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.

Cast

Madagascar

(Gloria (voice))

The Matrix Reloaded

(Niobe)

The Matrix Revolutions

(Niobe)

Collateral

(Annie Farrell)

Girls Trip 2

(Lisa Cooper)

Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa

(Gloria (voice))

Reign Over Me

(Janeane Johnson)

Jason's Lyric

(Lyric)

Bamboozled

(Sloan Hopkins)

Ali

(Sonji Roi)

Merry Madagascar

(Gloria (voice))

Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight

(Jeryline)

A Low Down Dirty Shame

(Peaches)

Menace II Society

(Ronnie)

The Nutty Professor

(Carla Purty)

Set It Off

(Stony)

If These Walls Could Talk

(Patti)

The Women

(Alex Fisher)

Madame X Presents: Madame Xtra Q&A

(Self)

Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted

(Gloria (voice))

Moe's World

Woo

(Woo)

The Inkwell

(Lauren Kelly)

Madly Madagascar

(Gloria (voice))

The Human Contract

(Rita)

Scream 2

(Maureen Evans)

Magic Mike XXL

(Rome)

Sesame Street: Elmopalooza!

(Self (archive footage))

Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’

(Self)

David Blaine: Real or Magic

(Self)

Ozzfest: 10th Anniversary

(Herself)

Kingdom Come

(Charisse Slocumb)

Return to Paradise

(M.J. Major)

Bad Moms

(Stacy)

Maniac Magee

(Narrator)

Girls Trip

(Lisa Cooper)

City of Night: The Making of 'Collateral'

(Self)

Welcome to Hollywood

(Jada Pinkett Smith)

Untitled Holiday Comedy Project

Angel Has Fallen

(Agent Thompson)

Kelly Talk

The Matrix Reloaded Revisited

(Self)

The Matrix Revolutions Revisited

(Self)

The Matrix Resurrections

(Niobe)

The Making of 'Bamboozled'

(Self)

The Matrix Recalibrated

(Self)

The Matrix Reloaded: Car Chase

(Herself)

The Matrix Reloaded: Pre-Load

(Self)

Making 'Enter the Matrix'

(Self)

Showbiz Kids

(Self)

Men in Black 3

(Party Guest (uncredited))

Redd Zone

(Tia Magee)

Ellen

(Ellen Screen Test #3)

21 Jump Street

(Nicole)

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

The One Show

(Self)

Doogie Howser, M.D.

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

The View

(Self)

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

The Early Show

(Self)

A Different World

(Lena James)

Oprah's Big Give

MADtv

(Self)

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

(Self - Guest)

True Colors

(Beverly)

VH1 Rock Honors

Hawthorne

(Christina Hawthorne)

The Oscars

(Self)

Good Day Live

(Self)

TRL

Queen Cleopatra

(Self - Narrator (voice))

African Queens: Njinga

(Narrator (voice))

Gotham

(Fish Mooney)

Skavlan

(Self - Guest)

The Chris Rock Show

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

(Self)

Carpool Karaoke: The Series

(Self)

The Reichen Show

(Self)

The Rosie O'Donnell Show

(Self)

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Red Table Talk

(Self - Co-host)

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

(Self - Guest)

Will Smith's Bucket List

(Herself)

The Equalizer

(Jessie Cook)

Access Hollywood

The Lateish Show with Mo Gilligan

(Self)