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Jada Pinkett Smith
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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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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.
Known For
The Oscars
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
MADtv
The Early Show
The Equalizer
Doogie Howser, M.D.
The Chris Rock Show
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
21 Jump Street
Men in Black 3
Gotham
A Different World
Scream 2
The Matrix Resurrections
Showbiz Kids
The Matrix Recalibrated
Magic Mike XXL
Bad Moms
The Matrix Revolutions
The Matrix Reloaded
Menace II Society
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
Madagascar
Madly Madagascar
Angel Has Fallen
Girls Trip
Collateral
The Nutty Professor
Queen Cleopatra
African Queens: Njinga
Woo
Production Credits
King Richard
The Karate Kid
Charm City Kings
Hala
All of Us
After Earth
Annie
African Queens: Njinga
Life in a Year
Queen Cleopatra
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