Acting
Jada Pinkett Smith
Born Sep 18, 1971 · Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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.
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Acting
A Different World
2026
Comedy · Drama
African Queens: Njinga
2023
Documentary
The Matrix Resurrections
2021
Science Fiction · Action · Adventure
Madame X Presents: Madame Xtra Q&A
2021
Documentary
The Equalizer
2021
Crime · Drama
Showbiz Kids
2020
Documentary · History · Drama
Angel Has Fallen
2019
Action · Thriller
Girls Trip
2017
Comedy · Romance · Adventure
Bad Moms
2016
Comedy
Magic Mike XXL
2015
Comedy · Drama
Gotham
2014
Drama · Crime · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
David Blaine: Real or Magic
2013
TV Movie · Family · Documentary
Madly Madagascar
2013
Animation · Comedy · Family
Dreamworks: Holiday Classics
2012
Animation · Family · Comedy
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
2012
Documentary · Music
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
2012
Animation · Family · Comedy
Men in Black 3
2012
Action · Comedy · Science Fiction
Merry Madagascar
2009
Animation · Family
Hawthorne
2009
Drama
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
2008
Adventure · Animation · Comedy
The Women
2008
Drama · Comedy
The Human Contract
2008
Drama
Reign Over Me
2007
Drama
VH1 Rock Honors
2006
Drama · News · Talk
Ozzfest: 10th Anniversary
2005
Music
Madagascar
2005
Adventure · Animation · Comedy
City of Night: The Making of 'Collateral'
2004
Documentary
The Matrix Revolutions Revisited
2004
Documentary
The Matrix Reloaded Revisited
2004
Documentary
The Matrix Reloaded: Car Chase
2004
Documentary
Collateral
2004
Drama · Crime · Thriller
The Matrix Recalibrated
2004
Documentary · Science Fiction
Tupac: Resurrection
2003
Music · Documentary
The Matrix Revolutions
2003
Action · Thriller · Science Fiction
Making 'Enter the Matrix'
2003
Documentary
The Matrix Reloaded
2003
Action · Thriller · Science Fiction
Maniac Magee
2003
Action · Adventure · Fantasy
Ali
2001
Drama
The Making of 'Bamboozled'
2001
Documentary
Kingdom Come
2001
Comedy · Drama
Welcome to Hollywood
2000
Comedy
Bamboozled
2000
Comedy · Drama
TRL
1998
Return to Paradise
1998
Drama · Thriller · Romance
Woo
1998
Comedy · Romance
Sesame Street: Elmopalooza!
1998
Family · Music · TV Movie
Scream 2
1997
Horror · Mystery
Set It Off
1996
Crime · Drama · Thriller
If These Walls Could Talk
1996
TV Movie · Drama
Access Hollywood
1996
News
The Nutty Professor
1996
Comedy · Science Fiction · Romance
Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight
1995
Horror · Comedy · Thriller
A Low Down Dirty Shame
1994
Comedy · Crime · Action
Jason's Lyric
1994
Crime · Drama · Romance
The Inkwell
1994
Comedy · Drama · Romance
Ellen
1994
Comedy
Menace II Society
1993
Drama · Crime · Thriller
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Talk · Comedy
True Colors
1990
Comedy
Moe's World
1990
Drama · TV Movie
Doogie Howser, M.D.
1989
Drama · Comedy
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Talk
A Different World
1987
Comedy · Family
21 Jump Street
1987
Crime · Mystery · Drama
Directed
The Human Contract
2008
Drama
Written
I Am Legend Awakening
2008
Science Fiction · Horror