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Willow Smith

Highest Rated: 80% Kit Kittredge: An American Girl (2008)

Lowest Rated: 68% I Am Legend (2007)

Birthday: Oct 31, 2000

Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, USA

The daughter of superstars Will and Jada Pinkett Smith, Willow Smith attempted to follow in her parents' footsteps through acting roles in "I am Legend" (2007) and a nascent music career that included the Top 20 single "Whip My Hair" (2009). Born Willow Camille Reign Smith on October 31, 2000 in Los Angeles, California, she hailed from a globally recognized show business family: her parents were actor/musician Will Smith and actor/producer Jada Pinkett Smith, while her brother, Jaden, and half-brother, Trey, both pursued careers in performing. She made her acting debut at the age of seven in "I Am Legend," playing the young daughter of her father's sole surviving human in a post-apocalyptic world. For the next two years, acting was her sole outlet, and included voice-over work as the younger version of Gloria, the hippo voiced by her mother in "Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa" (2008) and recurring appearances on the Nickelodeon series "True Jackson, VP" (2008-2011) as star Keke Palmer's character in flashback sequences. But in 2009, she released her first single, the pop/R&B anthem "Whip My Hair," which shot to No. 11 on the Billboard singles chart. Though minted by more enthusiastic critics as a pop star in the making - a notion supported by New Artist laurels and nominations from the NAACP Awards and BET Awards, respectively- Smith's subsequent efforts failed to echo the success of "Whip My Hair": a second single, "21st Century Girl" (2011), issued by Jay-Z's Roc Nation label, rose no higher than No. 99, and its follow-up, "Fireball," recorded with Nicki Minaj, failed to break into the Top 100. A proposed debut album titled Knees and Elbows never materialized, and Smith's team-up with DJ Fabrega as the duo act Melodic Chaotic was criticized for its overtly mature tone on the single "Summer Fling" (2013). Undaunted, Smith released an EP, 3, before finally issuing her debut album, Ardipithecus, the following year. The LP, which featured production by her half-brother, Trey, earned mixed reactions from critics and rose no higher than No. 15 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart. Two years later, her second album, The 1st (2017), debuted without making any ripples on the charts, though Smith performed throughout the year on a package tour with other young female artists, including Jhene Aiko. She also returned to acting with voice-over roles on the animated series "Neo Yokio" (Netflix, 2017) and "Adventure Time" (Cartoon Network, 2010-2018).

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Highest rated movies

80% 69% Kit Kittredge: An American Girl
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75% 69% A Man Named Scott Watchlist
68% 68% I Am Legend
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Filmography

Movies

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75% 69% A Man Named Scott Self - 2021
80% 69% Kit Kittredge: An American Girl Countee (Character) $17.7M 2008
68% 68% I Am Legend Marley (Character) $256.4M 2007

TV

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No Score Yet 54% The Kelly Clarkson Show Guest 2024
No Score Yet 44% The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Music Performer 2021 2024
No Score Yet 57% Saturday Night Live Music Performer 2022
No Score Yet 18% The Late Late Show With James Corden Music Performer 2022
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Ellen DeGeneres Show Music Performer 2019
100% 94% Adventure Time Beth (Guest Voice) 2018
No Score Yet No Score Yet Late Night With Jimmy Fallon Guest 2011
No Score Yet 74% The X Factor Music Performer 2011
No Score Yet No Score Yet 106 & Park Unknown (Character) 2011
100% No Score Yet True Jackson, VP Young True (Guest Star) 2009-2010