Acting
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.
Movies with Jada Pinkett Smith
The Matrix Reloaded
2003
Madagascar
2005
The Matrix Resurrections
2021
Angel Has Fallen
2019
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
2008
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
2012
The Matrix Revolutions
2003
Men in Black 3
2012
Scream 2
1997
Collateral
2004
The Nutty Professor
1996
Bad Moms
2016
Merry Madagascar
2009
Girls Trip
2017
Menace II Society
1993
Magic Mike XXL
2015
Reign Over Me
2007
The Women
2008
Set It Off
1996
Madly Madagascar
2013
Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight
1995
Ali
2001
Bamboozled
2000
Kingdom Come
2001
The Human Contract
2008
Return to Paradise
1998
Welcome to Hollywood
2000
David Blaine: Real or Magic
2013
The Matrix Recalibrated
2004
A Low Down Dirty Shame
1994
Maniac Magee
2003
Showbiz Kids
2020
Sesame Street: Elmopalooza!
1998
Jason's Lyric
1994
If These Walls Could Talk
1996
Moe's World
1990
Tupac: Resurrection
2003
Dreamworks: Holiday Classics
2012
The Inkwell
1994
Girls Trip 2
Woo
1998
The Matrix Reloaded: Pre-Load
2003
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
2012
The Matrix Revolutions Revisited
2004
Untitled Holiday Comedy Project
Kelly Talk
2019
The Matrix Reloaded Revisited
2004
Redd Zone
City of Night: The Making of 'Collateral'
2004
Madame X Presents: Madame Xtra Q&A
2021
Ozzfest: 10th Anniversary
2005
Making 'Enter the Matrix'
2003
The Making of 'Bamboozled'
2001
The Matrix Reloaded: Car Chase
2004
TV Shows with Jada Pinkett Smith
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
Gotham
2014
21 Jump Street
1987
The View
1997
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
The Equalizer
2021
The Talk
2010
The One Show
2006
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
Ellen
1994
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
A Different World
1987
Good Day Live
2001
Doogie Howser, M.D.
1989
The Oscars
1953
The Reichen Show
2005
Skavlan
2009
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
2017
Dog Whisperer
2004
Hawthorne
2009
TRL
1998
Access Hollywood
1996
True Colors
1990
Red Table Talk
2018
The Chris Rock Show
1997
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
Queen Cleopatra
2023
The Early Show
1999
Will Smith's Bucket List
2019
The Lateish Show with Mo Gilligan
2019
MADtv
1995
African Queens: Njinga
2023
VH1 Rock Honors
2006
Oprah's Big Give
2008