Jada Pinkett Smith

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

91

Gender

Female

Birthday

1971-09-18 (54 years old)

Place of Birth

Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Jada Pinkett Smith

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.

Known For

  • The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

    The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

  • Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

    Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

    The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

  • Gotham

    Gotham

  • The One Show

    The One Show

  • LIVE with Kelly and Mark

    LIVE with Kelly and Mark

  • Jimmy Kimmel Live!

    Jimmy Kimmel Live!

  • The View

    The View

  • 21 Jump Street

    21 Jump Street

  • Good Day Live

    Good Day Live

  • Late Night with Conan O'Brien

    Late Night with Conan O'Brien

  • The Equalizer

    The Equalizer

  • The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

    The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

  • A Different World

    A Different World

  • Ellen

    Ellen

  • Madagascar

    Madagascar

  • The Reichen Show

    The Reichen Show

  • Doogie Howser, M.D.

    Doogie Howser, M.D.

  • The Matrix Resurrections

    The Matrix Resurrections

  • Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa

    Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa

  • Carpool Karaoke: The Series

    Carpool Karaoke: The Series

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • Skavlan

    Skavlan

  • Angel Has Fallen

    Angel Has Fallen

  • The Matrix Reloaded

    The Matrix Reloaded

  • Scream 2

    Scream 2

  • The Matrix Revolutions

    The Matrix Revolutions

  • Collateral

    Collateral

  • Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted

    Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted

  • TRL

    TRL

  • Men in Black 3

    Men in Black 3

  • Dog Whisperer

    Dog Whisperer

  • Dog Whisperer

    Dog Whisperer

  • The Chris Rock Show

    The Chris Rock Show

  • The Nutty Professor

    The Nutty Professor

  • Access Hollywood

    Access Hollywood

  • Hawthorne

    Hawthorne

  • Madame X Presents: Madame Xtra Q&A

    Madame X Presents: Madame Xtra Q&A

  • Red Table Talk

    Red Table Talk

  • Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight

    Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight

  • Ali

    Ali

  • The Rosie O'Donnell Show

    The Rosie O'Donnell Show

  • The Human Contract

    The Human Contract

  • Reign Over Me

    Reign Over Me

  • Madly Madagascar

    Madly Madagascar

  • City of Night: The Making of 'Collateral'

    City of Night: The Making of 'Collateral'

  • Sesame Street: Elmopalooza!

    Sesame Street: Elmopalooza!

  • Bad Moms

    Bad Moms

  • The Matrix Revolutions Revisited

    The Matrix Revolutions Revisited

  • The Women

    The Women

  • If These Walls Could Talk

    If These Walls Could Talk

  • Return to Paradise

    Return to Paradise

  • True Colors

    True Colors

  • Menace II Society

    Menace II Society

  • The Early Show

    The Early Show

  • Moe's World

    Moe's World

  • Merry Madagascar

    Merry Madagascar

  • The Matrix Reloaded: Pre-Load

    The Matrix Reloaded: Pre-Load

  • Magic Mike XXL

    Magic Mike XXL

  • A Different World

    A Different World

  • The Matrix Reloaded Revisited

    The Matrix Reloaded Revisited

  • Girls Trip

    Girls Trip

  • The Matrix Reloaded: Car Chase

    The Matrix Reloaded: Car Chase

  • Queen Cleopatra

    Queen Cleopatra

  • The Matrix Recalibrated

    The Matrix Recalibrated

  • Set It Off

    Set It Off

  • A Low Down Dirty Shame

    A Low Down Dirty Shame

  • Tupac: Resurrection

    Tupac: Resurrection

  • The Lateish Show with Mo Gilligan

    The Lateish Show with Mo Gilligan

  • Kingdom Come

    Kingdom Come

  • Maniac Magee

    Maniac Magee

  • Welcome to Hollywood

    Welcome to Hollywood

  • Making 'Enter the Matrix'

    Making 'Enter the Matrix'

  • Bamboozled

    Bamboozled

  • African Queens: Njinga

    African Queens: Njinga

  • VH1 Rock Honors

    VH1 Rock Honors

  • Woo

    Woo

  • MADtv

    MADtv

  • Will Smith's Bucket List

    Will Smith's Bucket List

  • The Making of 'Bamboozled'

    The Making of 'Bamboozled'

  • Showbiz Kids

    Showbiz Kids

  • Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’

    Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’

  • Oprah's Big Give

    Oprah's Big Give

  • David Blaine: Real or Magic

    David Blaine: Real or Magic

  • Redd Zone

    Redd Zone

  • The Inkwell

    The Inkwell

  • Untitled Holiday Comedy Project

    Untitled Holiday Comedy Project

  • Girls Trip 2

    Girls Trip 2

  • Jason's Lyric

    Jason's Lyric

  • Ozzfest: 10th Anniversary

    Ozzfest: 10th Anniversary

  • Kelly Talk

    Kelly Talk