Acting
Jada Pinkett Smith
EN cinema · 68 credits
Born
18 September 1971 (age 55)
Birthplace
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Also known as Jada Pinkett · Jada Smith · Jada Koren Pinkett Smith · ジェイダ・ピンケット
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
Filmography
Girls Trip 2
Girls Trip 2
as Lisa Cooper
Redd Zone
Redd Zone
as Tia Magee, Producer
King Richard
Executive Producer
Showbiz Kids
as Self
Life in a Year
Executive Producer
Charm City Kings
Executive Producer
Cops and Robbers
Executive Producer
Angel Has Fallen
as Agent Thompson
Hala
Executive Producer
Sprinter
Executive Producer
Girls Trip
as Lisa Cooper
Bad Moms
as Stacy
Magic Mike XXL
as Rome
Annie
Producer
Madly Madagascar
as Gloria (voice)
After Earth
Producer
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
as Gloria (voice)
Men in Black 3
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Dreamworks: Holiday Classics
as Gloria (voice)
Free Angela and All Political Prisoners
Executive Producer
The Karate Kid
Producer
Merry Madagascar
as Gloria (voice)
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
as Gloria (voice)
The Women
as Alex Fisher
The Human Contract
as Rita, Writer, Director
The Secret Life of Bees
Executive Producer
I Am Legend: Awakening - Story 2: Isolation
2008
I Am Legend: Awakening - Story 2: Isolation
Author, Creative Consultant
Reign Over Me
as Janeane Johnson
Madagascar
as Gloria (voice)
Collateral
as Annie Farrell
The Matrix Reloaded
as Niobe
Maniac Magee
as Adult Amanda
Ali
as Sonji Roi
Kingdom Come
as Charisse Slocumb
Bamboozled
as Sloan Hopkins
Welcome to Hollywood
as Jada Pinkett Smith
Woo
as Woo
Sesame Street: Elmopalooza!
as Self (archive footage)
Return to Paradise
as M.J. Major
Scream 2
as Maureen
The Nutty Professor
as Carla Purty
Set It Off
as Stony
Jason's Lyric
as Lyric
A Low Down Dirty Shame
as Peaches
The Inkwell
as Lauren Kelly
Menace II Society
as Ronnie