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.
Acted in
Queen Cleopatra
2023
as Self - Narrator (voice)
African Queens: Njinga
2023
as Narrator (voice)
The Matrix Resurrections
2021
as Niobe
Madame X Presents: Madame Xtra Q&A
2021
as Self
The Equalizer
2021
as Jessie Cook
Showbiz Kids
2020
as Self
Angel Has Fallen
2019
as Agent Thompson
Will Smith's Bucket List
2019
as Herself
Kelly Talk
2019
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
2017
as Self
Girls Trip
2017
as Lisa Cooper
Bad Moms
2016
as Stacy
Magic Mike XXL
2015
as Rome
Gotham
2014
as Fish Mooney
David Blaine: Real or Magic
2013
as Self
Madly Madagascar
2013
as Gloria (voice)
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
2012
as Self
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
2012
as Gloria (voice)
Men in Black 3
2012
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Merry Madagascar
2009
as Gloria (voice)
Hawthorne
2009
as Christina Hawthorne
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
2008
as Gloria (voice)
The Women
2008
as Alex Fisher
The Human Contract
2008
as Rita
Oprah's Big Give
2008
Reign Over Me
2007
as Janeane Johnson
Ozzfest: 10th Anniversary
2005
as Herself
Madagascar
2005
as Gloria (voice)
Dreamworks Happy Holidays from Madagascar
2005
City of Night: The Making of 'Collateral'
2004
as Self
The Matrix Reloaded Revisited
2004
as Self
The Matrix Revolutions Revisited
2004
as Self
The Matrix Reloaded: Car Chase
2004
as Herself
Collateral
2004
as Annie Farrell
The Matrix Recalibrated
2004
as Self
The Matrix Revolutions
2003
as Niobe
The Matrix Reloaded: Pre-Load
2003
as Self
Making 'Enter the Matrix'
2003
as Self
The Matrix Reloaded
2003
as Niobe
Maniac Magee
2003
as Narrator
Ali
2001
as Sonji Roi
The Making of 'Bamboozled'
2001
as Self
Kingdom Come
2001
as Charisse Slocumb
Bamboozled
2000
as Sloan Hopkins
Welcome to Hollywood
1998
as Jada Pinkett Smith
TRL
1998
Return to Paradise
1998
as M.J. Major
Woo
1998
as Woo
Sesame Street: Elmopalooza!
1998
as Self (archive footage)
Scream 2
1997
as Maureen Evans
The Chris Rock Show
1997
Set It Off
1996
as Stony
If These Walls Could Talk
1996
as Patti
The Nutty Professor
1996
as Carla Purty
MADtv
1995
as Self
Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight
1995
as Jeryline
A Low Down Dirty Shame
1994
as Peaches
Jason's Lyric
1994
as Lyric
The Inkwell
1994
as Lauren Kelly
Menace II Society
1993
as Ronnie
True Colors
1990
as Beverly
Moe's World
1990
Doogie Howser, M.D.
1989
A Different World
1987
as Lena James
21 Jump Street
1987
as Nicole
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Girls Trip 2
as Lisa Cooper
Untitled Holiday Comedy Project
Redd Zone
as Tia Magee