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…

Movies & TV Shows

1. The Matrix Reloaded (2003) — Niobe
2. Madagascar (2005) — Gloria (voice)
3. Men in Black 3 (2012) — Party Guest (uncredited)
4. The Matrix Revolutions (2003) — Niobe
5. Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008) — Gloria (voice)
6. Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (2012) — Gloria (voice)
7. The Matrix Resurrections (2021) — Niobe
8. Collateral (2004) — Annie Farrell
9. Scream 2 (1997) — Maureen
10. Bad Moms (2016) — Stacy
11. Angel Has Fallen (2019) — Agent Thompson
12. Gotham (2014) — Fish Mooney
13. The Nutty Professor (1996) — Carla Purty
14. Ali (2001) — Sonji Roi
15. Magic Mike XXL (2015) — Rome
16. Girls Trip (2017) — Lisa Cooper
17. Reign Over Me (2007) — Janeane Johnson
18. Menace II Society (1993) — Ronnie
19. Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight (1995) — Jeryline
20. Set It Off (1996) — Stony
21. The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014) — Self
22. The Women (2008) — Alex Fisher
23. The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015) — Self
24. Merry Madagascar (2009) — Gloria (voice)
25. The Equalizer (2021) — Jessie Cook
26. Return to Paradise (1998) — M.J. Major
27. Madly Madagascar (2013) — Gloria (voice)
28. Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003) — Self
29. 21 Jump Street (1987) — Nicole
30. Queen Cleopatra (2023) — Self - Narrator (voice)
31. Tupac: Resurrection (2003) — Self
32. Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993) — Self - Guest
33. Bamboozled (2000) — Sloan Hopkins
34. MADtv (1995) — Self
35. Doogie Howser, M.D. (1989) — Trish Andrews
36. A Low Down Dirty Shame (1994) — Peaches
37. The View (1997) — Self
38. Dreamworks: Holiday Classics (2012) — Gloria (voice)
39. The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992)
40. David Blaine: Real or Magic (2013) — Self

Directed

1. The Human Contract (2008) — Director