Jada Pinkett Smith Heals in New TNT Pilot
Jada Pinkett Smith by Jason Kempin/ WireImage.com
Jada Pinkett Smith is coming back to television.
Pinkett Smith has signed on to play the lead in TNT's new drama pilot,
Time Heals. She will play Nancy Hawthorne, a unsung hero and single mom who works as the nursing director at Charlotte Mercy Hospital in North Carolina.
The pilot was created
John Masius (
St. Elsewhere,
Providence), who will also serve as executive producer. Pinkett Smith and Jamie Tarses (
My Boys) will also be exec producers.
TNT isn't straying far from its thus-far successful formula. Like current hits
The Closer and
Saving Grace, this new show focuses on a strong female lead played by an A-list actress.
Pinkett Smith turned in two years of work on
A Different World before moving on to the greener pastures of feature films like the
Matrix trilogy and the recently released
The Women. -
Adam Bryant
