Jada Pinkett Smith
Acting
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
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tvQueen Cleopatra
2023
Self - Narrator (voice)
tvAfrican Queens: Njinga
2023
Narrator (voice)
tvThe Equalizer
2021
Jessie Cook
movieAngel Has Fallen
2019
Agent Thompson
tvRed Table Talk
2018
Self - Co-host
movieGirls Trip
2017
Lisa Cooper
movieBad Moms
2016
Stacy
tvGotham
2014
Fish Mooney
movieMadly Madagascar
2013
Gloria (voice)
movieDreamworks: Holiday Classics
2012
Gloria (voice)
movieMadagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
2012
Gloria (voice)
movieMen in Black 3
2012
Party Guest (uncredited)
tvThe Talk
2010
Self
movieMerry Madagascar
2009
Gloria (voice)
tvWatch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
Self - Guest
tvHawthorne
2009
Christina Hawthorne
tvSkavlan
2009
Self - Guest
movieMadagascar: Escape 2 Africa
2008
Gloria (voice)
movieThe Women
2008
Alex Fisher
movieReign Over Me
2007
Janeane Johnson
movieMadagascar
2005
Gloria (voice)
tvDog Whisperer
2004
Self - Owner of Rocco / Self
movieCollateral
2004
Annie Farrell
Maniac Magee
2003
Adult Amanda
movieAli
2001
Sonji Roi
movieKingdom Come
2001
Charisse Slocumb
movieWelcome to Hollywood
2000
Jada Pinkett Smith
movieBamboozled
2000
Sloan Hopkins
movieReturn to Paradise
1998
M.J. Major
movieWoo
1998
Woo
movieSesame Street: Elmopalooza!
1998
Self (archive footage)
movieScream 2
1997
Maureen Evans
tvThe View
1997
Self
movieSet It Off
1996
Stony
movieThe Nutty Professor
1996
Carla Purty
tvMADtv
1995
Self
movieThe Inkwell
1994
Lauren Kelly
tvEllen
1994
Ellen Screen Test #3
tvLate Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
Self - Guest
tvTrue Colors
1990
Beverly
tvDoogie Howser, M.D.
1989
Trish Andrews
tvA Different World
1987
Lena James
tv21 Jump Street
1987
Nicole
tvThe Oscars
1953
Self
Girls Trip 2
Lisa Cooper
Redd Zone
Tia Magee
Production17
tvQueen Cleopatra
2023
Executive Producer
tvAfrican Queens: Njinga
2023
Executive Producer
tvOff Thee Leash
2022
Producer
movieKing Richard
2021
Executive Producer
movieCops and Robbers
2020
Executive Producer
movieLife in a Year
2020
Executive Producer
movieCharm City Kings
2020
Executive Producer
movieHala
2019
Executive Producer
movieSprinter
2019
Executive Producer
movieAnnie
2014
Producer
movieAfter Earth
2013
Producer
movieFree Angela and All Political Prisoners
2012
Executive Producer
movieThe Karate Kid
2010
Producer
tvHawthorne
2009
Producer
movieThe Secret Life of Bees
2008
Executive Producer
tvAll of Us
2003
Executive Producer
Redd Zone
Producer
Creator3
Writing3
Crew1
Directing1
movieThe Human Contract
2008
Director