Jada Pinkett Smith
Jada Pinkett was born on Sept. 19, 1971 in Baltimore, MD. After graduating from the Baltimore School of the Arts in 1989, Pinkett kicked off her acting career, making her screen debut on an episode of "True Colors" (Fox 1990-92). It wasn't long before Pinkett made a name for herself with a regular role as Lena James on the popular series "A Different World" (NBC 1987-1993). Not long afterward, she starred in hit films including "Menace II Society" (1993), "The Nutty Professor" (1996), and "Scream 2" (1997). It was right around this time that Pinkett married fellow rising star Will Smith, with whom she costarred in the Muhammad Ali biopic "Ali" (2001). Going forward, Pinkett-now Pinkett Smith-starred in the two "The Matrix" (1999) sequels, "The Matrix Reloaded" (2003) and "The Matrix Revolutions" (2003). After appearances in addition features, including "Ali" director Michael Mann's "Collateral" (2004) and the Adam Sandler- and Don Cheadle-starring drama "Reign Over Me" (2007), Pinkett Smith made her move to television, appearing first in the medical drama "Hawthorne" (TNT 2009-2011) and next in the superhero drama "Gotham" (Fox 2014-19). In the meantime, Pinkett Smith had a breakout role as a strip club manager in the film "Magic Mike XXL" (2015) and then in the party comedy "Girls Trip" (2017). Upon announcement that "The Matrix" co-director Lana Wachowski would be directing a fourth film in the series, it was reported that Pinkett Smith would reprise her role as Niobe.
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Jada Pinkett Smith
Filmography
Movies
Credit | |||||
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63% |
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The Matrix Resurrections | Niobe (Character) | $37.7M | 2021 |
90% |
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King Richard | Executive Producer | $15.1M | 2021 |
No Score Yet |
|
Life in a Year | Executive Producer | - | 2020 |
79% |
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Charm City Kings | Executive Producer | - | 2020 |
86% |
|
Hala | Executive Producer | - | 2019 |
38% |
|
Angel Has Fallen | Agent Thompson (Character) | $69.0M | 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Madagascar 4 | Unknown (Character) | - | 2018 |
91% |
|
Girls Trip | Lisa Cooper (Character) | $115.1M | 2017 |
59% |
|
Bad Moms | Stacy (Character) | $113.2M | 2016 |
66% |
|
Magic Mike XXL | Rome (Character) | $66.0M | 2015 |
28% |
|
Annie | Producer | $85.9M | 2014 |
12% |
|
After Earth | Producer | $60.5M | 2013 |
93% |
|
Free Angela and All Political Prisoners | Executive Producer | - | 2012 |
78% |
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Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted | Gloria (Voice) | - | 2012 |
67% |
|
The Karate Kid | Producer | - | 2010 |
No Score Yet |
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Merry Madagascar | Unknown (Character) | - | 2009 |
No Score Yet |
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The Human Contract |
Rita (Character), Director, Writer |
- | 2008 |
64% |
|
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | Gloria (Voice) | - | 2008 |
60% |
|
The Secret Life of Bees | Executive Producer | $37.8M | 2008 |
13% |
|
The Women | Alex Fisher (Character) | $26.9M | 2008 |
64% |
|
Reign Over Me | Janeane Johnson (Character) | $19.7M | 2007 |
55% |
|
Madagascar | Gloria the Hippo (Voice) | $193.1M | 2005 |
86% |
|
Collateral | Annie (Character) | $100.0M | 2004 |
33% |
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The Matrix Revolutions | Niobe (Character) | $139.3M | 2003 |
74% |
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The Matrix Reloaded | Niobe (Character) | $281.5M | 2003 |
69% |
|
Ali | Sonji (Character) | $58.2M | 2001 |
26% |
|
Kingdom Come | Charisse Slocumb (Character) | $23.2M | 2001 |
53% |
|
Bamboozled | Sloan Hopkins (Character) | $2.2M | 2000 |
10% |
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Woo | Woo (Character) | $8.1M | 1998 |
70% |
|
Return to Paradise | M.J. Major (Character) | $8.3M | 1998 |
81% |
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Scream 2 | Maureen Evans (Character) | $101.3M | 1997 |
93% |
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Princess Mononoke | Toki (Voice) | - | 1997 |
65% |
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The Nutty Professor | Carla Purty (Character) | $128.8M | 1996 |
88% |
|
If These Walls Could Talk | Patti (Character) | - | 1996 |
70% |
|
Set It Off | Lida "Stony" Newsom (Character) | $36.1M | 1996 |
42% |
|
Tales From the Crypt Presents Demon Knight | Jeryline (Character) | $20.9M | 1995 |
4% |
|
A Low Down Dirty Shame | Peaches Jordan (Character) | $29.4M | 1994 |
58% |
|
Jason's Lyric | Lyric (Character) | $20.3M | 1994 |
22% |
|
The Inkwell | Lauren Kelly (Character) | $8.9M | 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | No Ordinary Summer | Lauren Kelly (Character) | - | 1994 |
84% |
|
Menace II Society | Ronnie (Character) | $27.7M | 1993 |
TV
Credit | ||||
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No Score Yet | 28% | The Drew Barrymore Show | Guest | 2023 |
No Score Yet | 50% | The Late Show With Stephen Colbert | Guest | 2019 2023 |
19% | 3% | Queen Cleopatra |
Executive Producer, Narrator |
2023 |
88% | 16% | African Queens: Njinga |
Executive Producer, Narrator |
2023 |
No Score Yet | 52% | The Equalizer | Jessie Cook (Guest Star) | 2022 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Best Shape of My Life | Self | 2021 |
No Score Yet | 42% | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Guest | 2010 2012 2015 2017 2019 |
No Score Yet | 44% | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Guest | 2014 2016-2019 |
No Score Yet | 18% | The Late Late Show With James Corden | Guest | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Carpool Karaoke: The Series | Music Performer | 2017 |
No Score Yet | 12% | The View | Guest | 2015 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen | Guest | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tavis Smiley | Guest | 2017 |
77% | 68% | Gotham |
Fish Mooney (Character), Unknown (Guest Star) |
2014-2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Harry | Guest | 2016 |
No Score Yet | 61% | Late Night With Seth Meyers | Guest | 2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 106 & Park | Unknown (Character) | 2012 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | HawthoRNe |
Christina Hawthorne (Character), Executive Producer |
2009-2011 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Talk | Guest | 2010-2011 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Late Night With Jimmy Fallon | Guest | 2010-2011 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lopez Tonight | Guest | 2010 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Late Night With Conan O'Brien | Guest | 2008 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Oprah's Big Give | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2008 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | All of Us |
Executive Producer, Writer |
2003-2007 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Different World | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1991-1993 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 21 Jump Street | Nicole (Guest Star) | 1991 |