Acting · Baltimore, Maryland, USA · Born September 18, 1971
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.
TVQueen Cleopatra
2023
as Self - Narrator (voice)
TVAfrican Queens: Njinga
2023
as Narrator (voice)
MovieThe Matrix Resurrections
2021
as Niobe
MovieMadame X Presents: Madame Xtra Q&A
2021
as Self
TVThe Equalizer
2021
as Jessie Cook
MovieShowbiz Kids
2020
as Self
MovieAngel Has Fallen
2019
as Agent Thompson
TVThe Lateish Show with Mo Gilligan
2019
as Self
TVWill Smith's Bucket List
2019
as Herself
Kelly Talk
2019
TVRed Table Talk
2018
as Self - Co-host
TVCarpool Karaoke: The Series
2017
as Self
MovieGirls Trip
2017
as Lisa Cooper
MovieBad Moms
2016
as Stacy
TVThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self
MovieMagic Mike XXL
2015
as Rome
TVGotham
2014
as Fish Mooney
Gotham: The Legend Reborn
2014
as Self
TVThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self
MovieDavid Blaine: Real or Magic
2013
as Self
MovieMadly Madagascar
2013
as Gloria (voice)
MovieDreamworks: Holiday Classics
2012
as Gloria (voice)
MovieYo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
2012
as Self
MovieMadagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
2012
as Gloria (voice)
MovieMen in Black 3
2012
as Party Guest (uncredited)
TVThe Talk
2010
as Self
MovieMerry Madagascar
2009
as Gloria (voice)
TVWatch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest
TVHawthorne
2009
as Christina Hawthorne
TVSkavlan
2009
as Self - Guest
MovieMadagascar: Escape 2 Africa
2008
as Gloria (voice)
MovieThe Women
2008
as Alex Fisher
MovieThe Human Contract
2008
as Rita
Oprah's Big Give
2008
MovieReign Over Me
2007
as Janeane Johnson
TVThe One Show
2006
as Self
TVVH1 Rock Honors
2006
MovieOzzfest: 10th Anniversary
2005
as Self
The Reichen Show
2005
as Self
MovieMadagascar
2005
as Gloria (voice)
MovieCity of Night: The Making of 'Collateral'
2004
as Self
MovieThe Matrix Revolutions Revisited
2004
as Self
MovieThe Matrix Reloaded Revisited
2004
as Self
MovieThe Matrix Reloaded: Car Chase
2004
as Self
TVDog Whisperer
2004
as Self - Owner of Rocco
MovieCollateral
2004
as Annie Farrell
MovieThe Matrix Recalibrated
2004
as Self
MovieTupac: Resurrection
2003
as Self
MovieThe Matrix Revolutions
2003
as Niobe
The Matrix Reloaded: Pre-Load
2003
as Self
MovieMaking 'Enter the Matrix'
2003
as Self
MovieThe Matrix Reloaded
2003
as Niobe
Maniac Magee
2003
as Adult Amanda
TVJimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self
MovieAli
2001
as Sonji Roi
Good Day Live
2001
as Self
MovieThe Making of 'Bamboozled'
2001
as Self
MovieKingdom Come
2001
as Charisse Slocumb
MovieWelcome to Hollywood
2000
as Jada Pinkett Smith
MovieBamboozled
2000
as Sloan Hopkins
TVThe Early Show
1999
as Self
TVTRL
1998
MovieReturn to Paradise
1998
as M.J. Major
MovieWoo
1998
as Woo
MovieSesame Street: Elmopalooza!
1998
as Self (archive footage)
MovieScream 2
1997
as Maureen Evans
TVThe View
1997
as Self
TVThe Chris Rock Show
1997
as Self
MovieSet It Off
1996
as Stony
MovieIf These Walls Could Talk
1996
as Patti
TVAccess Hollywood
1996
MovieThe Nutty Professor
1996
as Carla Purty
TVThe Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
as Self
TVMADtv
1995
as Self
MovieTales from the Crypt: Demon Knight
1995
as Jeryline
MovieA Low Down Dirty Shame
1994
as Peaches
MovieJason's Lyric
1994
as Lyric
MovieThe Inkwell
1994
as Lauren Kelly
TVEllen
1994
as Ellen Screen Test #3
TVLate Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
MovieMenace II Society
1993
as Ronnie
TVThe Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
TVTrue Colors
1990
as Beverly
MovieMoe's World
1990
TVDoogie Howser, M.D.
1989
as Trish Andrews
TVLIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
TVA Different World
1987
as Lena James
TV21 Jump Street
1987
as Nicole
TVThe Oscars
1953
as Self
Girls Trip 2
as Lisa Cooper
Untitled Holiday Comedy Project
Redd Zone
as Tia Magee
