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Jada Pinkett Smith

Acting Born Sep 18, 1971 Baltimore, Maryland, USA 24 credits

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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Known for

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

as Self - Guest

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

as Self

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

as Self

Gotham

as Fish Mooney

The Equalizer

as Jessie Cook

Teen Titans

as Niobe

Full filmography

  • Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (2009) as Self - Guest
  • The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014) as Self
  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015) as Self
  • Gotham (2014) as Fish Mooney
  • The View (1997) as Self
  • Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003) as Self
  • LIVE with Kelly and Mark (1988)
  • 21 Jump Street (1987) as Nicole
  • Ellen (1994) as Ellen Screen Test #3
  • Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993) as Self - Guest
  • The Equalizer (2021) as Jessie Cook
  • The One Show (2006) as Self
  • The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992)
  • Madagascar (2005) as Gloria (voice)
  • A Different World (1987) as Lena James
  • Good Day Live (2001) as Self
  • The Oscars (1953) as Self
  • Doogie Howser, M.D. (1989) as Trish Andrews
  • The Reichen Show (2005) as Self
  • Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (2012) as Gloria (voice)
  • Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008) as Gloria (voice)
  • The Talk (2010) as Self
  • The Matrix Reloaded (2003) as Niobe
  • Carpool Karaoke: The Series (2017) as Self