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

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Gotham

The View

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

21 Jump Street

All Movies (54)

• The Matrix Resurrections2021 · as Niobe
• Madame X Presents: Madame Xtra Q&A2021 · as Self
• Showbiz Kids2020 · as Self
• Angel Has Fallen2019 · as Agent Thompson
• Kelly Talk2019
• Girls Trip2017 · as Lisa Cooper
• Bad Moms2016 · as Stacy
• Magic Mike XXL2015 · as Rome
• David Blaine: Real or Magic2013 · as Self
• Madly Madagascar2013 · as Gloria (voice)
• Dreamworks: Holiday Classics2012 · as Gloria (voice)
• Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’2012 · as Self
• Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted2012 · as Gloria (voice)
• Men in Black 32012 · as Party Guest (uncredited)
• Merry Madagascar2009 · as Gloria (voice)
• Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa2008 · as Gloria (voice)
• The Women2008 · as Alex Fisher
• The Human Contract2008 · as Rita
• Reign Over Me2007 · as Janeane Johnson
• Ozzfest: 10th Anniversary2005 · as Self
• Madagascar2005 · as Gloria (voice)
• City of Night: The Making of 'Collateral'2004 · as Self
• The Matrix Revolutions Revisited2004 · as Self
• The Matrix Reloaded Revisited2004 · as Self
• The Matrix Reloaded: Car Chase2004 · as Self
• Collateral2004 · as Annie Farrell
• The Matrix Recalibrated2004 · as Self
• Tupac: Resurrection2003 · as Self
• The Matrix Revolutions2003 · as Niobe
• The Matrix Reloaded: Pre-Load2003 · as Self
• Making 'Enter the Matrix'2003 · as Self
• The Matrix Reloaded2003 · as Niobe
• Maniac Magee2003 · as Adult Amanda
• Ali2001 · as Sonji Roi
• The Making of 'Bamboozled'2001 · as Self
• Kingdom Come2001 · as Charisse Slocumb
• Welcome to Hollywood2000 · as Jada Pinkett Smith
• Bamboozled2000 · as Sloan Hopkins
• Return to Paradise1998 · as M.J. Major
• Woo1998 · as Woo
• Sesame Street: Elmopalooza!1998 · as Self (archive footage)
• Scream 21997 · as Maureen Evans
• Set It Off1996 · as Stony
• If These Walls Could Talk1996 · as Patti
• The Nutty Professor1996 · as Carla Purty
• Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight1995 · as Jeryline
• A Low Down Dirty Shame1994 · as Peaches
• Jason's Lyric1994 · as Lyric
• The Inkwell1994 · as Lauren Kelly
• Menace II Society1993 · as Ronnie
• Moe's World1990
• Girls Trip 2— · as Lisa Cooper
• Untitled Holiday Comedy Project—
• Redd Zone— · as Tia Magee

All TV Shows (38)

• Queen Cleopatra2023 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• African Queens: Njinga2023 · as Narrator (voice)
• The Equalizer2021 · as Jessie Cook
• The Lateish Show with Mo Gilligan2019 · as Self
• Will Smith's Bucket List2019 · as Herself
• Red Table Talk2018 · as Self - Co-host
• Carpool Karaoke: The Series2017 · as Self
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert2015 · as Self
• Gotham2014 · as Fish Mooney
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014 · as Self
• The Talk2010 · as Self
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen2009 · as Self - Guest
• Hawthorne2009 · as Christina Hawthorne
• Skavlan2009 · as Self - Guest
• Oprah's Big Give2008
• The One Show2006 · as Self
• VH1 Rock Honors2006
• The Reichen Show2005 · as Self
• Dog Whisperer2004 · as Self - Owner of Rocco
• Dog Whisperer2004 · as Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self
• Good Day Live2001 · as Self
• The Early Show1999 · as Self
• TRL1998
• The View1997 · as Self
• The Chris Rock Show1997 · as Self
• Access Hollywood1996
• The Rosie O'Donnell Show1996 · as Self
• MADtv1995 · as Self
• Ellen1994 · as Ellen Screen Test #3
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien1993 · as Self - Guest
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno1992
• True Colors1990 · as Beverly
• Doogie Howser, M.D.1989 · as Trish Andrews
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark1988
• A Different World1987 · as Lena James
• 21 Jump Street1987 · as Nicole
• The Oscars1953 · as Self