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Jada Koren Pinkett Smith (née Pinkett; born September 18, 1971 in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American actor, singer and talk show host.

Pinkett Smith began her acting career in 1990 with appearances on the TV sitcoms True Colors and A Different World, the latter making for her big break. She then moved on to film, starring in releases such as The Nutty Professor (1996), Menace II Society, Set It Off and Scream 2. She has appeared in over 20 films of various genres, which included prominent contributions to The Matrix and Madagascar franchises. During the The New '10s, she returned to television with a starring role in Hawthorne (2014-17) and the regular role of Big Bad Wannabe Fish Mooney in Gotham, while proving she could still be a box office draw with appearances in hit films such as Magic Mike XXL and Girls Trip.

She married Will Smith in 1997; in 2023, she stated that she had been living separately from Smith since 2016, and the two have no plans to legally divorce. They have two children together: Jaden and Willow.

Pinkett Smith has also been a co-host of the Daytime Emmy-winning Facebook Watch talk show Red Table Talk since 2018, and published a New York Times best-selling children's book, Girls Hold Up This World, in 2005.

She is also part of a Nu Metal band called Wicked Wisdom (also known as Wicked Evolution). She formed the band in 2002, citing a lifelong love for metal bands including Metallica and Guns N' Roses. The band was originally active until 2006, along the way releasing two albums, being signed to Suburban Noize Records for the second album, and getting a spot on 2005's Ozzfest after impressing Sharon Osbourne, who watched the band perform at a nightclub. In 2011, it was reported that Pinkett Smith was back in the studio in association with her band, now called Wicked Evolution. The band officially reunited in 2021 on an episode of Red Table Talk, with Willow providing lead vocals.

Pinkett Smith was diagnosed in early 2018 with alopecia areata, an autoimmune disease that causes hair loss, affecting her scalp. In magazines and interviews, she often wears turbans, not only to cover her scalp, but also as a conscious fashion choice to, as she puts it, "look like a Queen".


Filmography

Discography (with Wicked Wisdom/Wicked Evolution)

  • 2004 - My Story
  • 2006 - Wicked Wisdom

Alternative Title(s): Jada Pinkett

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