Jada Pinkett Smith
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.
90 acting credits · 1 directing credit
Acting · 90
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Gotham
2014
The View
1997
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
The One Show
2006
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
21 Jump Street
1987
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
The Equalizer
2021
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Ellen
1994
A Different World
1987
Madagascar
2005
The Oscars
1953
Good Day Live
2001
The Reichen Show
2005
Doogie Howser, M.D.
1989
The Matrix Reloaded
2003
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
2017
Skavlan
2009
TRL
1998
The Matrix Revolutions
2003
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
2008
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
2012
The Matrix Resurrections
2021
Men in Black 3
2012
Angel Has Fallen
2019
The Chris Rock Show
1997
Scream 2
1997
Red Table Talk
2018
Hawthorne
2009
Collateral
2004
True Colors
1990
Dog Whisperer
2004
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
Access Hollywood
1996
Girls Trip
2017
The Nutty Professor
1996
Menace II Society
1993
Bad Moms
2016
Ali
2001
Magic Mike XXL
2015
Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight
1995
Madly Madagascar
2013
Will Smith's Bucket List
2019
The Early Show
1999
Reign Over Me
2007
Set It Off
1996
The Women
2008
Merry Madagascar
2009
MADtv
1995
Queen Cleopatra
2023
The Lateish Show with Mo Gilligan
2019
The Matrix Recalibrated
2004
VH1 Rock Honors
2006
Return to Paradise
1998
The Human Contract
2008
A Low Down Dirty Shame
1994
Oprah's Big Give
2008
African Queens: Njinga
2023
If These Walls Could Talk
1996
Tupac: Resurrection
2003
Bamboozled
2000
Kingdom Come
2001
David Blaine: Real or Magic
2013
The Inkwell
1994
Welcome to Hollywood
2000
Sesame Street: Elmopalooza!
1998
City of Night: The Making of 'Collateral'
2004
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
2012
Woo
1998
Dreamworks: Holiday Classics
2012
Showbiz Kids
2020
The Matrix Reloaded: Pre-Load
2003
Jason's Lyric
1994
Madame X Presents: Madame Xtra Q&A
2021
The Matrix Revolutions Revisited
2004
Moe's World
1990
The Matrix Reloaded: Car Chase
2004
Maniac Magee
2003
The Matrix Reloaded Revisited
2004
Ozzfest: 10th Anniversary
2005
Redd Zone
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Girls Trip 2
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Kelly Talk
2019
Making 'Enter the Matrix'
2003
The Making of 'Bamboozled'
2001
Untitled Holiday Comedy Project
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