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Jada Pinkett Smith

Jada Pinkett Smith

Actor and producer, also writer and director · Born September 18, 1971 (55) · Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Jada Koren Pinkett Smith is an American actress, singer-songwriter, and businesswoman. She began her career in 1990, when she made a guest appearance in the short-lived sitcom True Colors. She starred in A Different World, produced by Bill Cosby, and she featured opposite Eddie Murphy in The Nutty Professor (1996). She starred in dramatic films such as Menace II Society (1993) and Set It Off (1996). 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. Pinkett Smith launched her music career in 2002, when she helped create the metal band Wicked Wisdom, for which she is a singer and songwriter. Smith also created a production company, in addition to authoring a book, published in 2004. In 1997, she married rapper and actor Will Smith. They have two children, Jaden and Willow, and Pinkett Smith is stepmother to Willard "Trey" Smith III, Will's son from a previous marriage. The couple founded the Will and Jada Smith Family Foundation, a charity organization which focuses on inner-city youth and family support and has worked with non-profit organizations like YouthBuild and the Lupus Foundation of America.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
September 18, 1971 (55)
From
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Works as
Actor and producer, also writer and director
Titles
56 on MovieCove · 74 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 31% in 30 days

What are Jada Pinkett Smith's films like?

Across their 50 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.

Genres

Action11 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 58th percentile
: browse their Action movies
Comedy9 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 39th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Drama8 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 74th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Animation6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 69th percentile
: browse their Animation movies
Documentary6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 79th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Documentary movies
Biography2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 84th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Biography movies
Crime2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 82nd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
28%
Bonds
25%
Morality
17%
Power
9%
Survival
8%
Society
7%
Ideas
6%
Family bonds13 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship12 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity10 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose8 titles, browse their movies with this themeComing of age7 titles, browse their movies with this themeSelf-worth8 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice6 titles, browse their movies with this themeOppression7 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 46 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 18 · Serious 13 · Dark 15

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 25 · Stylized 15 · Heightened 6

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 10 · Charged 20 · Intense 16

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

A split, not a type: Steady 20 · Shifting 19 · Whiplash 7

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 27 · Some laughs 8 · Funny 11

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 19 · Even-paced 21 · Relentless 6

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

A split, not a type: Casual 21 · Engaged 19 · Full focus 6

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 18 · Affecting 15 · Heavy 13

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 36 · Open-ended 8 · Ambiguous 2

Roles they play

19 analyzed roles

Usually the Ally: 11 of 19 analyzed roles.

Ally
11 of 19
Shapeshifter
3 of 19
Mentor
2 of 19
Hero
2 of 19
Herald
1 of 19
Show the 19 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
22
Melancholic
20
Joyful
13
Hopeful
15
Warm
12
Other
58

How their films linger

Hopeful21 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good18 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking12 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet15 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 6 with a twist

  • Happy21
  • Bittersweet19
  • Tragic4
  • Ambiguous6

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Jada Pinkett Smith's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 39 of their 56 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (15).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Jada Pinkett Smith's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

74 credits, 56 with a MovieCove page; 37 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Queen Cleopatra(2023)

    Show 4 episodes · Executive Producer · as Self - Narrator (voice)

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all shows

  • African Queens: Njinga(2023)

    Show 4 episodes · Executive Producer · as Narrator (voice)

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all shows

  • Off Thee Leash (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Show 3 episodes · Producer

  • The Matrix Resurrections(2021)

    as Niobe

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • King Richard(2021)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • The Equalizer(2021)

    Show 1 episode · as Jessie Cook

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all shows

  • Cops and Robbers(2020)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Life in a Year(2020)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • Charm City Kings(2020)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Hala(2019)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Angel Has Fallen(2019)

    as Agent Thompson

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Sprinter(2018)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Kelly Talk (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Actor

  • Red Table Talk (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Show 126 episodes · Creator · as Self - Co-host

  • Girls Trip(2017)

    as Lisa Cooper

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Bad Moms(2016)

    as Stacy

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Magic Mike XXL(2015)

    as Rome

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • Annie(2014)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • Gotham(2014)

    Show 28 episodes · as Fish Mooney

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all shows

  • After Earth(2013)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films

  • Madly Madagascar(2013)

    as Gloria (voice)

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Dreamworks: Holiday Classics (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    as Gloria (voice)

  • Free Angela and All Political Prisoners(2012)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted(2012)

    as Gloria (voice)

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Men in Black 3(2012)

    as Party Guest (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Rape for Profit(2012)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • The Karate Kid(2010)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Merry Madagascar(2009)

    as Gloria (voice)

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Hawthorne(2009)

