids

as    Self

2019
Angel Has Fallen

as    Agent Thompson

2018
Red Table Talk

as    Self - Co-host

2017
Girls Trip

as    Lisa Cooper

2016
Bad Moms

as    Stacy

2015
Magic Mike XXL

as    Rome

2013
Madly Madagascar

as    Gloria (voice)

2012
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted

as    Gloria (voice)

2009
Hawthorne

as    Christina Hawthorne

2009
Merry Madagascar

as    Gloria (voice)

2009
Merry Madagascar

as    Gloria (voice)

2008
The Women

as    Alex Fisher

2008
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa

as    Gloria (voice)

2008
The Human Contract

as    Rita

2005
Madagascar

as    Gloria (voice)

2004
Collateral

as    Annie Farrell

2004
The Matrix Recalibrated

as    Self

2003
The Matrix Revolutions

as    Niobe

2003
The Matrix Reloaded

as    Niobe

2001
Kingdom Come

as    Charisse Slocumb

2001
Ali

as    Sonji Roi

2000
Bamboozled

as    Sloan Hopkins

1998
Return to Paradise

as    M.J. Major

1998
Woo

as    Woo

1996
The Nutty Professor

as    Carla Purty

1996
Set It Off

as    Stony

1995