Jada Pinkett Smith American Actress Born 1971 in Baltimore

Jada Pinkett Smith is an American actress born on 18 September 1971 in Baltimore. Among the titles she is known for are Collateral (2004) and The Matrix Resurrections (2021).

Early life

Jada Pinkett Smith was educated at Baltimore School for the Arts, Duke University and University of North Carolina School of the Arts.

Career

The earliest credit on record for Jada Pinkett Smith is A Different World (1987). During the 1990s, she worked on The Nutty Professor (1996) and Scream 2 (1997). Work from the 2000s includes The Matrix Reloaded (2003, as Niobe) and The Matrix Revolutions (2003, as Niobe). Gotham (2014, as Fish Mooney) and Bad Moms (2016) are among her 2010s credits. In the 2020s, she appeared in Queen Cleopatra (2023).

Her filmography here covers 27 films and 4 TV series from 1987 to 2023. Drama is the most frequent genre among her listed titles (7), followed by action (6) and comedy (5). Of her three titles with worldwide box-office figures on record, The Matrix Reloaded (2003) has the highest, at $739 million. Her off-screen credits include director and writer on The Human Contract.

Keanu Reeves appears in three of her listed titles. Other co-stars who recur in her credits are Monica Bellucci (two titles) and Jamie Foxx (two titles). Lana Wachowski directed three of her titles on record. Lilly Wachowski is credited as director on two of them.

In genre terms, the records list rock music and hip-hop. Notable work listed for her includes Madagascar, Ali and Enter the Matrix.

Recognition

Among her honours are two NAACP Image Awards (2006 and 2010). She has also won the Time 100 (2021) and a David Angell Humanitarian Award. The records list 4 awards won by her.

Personal life

Former marriages on record are to Will Smith (1998 to 2016). She is the mother of Jaden Smith and Willow Smith.