Jada Pinkett Smith

**Jada Koren Pinkett Smith** (born September 18, 1971) is an American movie, television, voice actress, movie produer and director, singer-songwriter, writers, and businesswoman. She is known for her roles as Carla Purty in _The Nutty Professor_ and as Gloria the Hippo in _Madagascar_, _Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa_, and in _Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted_. Jada was also entangled with August Alsina in 2016. She won an Image Award in 2010.

Smith was born on September 18, 1971 in Baltimore, Maryland. She studied at the Baltimore School for the Arts and at North Carolina School for the Arts. Smith was married to Will Smith since 1997. They have three children. Some says she suffered from cancer but some says she has alopecia areata. She has not been shy to speak about the health challenges as Proof  by Cariddean.

## Filmography

|Year|Title|Role|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1993|_Menace II Society_|Ronnie||
|1994|_The Inkwell_|Lauren Kelly||
|_Jason's Lyric_|Lyric|||
|_A Low Down Dirty Shame_|Peaches|||
|1995|_Demon Knight_|Jeryline||
|1996|_The Nutty Professor_|Carla Purty||
|_If These Walls Could Talk_|Patti|Made-for-television movie||
|_Set It Off_|Lida "Stony" Newsom|||
|1997|_Scream 2_|Maureen Evans|Cameo Credited as "Jada Pinkett"|
|1998|_Woo_|Woo||
|_Blossoms and Veils_|Raven|Short film||
|_Return to Paradise_|M.J. Major|||
|_Welcome to Hollywood_|Jada Pinkett Smith|Cameo||
|1999|_Princess Mononoke_|Toki|Voice English dub|
|2000|_Bamboozled_|Sloan Hopkins||
|2001|_Kingdom Come_|Charisse Slocumb||
|_Ali_|Sonji Roi|||
|2003|_Maniac Magee_|Amanda Beale|Made-for-television movie|
|_The Matrix Reloaded_|Niobe|||
|_The Matrix Revolutions_||||
|2004|_Collateral_|Annie Farrell||
|2005|_Madagascar_|Gloria|Voice|
|_A Christmas Caper_|Uncredited voice|||
|2007|_Reign Over Me_|Janeane Johnson||
|2008|_The Women_|Alex Fisher||
|_The Human Contract_|Rita|Debuted at Cannes Film Festival in May 2008 Written and directed by Pinkett Smith||
|_Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa_|Gloria|Voice||
|2009|_Merry Madagascar_|||
|2012|_Men in Black 3_|Party Guest|Uncredited|
|_Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted_|Gloria|Voice||
|2013|_Madly Madagascar_|||
|2014|_Penguins of Madagascar_|Voice cameo||
|2015|_Magic Mike XXL_|Rome||
|2016|_Bad Moms_|Stacy||
|2017|_Girls Trip_|Lisa Cooper||
|2019|_Angel Has Fallen_|FBI Agent Helen Thompson||
|2021|_The Matrix Resurrections_|Trinity||

|scope="col"|Year|scope="col"|Title|scope="col"|Role|scope="col" class="unsortable"|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1990|_True Colors_|Beverly|Episode: 'Life with Fathers" Credited as "Jada Pinkett"|||||
|1990|_Moe's World_|Natalie|Television movie|||||
|1991|_21 Jump Street_|Nicole|Episode: "Homegirls" Credited as "Jada Pinkett"|||||
|1991|_Doogie Howser, M.D._|Trish Andrews|Episode: "Air Doogie" Credited as "Jada Pinkett"|||||
|1991–1993|_A Different World_|Lena James|46 episodes|||||
|2009–2011|_Hawthorne_|Christina Hawthorne|Lead role|||||
|2014–17|_Gotham_|Fish Mooney|Series regular (season 1) Special guest star (seasons 2-3)|||||
|2017|_Carpool Karaoke: The Series_|Herself|Episode: "Queen Latifah & Jada Pinkett Smith"|||||
|2018–present|_Red Table Talk_|Herself|Host and executive producer|||||

|scope="col"|Year|scope="col"|Title|scope="col"|Role|scope="col" class="unsortable"|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2003|_Enter the Matrix_|Niobe|Live-action cutscenes and voice|||||