Jada Pinkett Smith

Acting · Born 1971-09-18 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA

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…

Filmography

• The Matrix Reloaded as Niobe
• Collateral as Annie Farrell
• Reign Over Me as Janeane Johnson
• Menace II Society as Ronnie
• The Nutty Professor as Carla Purty
• Set It Off as Stony
• Madagascar as Gloria (voice)
• The Matrix Revolutions as Niobe
• Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa as Gloria (voice)
• Jason's Lyric as Lyric

TV

• Gotham as Fish Mooney
• Ellen as Ellen Screen Test #3
• 21 Jump Street as Nicole
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
• The One Show as Self
• Doogie Howser, M.D.
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark
• The View as Self
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
• The Early Show as Self