Search
What's Hot
Add New Fall Shows to Your Watchlist
Arrow Season 2 Villains
CBS Pulls Mike & Molly
Fall TV Day-By-Day Grid

Jada Pinkett Smith: Biography

jada pinkett smith
119 photos
  • Birth Name: Jada Koren Pinkett
  • Birth Place: Baltimore, MD
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 09/18/1971, Virgo
  • Profession: Actor; producer; writer; singer
User Rating: (228 ratings)
Add Your Rating: 1 stars2 stars3 stars4 stars5 stars
Jada Pinkett Smith Fast Facts:
  • Named after Jada Rowlands (As the World Turns; The Doctors), her mom's favorite soap actress.
  • Rap-music legend Tupac Shakur was a high-school classmate and friend; they once made an amateur video in which she danced and he lip-synched to DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince's "Parents Just Don't Understand."
  • Runner-up in Hal Jackson's Talented Teens International contest in 1988.
  • First met future husband Will Smith in 1990 when she auditioned for a role on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.
  • Lead singer for the rock/metal band Wicked Wisdom, which opened for Britney Spears' Onyx Hotel Tour in 2004 and performed on the Ozzfest tour in 2005. The group released its first CD in 2006.
  • A supporter of Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign, she and her husband hosted the Nobel Peace Prize Concert in Oslo when Obama won the award in 2009.
  • In 2010, won an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series for Hawthorne.
  • Jada Pinkett Smith Relationships:
  • Adrienne Banfield - Mother
  • Grant Hill - Ex-significant Other
  • Jaden Smith - Son
  • Robson Pinkett Jr. - Father
  • Willard 'Trey' Smith III - Stepson
  • Paul Jones - Stepfather
  • Walter Brown - Stepfather
  • Willow Smith - Daughter
  • Will Smith - Husband
  • Jada Pinkett Smith Awards:
  • 2010 Tony: Musical - Nominee
  • College:
  • Attended North Carolina School of the Arts, Winston-Salem, NC

Photos

Jada Pinkett Smith Jemal Countess/Getty Images
Jada Pinkett Smith Anne-Christine Poujoulat/AFP/Getty Images
Jada Pinkett Smith, Will Smith, Willow Smith John Shearer/WireImage.com
Jada Pinkett-Smith Mike Marsland/WireImage.com
Jada Pinkett Smith John Shearer/WireImage.com
Jada Pinkett-Smith Jeffrey Ufberg/WireImage.com
Advertisement

Shop

All in a day?s work- Conversation with Jada Pinkett Smith
Buy All in a day?s work- Conversation with Jada Pinkett Smith from Amazon.com
(Amazon Instant Video)
Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy New: $0.00 (as of 12:03 AM EST - more info)

more Jada Pinkett Smith products

Our Partners

Related Websites

You might be also interested in the following websites:

Most Popular TV Shows

  1. The Voice
  2. American Idol
  3. Mad Men
  4. Dancing with the Stars
  5. Scandal
more popular tv shows

Most Popular Celebrities

  1. Kate Middleton
  2. Kim Kardashian
  3. Ben Affleck
  4. Jennifer Garner
  5. Jennifer Lawrence
more popular celebrities

Most Popular Movies

  1. Star Trek Into Darkness
  2. Iron Man 3
  3. The Great Gatsby
  4. Pain & Gain
  5. 42
more popular movies

Top Videos

  1. Dancing With The Stars
  2. Dancing With The Stars
  3. Bad Girls Club
  4. The Young and the Restless
  5. The Bold and the Beautiful
more top videos