Cast & creator
Jada Pinkett Smith
Best known for Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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.
Also known as: Jada Pinkett, Jada Smith, Jada Koren Pinkett Smith, ジェイダ・ピンケット
72
film credits
46
television credits
93
1953–2023 · acting roles
6.2
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (118)
Showing 118 of 118 credits
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
2009
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
2015
The View
Self
1997
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
2003
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
The One Show
Self
2006
The Talk
Self
2010
Gotham
Fish Mooney
2014Good Day Live
Self
2001
21 Jump Street
Nicole
1987
The Equalizer
Jessie Cook
2021
A Different World
Lena James
1987
Ellen
Ellen Screen Test #3
1994The Reichen Show
Self
2005
Doogie Howser, M.D.
Trish Andrews
1989
The Oscars
Self
1953
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
Self
2017
The Matrix Reloaded
Niobe
2003
Skavlan
Self - Guest
2009
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
Gloria (voice)
2012
The Karate Kid
Producer
2010
All of Us
Executive Producer
2003All of Us
Creator
2003
The Matrix Revolutions
Niobe
2003
Madagascar
Gloria (voice)
2005
TRL
1998
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
Gloria (voice)
2008
Men in Black 3
Party Guest (uncredited)
2012
Angel Has Fallen
Agent Thompson
2019
Red Table Talk
Self - Co-host
2018Red Table Talk
Creator
2018
The Chris Rock Show
Self
1997
Collateral
Annie Farrell
2004
Scream 2
Maureen
1997
The Matrix Resurrections
Niobe
2021
Dog Whisperer
Self - Owner of Rocco
2004Dog Whisperer
Self
2004
Hawthorne
Christina Hawthorne
2009Hawthorne
Producer
2009
The Early Show
Self
1999
King Richard
Executive Producer
2021
Access Hollywood
1996
After Earth
Producer
2013
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Self
1996
True Colors
Beverly
1990
Girls Trip
Lisa Cooper
2017
The Nutty Professor
Carla Purty
1996
Bad Moms
Stacy
2016
Annie
Producer
2014
Reign Over Me
Janeane Johnson
2007
Charm City Kings
Executive Producer
2020
Life in a Year
Executive Producer
2020
Magic Mike XXL
Rome
2015
Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight
Jeryline
1995
Menace II Society
Ronnie
1993
The Women
Alex Fisher
2008
Merry Madagascar
Gloria (voice)
2009
The Lateish Show with Mo Gilligan
Self
2019
Ali
Sonji Roi
2001
Madly Madagascar
Gloria (voice)
2013
The Secret Life of Bees
Executive Producer
2008
Queen Cleopatra
Self - Narrator (voice)
2023Queen Cleopatra
Executive Producer
2023
Set It Off
Stony
1996
Return to Paradise
M.J. Major
1998
MADtv
Self
1995
VH1 Rock Honors
2006
A Low Down Dirty Shame
Peaches
1994
Will Smith's Bucket List
Herself
2019
If These Walls Could Talk
Patti
1996Oprah's Big Give
2008
Bamboozled
Sloan Hopkins
2000
Welcome to Hollywood
Jada Pinkett Smith
2000
Hala
Executive Producer
2019
David Blaine: Real or Magic
Self
2013
African Queens: Njinga
Narrator (voice)
2023African Queens: Njinga
Executive Producer
2023
Madame X Presents: Madame Xtra Q&A
Self
2021
City of Night: The Making of 'Collateral'
Self
2004
Dreamworks: Holiday Classics
Gloria (voice)
2012
Kingdom Come
Charisse Slocumb
2001
The Human Contract
Rita
2008The Human Contract
Director
2008The Human Contract
Writer
2008
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
Self
2012
I Am Legend Awakening
Writer
2008
Showbiz Kids
Self
2020
Sesame Street: Elmopalooza!
Self (archive footage)
1998
Jason's Lyric
Lyric
1994
The Matrix Reloaded: Car Chase
Self
2004
Woo
Woo
1998
The Matrix Revolutions Revisited
Self
2004
The Inkwell
Lauren Kelly
1994
Tupac: Resurrection
Self
2003
The Matrix Reloaded Revisited
Self
2004
Free Angela and All Political Prisoners
Executive Producer
2012Girls Trip 2
Lisa Cooper
I Am Legend: Awakening - Story 2: Isolation
Author
2008I Am Legend: Awakening - Story 2: Isolation
Creative Consultant
2008
The Making of 'Bamboozled'
Self
2001Redd Zone
Tia Magee
Redd Zone
Producer
Gotham: The Legend Reborn
Self
2014
The Matrix Recalibrated
Self
2004
Cops and Robbers
Executive Producer
2020The Matrix Reloaded: Pre-Load
Self
2003
Off Thee Leash
Producer
2022Untitled Holiday Comedy Project
Moe's World
1990
Sprinter
Executive Producer
2019
Making 'Enter the Matrix'
Self
2003
Ozzfest: 10th Anniversary
Self
2005Maniac Magee
Adult Amanda
2003Kelly Talk
2019Almost
Creator