Scandalous, elegant, energetic and ambitious, one of the most famous modern black actresses in Hollywood, who once called for a boycott of the Oscar ceremony - Jada Pinkett Smith, the wife of the no less famous Will Smith for 20 years.
Biography
Jada was born in Baltimore, Maryland in the early fall of 1971. The girl's mother worked as a nurse, and her father had a small construction company. From a young age, they tried to give Jada a classical humanitarian education - the girl attended ballroom dancing courses, a music school, and vocal lessons.
After school, the girl entered the North Carolina School of the Arts, a fairly solid institution, but abandoned her education a year later and rushed off to conquer Hollywood. The relatives were surprised by the impulse of the usually obedient Jada, but she apparently knew what she was doing.
Career
The debut work of the young talented actress took place at the age of 19 in the film "True Colors" in 1990. Pinkett Smith Jada played a small role in just one small episode, but she got noticed. In the same year, there was a role in another film, and the next, 1991, brought Jada a job in three films.
Jada Pinkett starred in fairly well-known projects, such as Tales from the Crypt, If Walls Could Talk, appeared in the Scream and Matrix franchises, and in the Gotham show. Of course, her acting career is difficult to compare with the louder works of her famous husband, but Jada has a constant collaboration with the biggest names in Hollywood.
In 1994, the actress, together with her husband, launched a fashion line. In 2002, Jada formed her own music team, Wicked Wisdom, which recorded three rather successful albums, and then founded a record company, along the way, writing several best-selling books.
In 2016, the woman made a loud statement. She was outraged that for two years now at the Oscars, there was not a single dark-skinned actor among the candidates for this prestigious award.
Personal life
In 1990, Jada met Will Smith on the set of the hit show The Prince of Beverly Hills. At that time, the actor was already divorced, and he had a son from his previous marriage. They lived together
