Jada Pinkett Smith Showbiz Cheat Sheet

Jada Pinkett Smith
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Jada Pinkett Smith
Jada Pinkett Smith is an American actor and producer. She is married to fellow actor Will Smith, with whom she shares two children, Willow Smith and Jaden Smith, and one stepson, Trey Smith. Pinkett Smith is known for her roles in A Different World, The Nutty Professor, The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions, Gotham, Girls Trip, Bad Moms, and more. In 2018, she started co-hosting a Facebook Watch show called Red Table Talk, which received a Daytime Emmy Award.
- Full name: Jada Koren Pinkett Smith
- Birthday: Sept. 18, 1971
- Height: 5'0"
- Hometown: Baltimore, Md.
- Net worth: $50 million
- Relationship status: Married to Will Smith
- Kids: Jaden Smith, Willow Smith, stepson Trey Smith
- Fun facts: She was the lead singer of a punk rock band called Wicked Wisdom; Jada met her husband at an audition for The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air; she wrote a children's book called Girls Hold up This World.
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Entertainment
3 years ago
‘Red Table Talk’: Jada Pinkett Smith, Tiffany Haddish, Yvonne Orji on Their Shaved Head Freedom
Entertainment
3 years ago
What Is the Age Difference Between Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith?
Entertainment
2 years ago
Jada Pinkett Smith Critics Want Her to Stop Talking About Her Marriage
Entertainment
2 years ago
Jada Pinkett Smith Breaks Silence on Will Smith Chris Rock Oscars Slap: ‘We Need Them Both’
Entertainment
3 years ago
Why Tupac Shakur Once Called Jada Pinkett Smith His ‘Heart’

Will Smith

Celebrity

Jada Pinkett Smith Once Explained How Her Fantasies Dissolved After Marrying Will Smith

Jada Pinkett Smith explained just how much compromise it took for her marriage with Will Smith to work.

by Antonio Stallings

Published on April 7, 2024

3 min read

Jada Pinkett Smith appears on 'Today' to discuss her book and marriage.

Celebrity

Jada Pinkett Smith Says 2022 Academy Awards Incident Was a Turning Point in Her Marriage: ‘I Left That Night as His Wife’

Jada Pinkett Smith is revealing a lot about her unconventional marriage, including how the 2022 Oscar slap changed everything.

by Andrea Francese

Will Smith posing in an orange shirt on a boat at a photocall for 'Shark Tale'.

Celebrity

Will Smith Redid His Entire Performance for ‘Shark Tale’ After His Son Criticized His Acting

Will Smith received small but effective advice from Jaden Smith that made him approach the film ‘Shark Tale’ in a new way.

by Antonio Stallings

Fashionable Friends Halle Bailey and Willow Smith Had the Cutest Interaction Front Row at Off-White Runway Show

Actors and singers Halle Bailey and Willow Smith have a lot in common, so they naturally hit it off during Paris Fashion Week.

by Ali Hicks

Published on March 1, 2024

2 min read

Willow Smith at the 2022 Vanity Fair Oscar Party at the Wallis Annenberg Center in Beverly Hills, California

Celebrity / Movies

Willow Smith Quit Acting After Her ‘Intuition’ Told Her to Drop out of the ‘Annie’ Remake

Here's a look at Willow Smith's sudden decision to quit acting, leading to her dropping out of the 'Annie' remake.

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Music

Willow Smith Was Only 10 When She Broke a Guinness World Record With ‘Whip My Hair’

Willow Smith became a Guinness World Record holder in 2012, the youngest artist with a single topping both the U.S. and UK charts.

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The Smith Family’s Biggest Embarrassment Might Not Be Will Smith’s Slap or Jada Pinkett Smith’s TMI Confessions

Could the catastrophic failure of a film be even more shameful than Will Smith slapping a comedian or Jada Pinkett Smith's confessions on Red Table Talk?

by Produced by Digital Editors

Published on July 24, 2022

3 min read

Celebrity

Inside the Zoë Kravitz, Will Smith, and Jaden Smith Drama After the Infamous Oscars Slap

Zoë Kravitz slammed Will Smith for slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars, and now fans are bringing up old comments Kravitz made about Jaden Smith.

by Grace Turney

Celebrity

Zoë Kravitz Loved 15-Year-Old Jaden Smith; What’s the Age Difference Between Them?

Zoe Kravitz is catching heat on Twitter for some remarks she made about Jaden Smith back in 2014. What's the age difference between the actors?

by Abeni Tinubu

Jada Pinkett Smith Once Shared Doing ‘Magic Mike XXL’ Helped Her Relationship With Will Smith

Jada Pinkett Smith believed working on ‘Magic Mike XXL’ helped change her relationship with Will Smith for the better.

by Antonio Stallings

Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith at the premiere of Focus in 2015.

Celebrity

Jada Pinkett Smith Discusses ‘Toxic Forgiveness’ on ‘Red Table Talk’

Jada Pinkett Smith opens up about toxic forgiveness and how it affects relationships. Here's what she had to say.

by Sheiresa Ngo

Will Smith puts his arm around Sheree Zampino before they were married

Celebrity

Will Smith Ex-Wife Sheree Zampino Now Says She Would Do 1 Thing Differently in Their Relationship

Sheree Zampino, Will Smith's first wife, confesses to Jada Pinkett Smith the one regret she has about how she handled their breakup.

by Fred Topel

Jada Pinkett Smith walks the Oscars red carpet

Jada Pinkett Smith Admits She Once ‘Crossed the Line’ With Will Smith Ex Sheree Zampino Over Son Trey

Jada Pinkett Smith and Sheree Zampino reminisce about some of the conflicts they had when Jada first co-parented Will's son Trey with his ex-wife.

by Fred Topel

Will Smith and Chris Rock Oscar Slap – ‘You Know if You’re Going Too Far,’ Tichina Arnold Observes

Tichina Arnold who starred alongside Chris Rock said standup is a fearless business after reflecting on how Will Smith slapped Chris Rock for a joke about his wife.

by Gina Ragusa

Will Smith and Jaden Smith attend a press event for After Earth in 2013

Celebrity

The Smith Family’s Biggest Embarrassment Might Not Be Will Smith’s Slap or Jada Pinkett Smith’s TMI Confessions

Could the catastrophic failure of a film be even more shameful than Will Smith slapping a comedian or Jada Pinkett Smith's confessions on Red Table Talk?

by Produced by Digital Editors

Will Smith and Jada Pinkett attend the MTV Awards in 1997

Movies

Jada Pinkett Smith’s 1994 Movie No Longer Has a 0% Rotten Tomatoes Score

One infamous film flop's negative press was so bad it nearly shook up Jada Pinkett Smith's entire family.

by Produced by Digital Editors

Jada Pinkett Smith Breaks Silence on Will Smith Chris Rock Oscars Slap: ‘We Need Them Both’

On June 1, over two months after the Oscars, Jada Pinkett Smith made specific comments about Will Smith and Chris Rock on an episode of 'Red Table Talk'.

by Fred Topel

Celebrity

Jada Pinkett Smith Once Revealed That Sharon Stone Inspired Her Relationships With Men

Sharon Stone once taught Jada Pinkett Smith about the desperation that comes with relationships.

by Antonio Stallings

Celebrity

Jada Pinkett Smith Once Shared Her Role in ‘Madagascar’ Made up for Horrible ‘Lion King’ Audition

'Madagascar' helped Jada Pinkett Smith make up for lost 'Lion King' role, and showed her what she might have done wrong when she originally auditioned for the Disney movie.

by Antonio Stallings

‘The Tinder Swindler’ Victim Ayleen Charlotte Reveals Shocking New Details in ‘Red Table Talk’ [Exclusive Clip]

'The Tinder Swindler' cast member Ayleen Charlotte shares new details about Simon Leviev in the upcoming 'Red Table Talk.'

by Rachel Hunt

Celebrity

Will Smith Couldn’t Kiss Rosario Dawson Unless Jada Pinkett Smith Was With Him in ‘Seven Pounds’

Rosario Dawson once revealed that Will Smith was very shy about kissing her for 'Seven Pounds,' and insisted for his wife to be there to help him do the scene.

by Antonio Stallings

Celebrity

August Alsina Seemingly References Jada Pinkett Smith ‘Entanglement’ in New Song ‘Shake the World’

Singer August Alsina isn't ready to forget his so-called entanglement with Jada Pinkett Smith.

by India McCarty

Celebrity

Will Smith, Jada Pinkett Smith Family Game Night Landed Will in the Doghouse

Will Smith played board games a little too hard for Jada Pinkett Smith. One Christmas Eve his Monopoly strategy landed him in hot water with his wife.

by Fred Topel

Celebrity

Kodak Black Tells Will Smith to Get a New Wife and Adopt a New Daughter

Rapper Kodak Black is weighing in with his opinion on Will Smith and his family saying the actor needs to get a new wife and adopt a new daughter.

by Michelle Kapusta

Celebrity

Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Were Fixed up by Another ’90s TV Sitcom Star

Will Smith credits another '90s sitcom star with matchmaking him with Jada Pinkett. Here's how she lured both actors to their first date.

by Fred Topel

Celebrity

Chris Rock Wasn’t Aware of Jada Pinkett Smith’s Alopecia, His Brother Claims

Chris Rock's brother, Kenny, claimed that Chris 'didn't know' about Jada Pinkett Smith's alopecia when he joked about her at the Oscars 2022.

by Elise Nelson

Movies

Chris Rock and Jada Pinkett Smith Each Starred in Eddie Murphy Movies

Chris Rock and Jada Pinkett Smith both appeared in iconic Eddie Murphy movies. And in both cases, their roles were milestones for their careers.

by Robert Yaniz Jr.

Celebrity

Jada Pinkett Smith Reportedly Thinks Will Smith ‘Overreacted’ by Hitting Chris Rock

Jada Pinkett Smith reportedly offered her opinion on the 2022 Oscars slap. While she isn't mad at Will Smith, she noted that he overreacted.

by Emma McKee

Movies

Chris Rock’s 1997 Interview with Jada Pinkett Smith Was All About Will Smith

Chris Rock and Jada Pinkett Smith go way back, but even in the 1990s, their interaction hinged on Will Smith.

by Robert Yaniz Jr.

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