    Show 30 episodes · Producer · as Christina Hawthorne

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all shows

  • Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa(2008)

    as Gloria (voice)

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • The Secret Life of Bees(2008)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • The Human Contract(2008)

    Director · Writer · as Rita

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • The Women(2008)

    as Alex Fisher

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films

  • I Am Legend Awakening (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Writer

  • I Am Legend: Awakening - Story 2: Isolation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Author · Creative Consultant

  • Oprah's Big Give (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Reign Over Me(2007)

    as Janeane Johnson

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • VH1 Rock Honors (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Madagascar(2005)

    as Gloria (voice)

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Collateral(2004)

    as Annie Farrell

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • The Matrix Revolutions(2003)

    as Niobe

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • All of Us(2003)

    Show 88 episodes · Creator · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all shows

  • The Matrix Reloaded(2003)

    as Niobe

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Maniac Magee (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    as Adult Amanda

  • Ride or Die(2003)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films

  • Ali(2001)

    as Sonji Roi

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Kingdom Come(2001)

    as Charisse Slocumb

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • Welcome to Hollywood(1998)

    as Jada Pinkett Smith

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • Bamboozled(2000)

    as Sloan Hopkins

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • TRL (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Return to Paradise(1998)

    as M.J. Major

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Woo(1998)

    as Woo

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • Scream 2(1997)

    as Maureen

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • Set It Off(1996)

    as Stony

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • If These Walls Could Talk(1996)

    as Patti

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Access Hollywood (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • The Nutty Professor(1996)

    as Carla Purty

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight(1995)

    as Jeryline

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • A Low Down Dirty Shame(1994)

    as Peaches

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • Jason's Lyric(1994)

    as Lyric

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • The Inkwell(1994)

    as Lauren Kelly

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • Ellen(1994)

    Show 1 episode · as Ellen Screen Test #3

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all shows

  • Menace II Society(1993)

    as Ronnie

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Show 2 episodes · Actor

  • True Colors (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    Show 1 episode · as Beverly

  • Moe's World (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    Actor

  • Doogie Howser, M.D.(1989)

    Show 1 episode · as Trish Andrews

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all shows

  • Live with Kelly and Mark(1988)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all shows

  • A Different World(1987)

    Show 47 episodes · as Lena James

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all shows

  • 21 Jump Street(1987)

    Show 1 episode · as Nicole

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all shows

  • Almost (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Show Creator

  • Girls Trip 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Lisa Cooper

  • Redd Zone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer · as Tia Magee

  • Untitled Holiday Comedy Project (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 72 titles, 68 of them dated from 1987 to 2023; peak year 1995.

Biggest box office

Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (2012)

$747M worldwide

Highest rated

Tupac: Resurrection (2003)

Midcredits 97th

Most popular right now

A Different World (1987)

Film career

MilestoneBreakout
19872023

Peak 1995 · back in prominent film roles after a quiet stretch. Top draw in 12 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting54 of 72: 50 only acting, 4 with another role · typical Midcredits score60thDirecting1 of 72: 0 only directing, 1 with another roleWriting3 of 72: 1 only writing, 2 with another roleProducing17 of 72: 13 only producing, 4 with another role · typical Midcredits score51stOther crew4 of 72: 2 only other crew, 2 with another role

72 titles, 6 with more than one role — acting and producing overlap on 3 of them.

By decade

1980s4 · acting1990s17 · acting2000s21 · 17 acting · 6 crew2010s17 · 10 acting · 7 crew2020s9 · 3 acting · 7 crew

Billing

usually 4th · top billed in 7% of 29 roles
9398030813

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Jada Pinkett Smith's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 65th percentile, the median of all 45; across their 46 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 68th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

68thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 46

Approval · how many liked their films

66thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 46

Reach · how many have seen their films

90thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 46

Midcredits score across 56 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up12
  • 50th to 74th22
  • 25th to 49th9
  • Below 25th13

Shape of the crowd

25 of their 56 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved4
  • Universally Panned1
  • Divisive3
  • Cult Classic7
  • Crowd Pleaser25
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed15

Most divisive · producer

Rape for Profit (2012)

96th percentile spread · 35% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · producer

King Richard (2021)

Midcredits 95th · 87% liked

Reviewers score the acting 69/100 in their films, across 41 reviewed titles; fans 77, detractors 44. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Jada Pinkett Smith's work okay for kids?

Across up to 32 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore27 titles24–87 · median 57 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity32 titles13–65 · median 39 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity26 titles26–90 · median 64 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs25 titles19–76 · median 32 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense25 titles18–71 · median 53 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Jada Pinkett Smith work with?

People who share at least 2 of Jada Pinkett Smith's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; James Lassiter shares the most, 12.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles