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Jada Pinkett Smith

From: Baltimore, United States
Since: 1971–present
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About

Jada Koren Pinkett Smith (née Pinkett; born September 18, 1971) is an American actress, musician, businesswoman, and talk show host. She has earned a Daytime Emmy Award, a MTV Movie Award, and four NAACP Image Awards as well as nominations for a People's Choice Awards and a Tony Award. She was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2021 by Time magazine.

Pinkett Smith made her film debut in 1992. Her most notable roles include Niobe in The Matrix films (2003–2021) and voicing Gloria the Hippo in the DreamWorks Animated Madagascar franchise (2015–2014). She has also acted in the films Menace II Society (1993), Jason's Lyric (1994), The Nutty Professor (1996), Set It Off (1996), Scream 2 (1997), Collateral (2004), Magic Mike XXL (2015), Bad Moms (2016), and Girls Trip (2017).
On television, she acted in the sitcom A Different World (1991–1993), the medical drama series Hawthorne (2009–2011) and Gotham (2014–2017). She also co-hosted the Facebook Watch talk show Red Table Talk (2018–2022) earning a Daytime Emmy Award. Pinkett Smith was the lead vocalist of the nu metal band Wicked Wisdom and has published two books. She was married to actor Will Smith from 1997 to 2016. Together they founded the company Westbrook in 2019. She produced the Tony Award-nominated Broadway musical Fela! (2010).

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