Jada Pinkett Smith Bio

Who is Jada Pinkett Smith?

Jada Pinkett Smith is an American actress, dancer, singer-songwriter, and businesswoman. She has appeared in more than 20 films in a variety of genres, including ‘Scream 2’, ‘Ali’, ‘The Matrix Reloaded’, ‘The Matrix Revolutions’, ‘Madagascar’, ‘Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa’, and ‘Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted’.

Jada Pinkett Smith: Early Life, Childhood, and Education

Smith was born in Baltimore, Maryland on September 18, 1971, to parents Adrienne Banfield-Jones, and Robsol Pinkett, Jr. Additionally, she also has a younger brother, actor/writer Caleeb Pinkett. She became interested in the world of acting since her childhood years. She is of American nationality. Furthermore, she belongs to a mixed ethnic background of African-American, Afro-/Creole-Barbadian, and Afro-/Creole-Jamaican.

Talking about her education, Smith attended the Baltimore School for the Arts. She majored in dance and theatre and graduated in 1989. Additionally, she continued her education at the North Carolina School of the Arts and became fully invested in pursuing her acting career.

Jada Pinkett Smith: Career, Salary, and Net Worth

Smith initially began her acting career in 1990, when she starred in an episode of ‘True Colors’. Next, she appeared in a television pilot for a supernatural drama titled ‘Moe’s World’. Later, she received guest roles in television shows such as ‘Doogie Howser, M.D.’ and ‘21 Jump Street’. Since then, she has appeared in numerous other movies and television series. All in all, she has over 40 credits as an actress.

Some other movies and television series that Smith has appeared in are ‘Gotham’, ‘Girls Trip’, ‘Bad Moms’, ‘Magic Mike XXL’, ‘Men in Black 3’, ‘Hawthorne’, ‘Merry Madagascar’, ‘The Human Contract’, ‘The Women’, ‘Reign Over Me’, ‘Collateral’, ‘Matrix Revolutions’, ‘The Matrix Reloaded’, ‘Kingdom Come’, ‘Bamboozled’, ‘Return to Paradise’, ‘A Different World’ and ‘Menace II Society’ among others. Additionally, she also has more than 10 credits as a producer and 6 credits as a writer. Furthermore, under the stage name Jada Koren, Pinkett Smith formed the metal band Wicked Wisdom in 2002.

Smith won the Interactive Achievement Award in 2004. Additionally, she has also won the Glow Award. Furthermore, she has received the nomination for BTVA Feature Film Voice Acting Award, BET Award, BET Comedy Award, Black Reel Awards among others.

Smith has not revealed her current salary. However, she has an estimated net worth of around $ 20 million at present.

Jada Pinkett Smith: Rumors, and Controversy

Smith became part of a controversy after she boycotted the 2016’s Oscar Award ceremony due to racial matter. Additionally, recently, she also became part of another controversy after she criticized the Golden Globe voters for not watching her film.

Furthermore, she and her husband Will also became part of another controversy after they decided to fund the now-defunct New Village Leadership Academy, a private elementary school located in Calabasas, California. The school employed teachers dedicated to Scientology and featured controversial methodologies like Study Technology, created by Church of Scientology Founder L. Ron Hubbard. At present, there are no rumors concerning her life and career.

Jada Pinkett Smith: Body Measurements

Talking about her body measurement, Smith has a height of 5 feet or 152 cm. Additionally, she weighs around 49 kg or 108 lbs. Furthermore, her measurement is 35-24-35 in or 89-61-89 cm. Her hair color is black and eye color is hazel. In addition, her dress size is 4 (US) or 34 (EU) and shoe size is 6 (US) or 36.5 (EU).

Jada Pinkett Smith: Social Media Profile

Smith is active over the social media. She has a huge number of followers on social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter. She has more than 1M followers on Twitter. Similarly, her Facebook page has more than 7M followers.

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