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53 years old (Born on September 18, 1971)

Actor, singer; She is famous from Carla Purty in The Nutty Professor.

Lead singer of the pop/rock band Wicked Wisdom. Wicked Wisdom is well-known for being both mainstream pop and brutal heavy metal. She attended Baltimore's School of Arts at the same time as Tupac Shakur, where they became close friends. They made a video together at the amusement park King's Dominion, where they lip-synced to Will Smith's & Jeffrey A. Townes's "Parents Just Don't Understand." Tupac acts like an MC, and Jada acts like a dancer. She is of Native American descent specifically Cherokee. Was among the guests at Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes's wedding. Sent director Wes Craven a set of steak knives after appearing in Craven's film, Scream 2 (1997).

Ironically auditioned for the role of future husband Will Smith`s girlfriend, Lisa (played by Nia Long), on "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" (1990) but was told she was too short.

She and husband Will Smith own a house in Howard County, Maryland. Smith often plays basketball with children who attend Homewood High School, a school for troubled children.

Step-mother of Trey Smith Will's son with his first wife Sheree.

She and Will Smith were forced to leave their home in California, because a bush fire threatened to destroy it and several other houses in that area. [October 2005]

Mother of son, Jaden Christopher Syre (b. 8 July 1998), and daughter, Willow Camille Reign, with husband Will Smith

Sister of Caleeb Pinkett.

Miss Maryland, 1988.

As a child, she took piano, tap, and ballet classes.

Five days before shooting Woo (1998), Jada's close friend, Tupac Shakur, was killed.

Is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Incorporated.

Has been good friends with Carrie-Anne Moss since the filming of The Matrix Reloaded (2003) and The Matrix Revolutions (2003).

She and her husband, Will Smith, opened a Planet Hollywood in her hometown of Baltimore, Maryland, in March of 1998.

In 2000, she was voted by the readers of Black Men Magazine as one of the 10 sexiest women of the year.

Has been with Will Smith since 1995, two years before their marriage.

Her second child with husband Will Smith, a daughter, named Willow Camille Reign Smith, was born weighing 6 lbs 10 ozs. [31 October 2000]

Is part-owner of the skin-care line Carol`s Daughter.

Attended the North Carolina School Of The Arts for one year but did not graduate because she left for California to pursue acting. She is a honorary Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority member.