Pinkett Smith landed her breakout role in 1991, playing Lena James on two seasons of "A Different World," and made her film debut in 1993's Menace II Society. In 1997, she married actor-rapper Will Smith, adding his last name to her own.
Pinkett Smith has since filled her résumé with roles from just about every genre. She played a brainy love interest in The Nutty Professor (1996), an ill-fated murder victim in Scream 2 (1997), a futuristic rebel in two Matrix movies (both 2003) and a sassy hippopotamus in the Madagascar series. She also portrayed her husband's onscreen wife in Ali (2001).
Set It OffSick of being victims of circumstance and fighting a system that keeps them from realizing their dreams, four black women from the Los Angeles projects opt to knock over a bank. Emboldened after pulling off the heist, they continue their crime spree. But the sticky-fingered quartet (played by Queen... Read More
HawthoRNeWhile still recovering from the heartbreaking loss of her husband to cancer, fiery chief nursing officer Christina Hawthorne (Jada Pinkett Smith) fights tooth and nail for the well being of her patients and gradually falls for successful surgeon Dr. Tom Wakefield (Michael Vartan). Christina's fellow... Read More
The Nutty ProfessorA 1990s spin on a classic, director Tom Shadyac's Oscar-nominated comedy follows portly professor Sherman Klump (Eddie Murphy, who plays seven characters in the film) as he bumbles through attempts at romance. Humiliated while trying to impress grad student Carla Purty (Jada Pinkett), Sherman takes... Read More
Jason's LyricJason Alexander (Allen Payne) struggles to rise above a family plagued by drugs and crime, an inner-city neighborhood and his troubling past. When he falls for a waitress named Lyric (Jada Pinkett Smith), the couple dreams of starting a new life. But family love threatens to divide them when Jason's... Read More
Kingdom ComeWhen the ornery patriarch of the Slocumb clan suddenly croaks, his dysfunctional extended family -- led by his stoic widow (Whoopi Goldberg) -- gathers to mourn his passing ... or at least that's what they're supposed to do. But a family closet overflowing with soured relationships and bitter... Read More
Madagascar 3 (2012) | NR | |
DreamWorks Holiday Classics (2011) | NR | |
HawthoRNe (2009) | TV-14 | |
The Human Contract (2008) | R | |
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008) | PG | |
The Women (2008) | PG-13 | |
Reign Over Me (2007) | R | |
Madagascar (2005) | PG | |
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Ali (2001) | R | |
Kingdom Come (2001) | PG | |
Bamboozled (2000) | R | |
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Woo (1998) | R | |
Princess Mononoke (1997) | PG-13 | |
Scream 2 (1997) | R | |
Set It Off (1996) | R | |
The Nutty Professor (1996) | PG-13 | |
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A Low Down Dirty Shame (1994) | R | |
Jason's Lyric (1994) | R | |
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Menace II Society (1993) | R | |
A Different World (1987) | TV-G | |
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