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Jada Pinkett Smith
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 Tru…
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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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2023
Queen Cleopatra
TV show Self - Narrator (voice)
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2023
African Queens: Njinga
TV show Narrator (voice)
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2022
Off Thee Leash
TV show Producer
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2021
The Matrix Resurrections
Movie Niobe
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2021
King Richard
Movie Executive Producer
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2021
Madame X Presents: Madame Xtra Q&A
Movie Self
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2021
The Equalizer
TV show Jessie Cook
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2020
Cops and Robbers
Movie Executive Producer
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2020
Life in a Year
Movie Executive Producer
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2020
Showbiz Kids
Movie Self
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2020
Charm City Kings
Movie Executive Producer
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2019
Hala
Movie Executive Producer
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2019
Angel Has Fallen
Movie Agent Thompson
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2019
The Lateish Show with Mo Gilligan
TV show Self
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2019
Sprinter
Movie Executive Producer
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2019
Will Smith's Bucket List
TV show Herself
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2019
Kelly Talk
Movie
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2018
Red Table Talk
TV show Self - Co-host
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2017
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
TV show Self
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2017
Girls Trip
Movie Lisa Cooper
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2016
Bad Moms
Movie Stacy
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2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV show Self
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2015
Magic Mike XXL
Movie Rome
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2014
Annie
Movie Producer
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2014
Gotham
TV show Fish Mooney
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2014
Gotham: The Legend Reborn
Movie Self
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2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV show Self
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2013
David Blaine: Real or Magic
Movie Self
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2013
After Earth
Movie Producer
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2013
Madly Madagascar
Movie Gloria (voice)
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2012
Dreamworks: Holiday Classics
Movie Gloria (voice)
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2012
Free Angela and All Political Prisoners
Movie Executive Producer
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2012
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
Movie Self
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2012
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
Movie Gloria (voice)
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2012
Men in Black 3
Movie Party Guest (uncredited)
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2010
The Talk
TV show Self
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2010
The Karate Kid
Movie Producer
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2009
Merry Madagascar
Movie Gloria (voice)
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2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV show Self - Guest
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2009
Hawthorne
TV show Christina Hawthorne
